Ranveer Singh and Sanjay Leela Bhansali form one of the best and most dynamic actor-director duo of Bollywood. They have worked on three films together and all of them have been blockbusters So it won't be an exaggeration to say that Bhansali has a huge role in developing Ranveer's skills as an actor. On the ocassion of Bhansali's 59th birthday couple days back, Ranveer talked about the influence Bhansali had on his career.

He told IANS, "Mr. Bhansali is somebody who has shaped me as an artiste 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.”

The actor further added, "He (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) broke me down and he made me into ash, so that I could rise from the ashes to be reborn as the artiste that I’ve grown into today. I’m indebted to him lifelong for that.” Bhansali has directed Ranveer in 'Ram-Leela', 'Bajirao Mastani' and 'Padmavat' and coincidentally, all these projects also starred Ranveer's wife Deepika Padukone.