Heeramandi web series Filmy4wap: The Diamond Bazaar marks the web series debut of maverick filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The upcoming show is set to release online in May, 2024.
To be released on Wednesday on Netflix, the show revolves around kothas, or houses of courtesans, in 1940s India. With the country’s freedom struggle as a backdrop, it features an ensemble cast including Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sharmin Segal and Sanjeeda Sheikh.
The show’s whopping 2 billion rupee ($24 million) budget, according to Indian media, dwarfs some of the biggest Bollywood film productions.
Heeramandi web series Filmy4way Details
| Web Series | Heeramandi |
|---|---|
| Release Date | 1 May 2024 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Drama |
| Creator | Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| Director | Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| Producer | Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prerna Singh |
| Production | Bhansali Productions |
| Certificate | 16+ |
| Cast | Aditi Rao Hydari, Sonakshi Sinha, Manisha Koirala |
Release date and platform of Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazar
The makers of the series announced the release date and platform of the series after the release of the teaser in February 2024. Netflix will premiere the series starting on May 1. The songs of Heeramandi — Sakal Ban and Tilasmi Bahein — were released a few days ago.
Bhansali Production shared a trailer of the Drama series on X and captioned, “In the glittering, regal halls of Shahi Mahal, Romance and revolution clash in silence ❤️✨Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s sweeping saga of love, loss and liberation – Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar ✨#Heeramandi Trailer Out Now!”
About Heeramandi web series
Heeramandi explores stories of courtesans — about love, betrayal, succession and politics in the kothas — and the hidden cultural reality of the eponymous Lahore district in pre-independence India.