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Ram-Leela – The Rampaging Review - The Inside Story.

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Leela says: ‘Green hai angoor, kelay ka rang peela hai, kehdo saari duniya se, Ram ki Leela hai.’ So it’s a Love story. Bhansali says: Ram-Leela is based on Shakespeare’s Romeo-Juliet Here’s what Shakespeare would say to that, perhaps: “Raat ko peeta hu thandi-chilled beer, naam hai mera Will-i-Am Shakespeare Teen Kingfisher may ho jata hu fully set; Bhansali thaari Ram-Leela ain’t no Romeo-Juliet.” So what the hell is it if it isn’t inspired/based/copied/lifted from Romeo-Juliet. Well, Ram-Leela took birth on 27 th Dec 2011. A drunk & depressed Bhansali (Saawariya & Guzarish flopped) knocked Anurag Kashyap’s door at well past midnight. They aren’t buddies & Anurag wasn’t amused but let him in anyway. When Anurag returned from the kitchen with a coffee, Bhansali was missing. He found him passed out in the main bathroom. Anurag left him there & joined wife Kalki in the bedroom. Bhansali woke with a start at 5:03am, cleaned himself up & chan