After dropping subtle hints yesterday it’s now official that acclaimed filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s debut epic period drama series ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ is returning for a second season at Netflix.
Set in pre-independent India against a burgeoning freedom movement, ‘Heeramandi’ followed the life of tawaifs who were trained in music and dance and were courted by nobility.
In season 1, Mallikajaan (Manisha Koirala) rules over an elite house of courtesans. She schemes, fearing no one — until the return of her late nemesis’ daughter, Fareedan (Sonakshi Sinha), brings tensions in the house to a boil. Outside, the city is also roiling, with revolutionaries demanding India’s freedom from British rule, with Bibbojaan (Aditi Rao Hydari), one of Mallikajaan’s daughters, joining the fight for freedom. Meanwhile, Mallikajaan’s youngest, Alamzeb (Sharmin Segal), dreams of love with the son of a nawab (nobleman), Tajdar (Taha Shah Badussha), and yearns to break out of Heeramandi.
As betrayal mounts and forbidden desires clash with societal norms, the struggle for pre-independent India’s freedom comes to a boiling point. Against this backdrop, Mallikajaan and Fareedan are locked in an epic battle for the title of the huzoor, or the lady, of Heeramandi.
According to Bhansali himself, in season 2, we will find these women finding their way to the film world. They leave Lahore after the partition and most of them settle in the Mumbai film industry or Kolkata film industry. So that journey in the bazaar remains the same. They still have to dance and sing, but this time for the producers and not for the nawabs.
A global hit magnum opus that is ‘Heeramandi’, the series was in Netflix’s top charts in the non-English TV category in 43 countries. Not only that it has become the most viewed Indian series for Netflix worldwide. Also, the show isn’t ready to leave the top spot on the India top 10 chart for now.
While it may have been made official now, we at Binged had the idea yesterday itself when Netflix dropped hints for a season renewal
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