Since Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi opened on May 1, Sharmin Segal has been subjected to criticism for her “expressionless” acting. Recently, a number of users on X have become aware of an interview that Showsha conducted when the show was being promoted.
Sharmin’s take
Sharmin gives out such mean girl energy pic.twitter.com/b5P3hYs1bE
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When questioned about her experience working with Bhansali during the interview, Sanjeeda responded: “He is just a perfectionist. He wants everything to look not mediocre because whatever he does is nothing less than excellence. He is respected all around the world for his brilliant creative mind and incisive honesty towards his craft. He will expect his artist to give that honesty on screen. So I enjoyed all sorts of roops of Mr. Bhansali.”
Sharmin added, “I think perfectionist is a very basic word to describe Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It’s the kind of a word that an outsider who has never worked with him, been on his set and seen the kind of director that he is will use that. He is much more than that. He adapts to change very well. He keeps challenging through different things. It is not about being perfect. He looks for rawness, magic, spontaneity. If he was only a perfectionist he would not treat spontaneity the way he does.”
Reaction from the users
Someone said, “She is so arrogant and disrespectful. Sanjeeda handled it well.” Another wrote, “The audacity to say all that for somebody who paved their way through genuine hard work and learning the craft – while you are just a product of privilege and yet u get to sit beside them and all u be salty? That is just outright abhorring.” Another stated, “The audacity of this woman!”
The show depicts the conflict that existed between the British Raj officers and the courtesans in Lahore’s Heeramandi red-light district. Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Fardeen Khan, Taha Shah Badussha, Shekhar Suman, and Adhyayan Suman are among the other actors in the ensemble.
