Not Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, these actors were Sanjay Leela Bhansali's original choices for Bajirao Mastani

Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted to make Bajirao Mastani with the ex-couple Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, whom he had cast in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999.