On the 59th birthday of the Bollywood film-maker, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ranveer Singh credits him for shaping him as the artiste that he has become today. Ranveer has collaborated with the esteemed film-maker thrice – Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat and all these three projects went to become blockbusters!

Ranveer, who is credited to being a chameleon on screen, also thanks to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, says, “Mr. Bhansali is somebody who has shaped me as an artist more than any other creative collaborator in my entire life. I used to approach acting a certain way - I used to think ‘mujhe sab pata hai, I know everything’ but Mr. Bhansali stripped down my constructs. He broke me down and he made me into ash, so that I could rise from the ashes be reborn as the artist that I’ve grown into today. I`m indebted to him lifelong for that.”