The first teaser of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s hotly-anticipated digital debut, ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’, for streaming giant Netflix, has been unveiled.
After much anticipation, Netflix India has finally dropped the first official footage of the opulent, dramatic and alluring world of courtesans, created by veteran filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali in his debut web series, featuring a star-studded cast.
“Here’s your first look at legendary Indian creator Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s first series EVER: Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar!” read the caption with a minute-long teaser, unveiled on Thursday morning.
The teaser clip further gave a peek into the individual backdrops of all six gorgeous divas, the courtesans of ‘Heeramandi’, played by Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Sharmin Segal.
The synopsis of the web show suggests that the series will ‘explore stories of courtesans and the hidden cultural reality of Heeramandi, during pre-independent India’.
Meanwhile, the makers described the title as ‘a mix of love, betrayal, succession, and politics in the kothas (brothels)’.
