Streaming giant Netflix is pressing on with its foray into Indian television content with Heeramandi.

Series will be directed and produced by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, renowned for his ‘more is more’ style and films like Devdas and Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela. Expected cast of Heeramandi is Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal and Sanjeeda Sheikh.

In post-production at present time, series revolves around courtesans of Lahore and their lives before partition. News was made public following fireside exchange between Bhansali and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, according to IndiWire.

“Audiences want stories that help them escape and connect and Sanjay is an exceptional storyteller who does both,” Sarandos said.

“Heeramandi, like all of Sanjay’s stories, is not style over substance but style and substance together. At Netflix, our responsibility to creators is to give them tools to do their life’s work and empower them to bring their vision alive.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 21 2023

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