Manisha Koirala Interview | Heeramandi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | 30 Years of Bombay | Filme Shilmy

(SPOILERS IN THE INTERVIEW) In her most in-depth interview yet, highly acclaimed Indian actress Manisha Koirala speaks about her greyest portrayal in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi on Netflix, the series as a catalyst on life experiences as well as her artistic presentation over the years. She also talks about the strong ties between India and Nepal, as well as celebrating 30 Years of Mani Ratnam's Bombay.
Bhansali's digital debut is a fictional series on Netflix set against the Indian independence movement against the British Raj in the 1940s. It revolves around the tawaifs living in the red-light district of Heera Mandi in Lahore (current day, Pakistan). The scheming Mallikajaan (Koirala) rules over an elite house of courtesans - but a new rival threatens her reign as rebellion brews in British-ruled India. Principal actors also include Sanjeeda Shaikh and Sonakshi Sinha. Also actors Taha Shah Badussha, Adhyayan Suman, Shekhar Suman and Fardeen Khan.
Manisha was born into the politically prominent Koirala family, in which several of her family members went on to rule the nation, but she did not aspire to pursue a career in politics. A stint in modelling opened a career path in films, and she made her Bollywood debut with the top-grossing production Saudagar (1991). Despite the initial struggle to leave a mark, she went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses in the 1990s with such films as 1942: A Love Story (1994), Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Agni Sakshi (1996) and Gupt (1997).
She gained particular recognition for her willingness to experiment with a variety of strong, dramatic roles, and she delivered several acclaimed performances in a range of films that did well with critics, including Bombay (1995), Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Dil Se.. (1998), Mann (1999), Lajja (2001), Company (2002), and Escape from Taliban (2003). These films brought Koirala several awards and nominations, including three Filmfare Critics Awards for Best Actress, a South Filmfare Award for Best Actress, and a Star Screen Award for Best Actress, among others.
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[@minrad1975]

What an in-depth candid interview. She is a fine actress. I love her work. Can't wait to watch Heeramandi. Manisha is a legend, she must have played her role with great detail ❤💕

[@sonalipathak6724]

What a brilliant performance by Manisha! She was the absolutely the show stopper ❤️❤️ we need to see so much of her more. I hope she does many more movies!!

[@hoorainwazir9814]

Manisha has choosen a very strong character to play and justify it too all the very best to the actress.

[@fortunatebeing-pcos]

Her portrayal was just brilliant. I absolutely loved her performance and this entire series. Excellent.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

She’s absolutely fabulous! Love her interviews.

[@sangeethanarayanan7248]

Manisha's performance sits squarely on Mallikajaan. Such an amazing amazing performance. You get almost sold into the darkness of her character. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's dark characters are truly a feast.

[@zakiakadri2119]

I loved her in heeramandi she reminded me of Meena Kumari of pakeejah 🎉

[@femiqueen5855]

Manisha is the star of herra Mandi

[@Tibetan_Survivor]

I watch Heeramandi .It was very good.She is truly a beautiful woman and all women’s are so beautiful and very beautiful dressed.

[@shaikmahaboobpeer2357]

I had watched 6 episodes....awesome acting ❤❤❤

[@sangeethar9586]

So beautiful inspite of fighting cancer

[@saginasubham6912]

Manisha mam jasto elegant koi xaina huje respect ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@2178Sa]

I feel like she doesn’t answer the question. Would be nice to have a Hindi interview. But I love her as a person and actress

[@khursheedrind3232]

She was offered movies like water film , hum dil de chuke Sanam , dil toh Pagal hai, raavan , Taal, Darr a violent love story , hum hain rahi pyar ke , raja babu, zubeidaa, raja hindustani, hero no 1, happy new year , thappad , 30 shelved, roja, guzarish,

[@insearchofnemo]

Wow, why did she reject those movies?

[@arunks6986]

Mohra, wajood, karan arjun, zakhm, raju chacha, chura ke dil mera song film, biwi no 1, chachi 420, virasat , Bombay begums and many more

[@himarai9096]

@Manishakoirala is a combination of brilliance and grace! Despite being a beacon of education, dynamism, class, and culture, she was under rated by the Indian cinema and of course so called #Bullywood !

[@filmeshilmy]

Mallikajaan was truly menacing yet fascinating to watch. Bravo to her!

[@Khwaab]

One thing that is perhaps overlooked, but REALLY needs to be mentioned is the fact that Manisha´s natural face is what lets the acting shine just that extra bit more, as one can see a full range of expressions instead of being annoyed and distracted by actors´ fillers or botox. Another actress in Heera Mandi has such a foreign nose (of course surgery as you can see her old photos) that it actually takes away from her screen presence. It looks out of place and doesn´t go with her Indian features, and it´s just sad that someone would feel the need to do that. I wish actors could realise this and learn from Manisha ji. I cannot imagine how un-genuine and awkward it would have looked if Manisha´s acting was overshadowed by blatant fillers, that swollen face look and duck lips! Can you imagine??? Anyway, this interview was detailed and went to topics beyond the usual, boring and predictable interviews. I just wish some journalist would ask them all about the Kathak; did they train? With whom, for how long? Choreography is a BIG thing in pieces like this, so why is no one talking about that. (Good thing that she mentioned Sitara Devi and her dance influences!).

[@filmeshilmy]

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[@fahadjawaid3569]

wow.. this was a beautiful interview.. She is so honest and genuine in this.. I would disagree with you though about not having any empathy for Mallikajan's character. I think the way it was written and played by Manisha, I could very well empathise with her. What a performance by her. She is just brilliant.. I loved your reference about Megha from Dil se...

[@filmeshilmy]

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[@kuumarrdbhattarrai7772]

I manifest MANISHA do films with: Mani Ratnam Mira Nair Sriram raghavan shoojit sircar Vetrimaran Manu Warrier Zoya Akhtar Lijo Jose Pellissery Deepa Mehta Jude Anthany Joseph imtiaz ali DIBAKAR BENERJEE Mahesh narayanan Hanshal Mehta Kanu Behl Anurag Basu Neeraj Ghyawan Zakariya Vishal Bharadwaj Shakun Batra Rima Das

[@inishesh]

tumhare muh mein ghee sakkar

[@boris0524]

She already did two films with mani ratnam

[@filmeshilmy]

We’d love this too. But a Mani Ratnam reunion is a must!

[@arunks6986]

Dibakar banarjee did 2 films with her, 1 awaiting release

[@lovealways729]

I really didnt use to like Manisha as an actress, her dialogue delivery was so flawed, but boy has she changed and become better!!

[@sunsa331]

Bombay was released in 1995