Heeramandi’s grand set resembled a miniature township, a vision that filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali quietly nurtured for ...
Hindi cinema has often been criticised for reducing Muslims to a grotesque caricature of themselves on screen. Sanjay Leela ...
Lahore's Heera Mandi, which Sanjay Leela Bhansali presents in his 'Heeramandi', had a rich culture of the arts due to Mughal ...
Hamd Nawaz, a young Lahore-based doctor, has written a thread on X, detailing how Bhansali's show is starkly different from the Heeramandi locality she's read about as a Pakistan resident.
Bollywood’s love for tawaifs is legendary. From Pakeezah and Mughal-e-Azam to Umrao Jaan and Devdas, the doomed courtesan with a heart of gold and a life of suffering has fascinated our filmmakers.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much-anticipated entry into the realm of OTT platforms with Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar has finally released. The series, spanning 8 episodes, transports viewers back to ...
After nurturing the narrative of “Heeramandi” for 14 years, celebrated Indian filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali joined forces with Netflix in 2021 to bring his most ambitious project to life.
‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ is a period drama Web Series created by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The series is about the lives of tawaifs (courtesan) at the red-light district of Heera Mandi in ...
Bollywood's love for tawaifs is legendary. From Pakeezah and Mughal-e-Azam to Umrao Jaan and Devdas, the doomed courtesan with a heart of gold and a life of suffering has fascinated our filmmakers.