Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi made waves after its launch for all the fitting causes. The Netflix present was broadly praised for the storyline, impeccable performances, SLB’s signature grandeur, and lots of extra. However do you know the Aditi Rao Hydari and Manisha Koirala starrer was aimed toward changing into the Indian model of The Crown? Sure, you learn it proper! Netflix’s Vice President of Content material, Monika Shergill, spilled the beans on the filmmaker’s preliminary plans.
In a dialog with IndiaTV ShowBiz, Monika Shergill shared that Sanjay Leela Bhansali was contemplating Heeramandi as a ‘cinema,’ and even the script was written maintaining the identical in thoughts. She shared, “He had a factor in thoughts that this must be The Crown from India. That is what Heeramandi was formed as.”
Monika shared that the present was set in a unique time and place however carried ‘related’ feelings and admitted that such common themes not solely labored within the nation however globally. She revealed that SLB composed the music of the collection himself and made his cinema ‘grander and extra nearer to individuals’s hearts.’ Nonetheless, the Netflix India content material head admitted that he didn’t compromise on something to make his present give a correct cinematic expertise.
Speaking about working with the eminent filmmaker, she known as it ‘the perfect time.’ She shared that he isn’t only a creator however an outstanding one who provides particulars to all the pieces. Monika Shergill added, “He put effort into understanding streaming as a medium and the suggestions he took a number of instances over to make sure that he was catering to the streaming audiences in the way in which they prefer to be catered to with out compromising on his storytelling.”
Monika additionally highlighted how streaming platforms have opened up new inventive avenues for filmmakers and storytellers, providing them the liberty to experiment with style blends, prolonged narratives, and multi-season arcs.
Not like cinema, the place characters could also be immortalized however stay confined to a single storyline, streaming permits audiences to revisit and re-experience these characters and moments endlessly. She shared that Sanjay Leela Bhansali additionally embraced this chance, selecting an extended format to deliver his imaginative and prescient to life in a extra immersive method.
For the unversed, Sanjay Leela Bhansali made his OTT debut with the Netflix present Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The collection stars Sonakshi Sinha, Manisha Koirala, Aditi Rao Hydari, Taha Shah, Richa Chadha, Fardeen Khan, and extra in pivotal roles.
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