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Mumbai:

 It was nice to reunite with Sanjay Leela Bhansali after a spot of 25 years, actor Manisha Koirala mentioned on Thursday as Netflix India unveiled the character posters of the filmmaker’s bold net sequence Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.

Bhansali, recognized for lavishly mounted function movies resembling Ram-Leela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat, is ready to make his long-format debut with Netflix’s Heermandi.

Koirala, who performs Mallikajaan within the upcoming eight-part interval drama set through the freedom wrestle motion in India, labored with Bhansali in his function directorial debut Khamoshi: The Musical (1996).

At the Next on Netflix India occasion, the actor mentioned Heeramandi has turned out nicely and the group is “dying to show it” to followers.

“We all have tried to do our best because we were working with a master. To be working with Sanjay 25 years after his first film, Khamoshi, it can’t get better than Heeramandi.

“It’s been a humongous journey, I’ve seen him grow as an artist, as a maestro, as a genius, he is India’s best, he is the greatest filmmaker in India. We are lucky to be working, sweating and trying to perfect our act,” Koirala said at the event.

Billed as a visual odyssey, Heeramandi brings together a powerhouse of talent and a magnificent world promising to immerse audiences in a tale of power, love and freedom set against the backdrop of pre-independent India.

Heeramandi also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Sanjeeda Shaikh.

Chadha said anyone can create beautiful costumes but only Bhansali can make an actor take eight rounds, sit and aesthetically drop a tear from the left of one’s eye while wearing a lehenga worth 30 kg. The actor, who previously worked with in the 2013 film Ram-Leela, plays Lajjo in Heeramandi.

“An actor is hungry to grow, and he will push you. I met Rani Mukerji the other day and (she) said ‘Till you work with Sanjay Leela Bhasali, you don’t know your own potential,” she mentioned.

The makers of Heeramandi additionally launched the character posters of Hydari as Bibbojaan, Shaikh as Waheeda, Sinha as Fareedan and Segal as Alamzeb. Bhansali was not current on the occasion.

Working with Bhansali has been an exquisite dream, mentioned Hydari. They earlier collaborated on 2018’s “Padmaavat”.

“When we shoot a film, we get a certain amount of time to be with a director. When you shoot a show, you get that much more time. Some look at the look, beauty, but what I find incredible about the experience is the fact his soul goes into everything he does.

“He eats, lives, and breathes his characters. There’s a lot ardour. I’m grateful that the challenges that he throws at you, there’s a lot love, and pleasure, pushing you to do your greatest. I’m grateful for that have and I hope I get it a number of instances. I really like him,” she added.

Shaikh said she is honoured to work with Bhansali on Heeramandi.

“I additionally had a dream (to work with Bhansali) and it has come true right this moment. Everyone needs to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It’s an enormous deal for me to be certainly one of his main girls,” she said.

Segal, also Bhansali’s niece, said as an artist, it’s a privilege to work with the director.

“Working with Sanjay sir on a sequence is a special ball sport as an actor. It’s not only one film, (engaged on a sequence) it is like doing eight movies. I’ve assisted sir on ‘Bajirao Mastani’, which was a film, and watching him adapt to the format of the sequence, was a privilege.” Sinha said she loved collaborating with Manisha and she learned a lot from the actor.

“Manisha is such an exquisite particular person. The physique of labor that she has behind her, the work that she has carried out and the movies of hers that we’ve seen. She is so revered, gorgeous, stunning, elegant, simply wow.

“But keeping that aside, when I worked with her, I realised, she is a beautiful person, just the way she conducts herself on set. Watching her and being with her in the same frame was such a pleasure. I hope I can do it soon. It was an honour working with her,” she said.

Prerna Singh, CEO Bhansali Productions, said they have a great show in their hands.

“Working with Sanjay sir is life altering… I can’t even describe it… What I find incredible is that his soul goes into everything he does. He lives and breathes it… In the pushing and challenges he throws at you, there is so much trying…. I love it,” Singh added.