Deepika replaces Aishwarya as Sanjay Leela Bhansali's favorite!

New Delhi: Once Sanjay Leela Bhansali's favourite actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, with whom he has churned out many hit films, is no more a part of his projects in the near future. What makes us say so is the fact that Bhansali has quite clearly voiced out his preferences and choices when it comes to his film. A source close to Bhansali reveals the director is totally besotted by his latest leading actress Deepika Padukone in Ram Leela. “It' not easy to impress Sanjay Leela Bhansali. However, Deepika Padukone has managed to do it. The biggest compliment was when Bhansali told Deepika that she did her best for the film and completely justified her character Leela, a name that is extremely close to Sanjay since that's his mother's name,” added the source. (His middle name 'Leela' is because he's taken his mother's name) Bhansali had recently reaped praises on Dippy for his classic dance moves while performing garba for one of the songs in the film. So far, SLB has always been smitten over by Aishwarya for both acting and dancing skills. But now the recent development where Sanjay replaced Aishwarya with Priyanka in an item song for Ram Leela has further added fuel to the on going rift. Apparently Deepika was very scared to be over shadowed by Aishwarya in the movie. Also Priyanka is the lead heroine of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's another upcoming venture. So it looks like Aishwarya is totally out of the SLB camp!