Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heera Mandi’ will finally go on the floor this Saturday at a studio in Film City in Mumbai. According to a trade source, “The shooting will begin with a mujra sequence between Manisha Koirala and Aditi Rao Hydari, which will go on for a week after which the other star cast of the web series will join the unit.”
The web series is going to be shot on two sets, one of which is a kotha (brothel), where this song sequence will be canned.
The story of ‘Heera Mandi’, as revealed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in a previous interview, is written by Moin Beg. Bhansali in his interview had said that a 14 page story of this period drama was given to him by his friend Moin, about 16 years ago.
The show will explore stories of courtesans and the hidden cultural reality of Heera Mandi, a dazzling district, during pre-independent India. It’s a series about love, betrayal, succession and politics in the kothas and it promises Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s trademark larger-than-life sets, multi-faceted characters and soulful compositions.
