Rani and Bhansali are friends again

Mumbai: Rani Mukerji and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are back on talking terms.

An insider revealed that it was the Guzaarish director who took the effort of patching up with his favourite heroine.

The two worked together in Black and Saawariya but kept avoiding each other for three long years due to some misunderstanding.

Bhansali was impressed with Rani's performance in No One Killed Jessica and he sent her a congratulatory message.

That was all it took to break the ice between the two.

According to an insider, "Rani and Bhansali were good friends even before they started working together. In fact, their professional equation during Black only strengthened their bond. She agreed to do a small role in Saawariya, even though she knew it wouldn't help her career. It was all good even after the film released and tanked at the box-office."

Vaibhavi Merchant, who is close to the actress as well as the director, tried to patch them up but they were both not ready.

But now, things are back to normal.

Another source confirmed, "Sanjay sent her a warm text after seeing her film. She was touched and instead of replying with a text, Rani called him, and they talked for hours and cleared their differences."

Buzz is that with the personal relationship being mended, there is now a possibility of them renewing their professional equation.

What went wrong:
Their dosti turned sour over Yashraj film Dil Bole Hadippa. Sanjay Leela Bhansali claimed it was not a coincidence that his sister Bela's film (which was offered to Rani) was titled Haddipa. He felt betrayed that she'd stolen their title, and sent Rani an angry text message. The actress too replied in the same tone. After that they never spoke to each other.