Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known to be very passionate about cinema. He always brings out the best of his actors and pushes their limits which makes them want to work with him again. Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are the most notable examples of this. Now it seems that Alia Bhatt has also got addicted to Bhansali's filmmaking style. So much so that she even offered to work in his next project 'Heera Mandi' for free.

Bhansali is looking for an multistarrer female cast for the project and he has already roped in Sonakshi Sinha and Huma Qureshi. According to a report by Bollywood Hungama, Alia Bhatt offered, "Give me a role, any role, in Heera Mandi and I will do it for free." However, Bhansali obviously denied to cast her without payment.

The source stated, “It’s not like Amitabh Bachchan who refused to charge a penny for Black because the producers couldn’t afford to pay him his price. Netflix is the producer on Heera Mandi. Every actor is being paid his or her full price." Talking further about 'Heera Mandi', the source stated, "There are seven episodes in Heera Mandi. Bhansali will direct the first episode. The rest of the 6 episodes will be directed by Vibhu Puri while Bhansali will supervise the project."