Sanjay Leela Bhansali shares the current cast of Heeramandi was not his first choice
The series is available on the OTT platform Netflix
Sanjay Leela Bhansali in a recent interview shared that the current cast of Heeramandi was not his first choice!
Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali opened up about his debut web project Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar when he recently attended the screening of the much-anticipated web series in Los Angeles.
He also stated that Heeramandi was supposed to be a film and the idea to make it had been in his mind for the last 18 years.
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While interacting with popular YouTuber and host Lily Singh, Bhansali said the current cast was not his first choice.
He said, “I had multiple castings in my mind, the idea has been there for 18 years. I thought about Rekha ji and then Kareena Kapoor Khan and Rani Mukerji. It was a film back then. I then also thought about Mahira Khan, the Pakistani actress, and Imran Abbas and Fawad Khan were also in my mind at one point in time. But I ended up with this ensemble cast.”
Heeramandi stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, Fardeen Khan, Shekhar Suman, Adhyayan Suman and others.
The series which took 14 years to create, opens up with great visuals and compelling performances, set in 1920s pre-partition Lahore.
The series is available on the OTT platform since May 1.
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