Sanjay Leela Bhansali To Shoot 'Love & War' Climax With Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in Italy

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is going international with his next, Love & War, as he plans to shoot a massive climax sequence of the upcoming romantic drama in Sicily, Italy. The film's lead cast, comprising Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Vicky Kaushal, will unite for a massive schedule planned for the second half of October.

Around 125 days of the Love & War shoot are already complete, and a big schedule is presently underway on a mammoth set in Mumbai. Once it is wrapped up, the team will head to Italy.

"SLB loves to shoot larger-than-life dramatic moments, and the climax of Love & War will be drama at its peak with romance in the backdrop. He plans to shoot a prolonged climax sequence across Sicily, exploring the diverse landscape of the city. Through the schedule, he will also shoot for a song with the three characters. He will be stationed abroad for almost a month," a source shared.

After the climax is filmed, Bhansali and the team will look to call it a wrap by early January. According to reports, the team is working on the edit simultaneously to ready the film for a March 2026 outing.

The Eid weekend of March 19 next year has been locked by Love & War and Yash's Toxic. Bhansali was the first to zero in on the March release date for the love story, after the film was pushed from its original Christmas 2025 release.

Last year, during a chat with THR Talks, Bhansali had debunked industry buzz that Love & War is a modern-day adaptation of Raj Kapoor’s iconic film Sangam (1964).

"I love Sangam. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) is also like Sangam, where I tried to make Aishwarya Rai [Bachchan] into Vyjayanthimala, who’s the most beautiful woman on the Indian screen, according to me... I wish I had met him [Raj Kapoor] for five minutes. But [considering] all my love for Raj Kapoor, you never remake a great director’s classic," he had said.