Hyderabad: Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has reportedly collaborated with streaming giant Netflix for his pet project Heera Mandi. The director will now be treating the period drama suitable for digital consumption and will take the film on floors in early 2021.
SLB, who is busy shooting for his upcoming directorial venture Gangubai Kathiawadi, is all set to revive his ambitious project Heera Mandi. Though it will be made for the digital platform and SLB won't be helming the project, Heera Mandi will not lack the essence of SLB's signature style of filmmaking.
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Mounted on a big scale, Heera Mandi is said to be directed by Vibhu Puri who directed Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Hawaizaada and penned dialogues for Bhansali's 2010 release Guzaarish.
In 2018, it was widely reported that Heera Mandi is the screen adaption of Mayank Austen Soofi's book A Sudden Visit To Pakistan: Heera Mandi The Dream Home Of The Whores. The book chronicles the life of sex workers and gives a hard-hitting account of life in a brothel. SLB acquired the rights in 2007 but the project took 13 years to take off and now his team is neck-deep in pre-production and will soon zero down on the cast.
