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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web series ‘Hiramandi’Image Credit Source: Netflix, Social Media
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known for his grand films. The audience is always amazed to see the sets of his films, the costumes of the actors and the songs that are filmed on them. Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has given the audience a visual feast on the big screen with his films, is now going to make his OTT debut with ‘Hiramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’. Made with a budget of more than Rs 200 crore, ‘Hiramandi’ is India’s most expensive web series.
If sources are to be believed, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has shelled out Rs 65 crore for this series to air on Netflix on May 1, 2024, while the fee for ‘Gadar 2 is said to be only Rs 20 crore ‘ Sunny Deol. However, the thing worth seeing here is that ‘Hiramandi’ was co-produced by Bhansali’s own production house. In such a situation, there does not seem to be any truth in the statement that Bhansali himself is taking fees from his production house. While Netflix is ​​said to have invested all the money in the series, only the delivery work has been done by the Bhansali banner.
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It is said that ‘Hiramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ is one such web series, where the director’s budget is many times more than the fees of the actresses participating in this project. According to information received from sources, Sonakshi Sinha is getting Rs 5 crore for this serial. So Richa Chadha, Manisha Koirala and Aditi Rao Hydari, who supported Sonakshi, have been given a fee of Rs 1 crore for this serial. Sanjeeda Shaikh, who has moved from television to the big screen, has charged Rs 50 lakh as fees for “Hiramandi”. However, no actor or production has given any confirmation regarding this fee.
Watch the glimpse of the web series ‘Hiramandi’ here
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Madhuri Dixit was the first choice
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’HiramandiMadhuri Dixit was first approached about ‘. But Madhuri Dixit had to say no to this series due to her commitments. It was also said in media reports that Alia Bhatt also wants to work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s first web series without charging any fees. But due to lack of proper role for him in this story, Sanjay Leela Bhansali did not cast him for this serial. Recently, at his launch event held in Mumbai, Bhansali said that he has sincerely tried to present a grand story to the audience through this series.
