Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a filmmaker who has always mesmerized audiences with his wonderful cinema and the proof of the same can be clearly seen in his first web show on Netflix, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The 8-part series has just been released and is winning the hearts of audiences with the fascinating world created by SLB.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali reflects on fulfilling his father’s last wish through Heeramandi’s song: “I had no place to play ‘Hayo Rabba’.”
Equipped with aesthetically sophisticated, huge sets, captivating visuals, amazing dialogues, brilliant cinematography and of course great music, the show is indeed SLB’s treat for the global audience. As much as the filmmaker is brilliant at weaving emotions across the screens, he actually has a moment to delve into his father Navin Bhansali’s dying wish of listening to the song ‘Hayo Rabba’.
When SLB’s father Navin Bhansali, a producer who never made it, was on his deathbed, he had a special request. He sent his son to get a cassette of a tribal singer who, after the partition of India, had ended up on the other side where his own family had roots.
He wanted to hear the song “Hayo Rabba” by Reshma – a rough, untrained voice.
When young Sanjay returned with the cassette, his father was unconscious. He stood there watching his eyes wide open – a scene still playing out in his head.
“He had fallen into a coma,” Mr Bhansali said. “I didn’t have a place to play ‘Hayo Rabba’ and my mother kept saying, ‘Play ‘Hayo Rabba’!”
Why this song? The closest answer is that he made a connection to his ancestors in his father’s hallucinatory state.
“Life is so fascinating,” he said. “Can movies ever capture that?”
Helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar is an eight-part series releasing on Netflix on May 1 in 190 countries.
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