Sonakshi Sinha is returning to streaming with Sanjay Leena Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, following her success in the murder thriller series Dahaad, developed by Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar. While the drama revolves around the life of tawaifs (courtesans) living in the red-light district of Heera Mandi in Lahore in pre-independence India, Sonakshi plays Fareedan, whom she describes as a “slightly negative and villainous character” in an interview with Hindustan Times.
“Fareedan is poles apart from me. She is full of vengeance and hatred and anger and all the negative feelings. The beauty about Sanjay sir and the way he portrays his women is that he makes them so relatable… he justifies their feelings. Once everyone sees the series, they will understand why Fareedan is the way she is. What she has been through… why she acts out in this way,” she said.
Among the several promotional materials released in the run-up to the show’s premiere was the music video ‘Tilasmi Bahein’, which drew attention because it was shot in a single take and featured Sonakshi nailing her routines in front of tens of background actors. “I was not prepared at all,” Sonakshi said of filming the song. “He (Bhansali) changes the whole choreography on set!”
“I had rehearsed for something completely different, and we had kept four days aside to shoot that particular song. We went for the shoot on the first day and we shot for a few hours, and I did the choreography, which was planned. Suddenly he got up and was like, ‘I don’t want to do this! I want to shoot the whole song in one take and let us design it right now!’ That’s when it happened so I had no time to prepare. I had to learn the lyrics right there…”
“I don’t know what hit me because I had not done a one-shot song in my entire career and there I was, doing a one-shot song for Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I was feeling the pressure, I won’t lie. But I love performing and when the camera comes on, I become the character. We did four takes but the take that you see is the first take that we did,” she mentioned.
“I don’t know how it happened, that day was just magical. I still can’t believe it and once that first take was over, the entire set broke into a standing ovation, including Sanjay sir. I don’t think I have seen him so happy and ecstatic ever,” the actor added.
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, which also stars Manisha Koirala, Aditi Rao Hydari and Richa Chadha in prominent roles, will be available on Netflix on May 1.
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