It has been almost a year since Sanjay Leela Bhansali's last film Guzaarish hit the screens. However, ever since then Bhansali seems to have taken to production in a big way with no news yet about next film as a director. Prod him about the so-called 'delay' and one is bound to get an amused stare from the maverick filmmaker.

"Everyone seems to be worried more than Sanjay himself about why his next film has not yet gone on floors. They are forgetting that he has always worked at his own pace and never made films in hurry", says a close associate of the filmmaker, "Ever since he turned full fledged director a decade and a half back, he has made only six films. That makes it one film every two and a half years. Wonder why there have been so many speculations."

Guess these speculations pretty much stem from the fact that as a producer he has as many as three films lined up in quick succession. There is My Friend Pinto which releases this Friday, Rowdy Rathore which is over 50% complete and arrives next summer and Shirin Farhad Ki Nikal Padi which goes on floors this December. With so much already in the pipeline, one wonders whether Sanjay isn't itching to get behind the camera all over again and call the shots.

"Well, definitely yes, there is a strong urge to direct again", comes a quick response from Sanjay, "In fact the script is currently being written and I have things lined up. Come May and I should be starting shoot for my next film as a director."

As for the delay, Sanjay presents his case with straight forward statistics.

"After every film of mine, I typically take a break of around a year and a half before starting my next. Khamoshi (1996), Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Devdas (2002), Black (2005), Saawariya (2008) and Guzaarish (2010) are pretty much a testimony of that", he says, "Now I would be starting my next in mid-2012, so there we are!"