Seema Sinha (BOMBAY TIMES; March 21, 2014)

Speculations don’t seem to cease when it comes to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s dream project Bajirao Mastani. The epic historical, based on the life of Peshwa Bajirao and his ladylove, Mastani, which the filmmaker first spoke about 15 years ago, has seen several big names being tossed around for the lead roles.

Though initially planned with Salman Khan as Bajirao, names like Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Ranveer Singh and even Ajay Devgn later started doing the rounds. Similarly, there were rumours of Bhansali having ‘advanced talks’ with Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor Khan for Mastani’s role.

The latest is that Priyanka Chopra has bagged the role of Kashibai, who was the Peshwa’s first wife. Will there be any concrete news soon? Well, your guess is as good as ours.
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Gaurav Dubey (MID-DAY; March 21, 2014)

Priyanka Chopra has apparently bagged a role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s long-in-the-planning film, Bajirao Mastani. If the latest buzz is to be believed, the actress will be seen as Bajirao’s wife Kashibai in the film.
A source says, “Priyanka has agreed to essay Kashibai’s character. It may not be the title role, but it is vital to the story.” Another source adds, “An important role if portrayed with an amazing performance will always have more weightage and appreciation than that of a lead role. So looking at PC’s acting prowess, one can go beyond just the length of her role.” Bhansali has finally started working on his dream project Bajirao Mastani with the production house, Eros, apparently as producers.

Priyanka remained unavailable for comment.