{"id":79696,"date":"2024-05-06T20:39:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/heeramandi-manisha-koirala-recalls-rekhas-reaction-to-her-acting\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T20:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:39:58","slug":"heeramandi-manisha-koirala-recalls-rekhas-reaction-to-her-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/heeramandi-manisha-koirala-recalls-rekhas-reaction-to-her-acting\/","title":{"rendered":"Heeramandi: Manisha Koirala recalls Rekha's reaction to her acting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor Manisha Koirala is receiving widespread praise for portraying the role of Mallika Jaan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali\u2019s Heeramandi web series.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bollywood veteran actor Rekha has joined the list of celebrities to have showered praise on the series and Koirala\u2019s acting skills in the period drama, an Indian media outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Recalling Rekha\u2019s comments, Manisha Koirala said that the former called her the very next day after watching her web series and commended her for her acting skills in the Netflix show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love her a lot (Rekha). She called me up the next day after watching Heeramandi. She said, \u2018Bachcha, I was praying if I couldn\u2019t do the role, you get to do it. My prayers have come true. You have done it marvellously, you have gone through so much in life. You have added soul to the role.\u2019 To get a blessing and praise from an artist of her calibre is something else,\u201d Koirala added.<\/p>\n

Read more: SLB believes \u2018Heeramandi\u2019 brings India, Pakistan together<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The actor went on to call Rekha \u201ca goddess\u201d, saying that she is the most graceful and poetic, and she is a great artist.<\/p>\n

When asked about\u00a0Rekha\u00a0being offered her role, Koirala said, \u201cI believe so. She mentioned that 18-20 years ago, she was offered this role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notably, prolific filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali\u2019s digital debut \u2018Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar\u2019<\/em>, explores the \u2018stories of courtesans\u2019 living in the red light district of Lahore, during the pre-independent India.<\/p>\n

Along with Manisha Koirala, the eight-episodic web series also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Sharmin Segal in the main roles, along with Farida Jalal, Fardeen Khan, Shekhar and Adhyayan Suman, and Taha Shah.<\/p>\n

The show premiered on the streaming giant Netflix yesterday, May 1.<\/p>\n

Compared with Koirala, Sanjay Leela Bhansali\u2019s niece Sharmin Segal received flak from fans who thought that she got a part in the series due to nepotism.<\/p>\n

Segal later disabled comments section on her Instagram account after she was trolled for her acting in Heeramandi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n