Bajirao Mastani

Kashibai

Bajirao

Maratha King

Radhabai Bajirao's Mother

Anuba Bajirao's Sister

Chimaji Appa,

Bhiubai, Bajirao's sister

Dimple Kapadia,Shabana Azmi and Supriya Pathak were also considered for the role of Radhabai Bajirao's mother.

Tanvi Azmi had shaved her head for a major role in the film and hence lost out Umesh Shukla's All is well.

The film was first announced in 2003. Sanjay Leela Bhansali initially wanted to cast Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai his lead pair from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam 1999 as the lead actors, but could not cast them together after their highly publicized breakup.