Sonakshi Sinha reacts to criticism for Heeramandi: ‘We never promised a history lesson’
Hindustan TimesSanjay Leela Bhansali’s maiden web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar on Netflix has received polarising feedback from the audience. ‘These are the same people who’ll love Bridgerton’ Sonakshi reiterated her response to criticism about Heeramandi, clarifying that the series was not intended to be a ‘history lesson’ but a world of entertainment crafted by SLB. He’s selling you a dream; it’s what he’s known for.” Sonakshi shares pics from look test Sonakshi took to her Instagram on Wednesday to share numerous pictures taken at her look test. Sharing a bunch of pictures, she wrote, “Here are some photos from my look test for the cruelest of them all… Rehana.” She added, “Since i was supposed to be playing my own mother, we wanted to make her slightly different… so I put on some weight and we added a lot more drama with the hair where it was longer and curlier than fareedans and with the makeup where we kept it heavy on the eyes, elongated the eyebrows and added freckles… green lenses too!”