First look of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s highly-anticipated Netflix series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, is out. Heeramandai features Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha and others in pivotal roles. On Thursday, the cast and makers dropped Heeramandi’s first look, and it is as grand, enticing and dramatic, as is expected from Sanjay Leela Bhansali, known for films such as Devdas, Bajirao Mastani and many others.
With Heeramandi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali brings his majestic signature flair to stories of love and betrayal in the lives of courtesans in pre-independence India. The series explores the cultural reality of Heeramandi, a dazzling district, through the stories of courtesans and their patrons set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Indian freedom struggle of the 1940s.
The series stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, and Sanjeeda Sheikh in the lead roles. The official streaming date of the show is still awaited. However, the series is expected to drop on Netflix in 2024. Sharing the first look on Instagram, Netflix India wrote in the caption, “Here’s your first look at legendary Indian creator Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s first series EVER: Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar!”
The makers in a recent statement described the show as ‘a mix of love, betrayal, succession, and politics in the kothas (house of courtesans)’. They said, “Heeramandi promises Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s signature style of larger-than-life stories, intricate and soulful characters, and rippling dynamics of a world rife with conflict during a defining time period for India. Like all of the auteur’s creations, Heeramandi will have unique compositions and music that linger with the audience, just like his stories.”
In a statement last year, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has created the series, told ANI, “Heeramandi is an important milestone in my journey as a filmmaker. This is an epic, first-of-its-kind series based on the courtesans of Lahore. It is an ambitious, grand and all-encompassing series; therefore I am nervous yet excited about making it. I am looking forward to my partnership with Netflix and bringing Heeramandi to audiences all over the world.”
Source: HT
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Bhansali’s Heeramandi starring Manisha, Sonakshi, Aditi will take you back to another era
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Sonakshi’s fans stunned at physical transformation, call her ‘duplicate Sona’
Sonakshi Sinha’s fans and followers are stunned by her physical transformation. The actor on Thursday, April 22, shared pictures of her ‘workout from home’ routine.
She captioned her post, “When #WFH for you means Workout from home. #gharperaho (stay at home).” In the pictures, she was seen posing in sportswear, working out in her apartment. Several people wrote in to tell her how impressed they were.
“Unbelievable! Your looking like a different person!!” Dharma Productions CEO Apoorva Mehta commented. Another person called her a ‘duplicate Sona’, while trainer Namrata Purohit called her a ‘Pilates girl’ and actor Priyaank Sharma wrote, “Ufff.” Others dropped fire and heart emojis. Sonakshi has often spoken about being body shamed in the past. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, she admitted that she used to weigh 95 kgs as a schoolkid, and was bullied for it. “I never took the bullying to heart. And I didn’t let it bring me down because I’ve always known there’s much more to me than my weight or my size,” she said.
Sonakshi lost 30 kgs for her first film, the Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg. “It was a huge achievement for me. And I was so proud of myself. But people were still talking about how much I weighed and how I looked!” Sonakshi had said. In 2019, she had put out a video talking about the hurtful comments she receives about her weight, on social media. “Trolls. That’s what they call themselves. Those people who just wanna kill your vibe? The people who have all the time to judge others and no work to do! So they say anything. Sometimes we feel angry, hurt or numb but now we just laugh it off because that’s what these people are — a joke,” she said.
Sonakshi will soon be seen in a new Amazon Prime Video series directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi, in which she plays a cop. The show also stars Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah and Sohum Shah. Source: HT