The Diamond Bazaar is a new web series directed by Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. This series is based on real events, and Bhansali is renowned for his historical films. The show features top stars, including Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Sharmin Segal, and Aditi Rao Hydari. Netflix is producing the series with a large budget, and the release date has been announced as May 1.
The show will tell the stories of the prostitutes of Heeramandi, an area known as The Diamond Bazaar before India gained independence and explore the cultural facts of the era. Love, betrayal, inheritance, and politics are the show’s main themes. Sanjay Leela Bhansali is venturing into the world of OTT with his dream project, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.