Renowned for his cinematic style and grand productions, Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali makes his debut in the world of OTT platforms with the highly anticipated web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, created exclusively for Netflix. This Netflix Original Series features Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh, and Sharmin Segal in the lead roles. This period drama consists of eight episodes and can be streamed in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, as well as nine foreign languages. That makes a total of fourteen languages.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mitakshara Kumar are the directors of this series, which Bhansali created. There is a lot of excitement surrounding it, and we are eager to see how OTT audiences will react. Produced by Bhansali Productions in collaboration with Netflix, this series delves into the themes of love and betrayal among tawaifs in Lahore. The extensive advertising campaign for the show has already sparked enthusiasm among viewers.
The show’s storyline transports audiences back to an era where courtesans held power like royalty, unfolding amidst the Indian Independence movement of the 1940s. It vividly portrays the cultural tapestry of Lahore’s Heera Mandi district. The show’s official summary describes it as follows: “Mallikajaan (played by Manisha Koirala), a cunning figure, governs a prestigious establishment of courtesans, yet her dominance is jeopardized by a fresh competitor as dissent simmers in British-occupied India.”
