When it was announced that Sanjay Leela Bhansali was going to create the biggest OTT series in India with Netflix, everyone had sky-high expectations. However, the outcome of this grand collaboration hasn’t been quite fruitful.
People are calling it the weakest project by SLB ever. Additionally, he cast his niece, Sharmin Segal, for the show and gave her one of the most important roles to play, despite knowing her limited acting skills shown in Malaal. Apart from poor acting performances, the grand set designs and over-beautification of courtesans made it look very different from the actual Heera Mandi. Imtiaz Ali’s recently released “Chamkila” acts as a fine example of how you should stay close to reality while adapting something. In “Chamkila,” the place where the protagonist gets shot is actually the same spot where the real killing happened.
Meanwhile, in Heeramandi, everything seems overdramatized to an extent that it becomes annoying, rightfully being trolled for it. Even competing OTT platforms took a jibe at this criticism. Amazon Prime Video last year released an amazing show called “Jubilee” that was based on the stars of past decades. In that, we see a beautiful dance shot by Wamiqa Gabbi. Prime Video used that scene to promote their show with the caption “The real diamond.” Anyone with even a little idea about the show would immediately understand that this is a shot at the failure of Heeramandi. People on Reddit and other social media platforms are suggesting that Wamiqa Gabbi would have suited better as Alam instead of Sharmin Segal.
This is not the first time that these two OTT giants have gone too far in promoting their shows. Even in 2020, Netflix acknowledged Mirzapur’s presence when they were promoting “Cargo,” featuring Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi, who coincidentally were also part of Mirzapur.
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