MUMBAI: Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali will be partnering with Netflix for his upcoming series, Heeramandi. The series will explore stories of courtesans and the hidden cultural reality of Heeramandi, a district in Lahore in pre-Independence India. The show will have all the trademarks of a Bhansali film, grand sets, elaborate compositions and a plethora of characters. Heeramandi promises to be stories of love, betrayal, politics, and succession.

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Vibhu Puri, who was to direct most of the episodes, is no longer part of the posh project.

Reliable sources inform that while Sanjay Leela Bhansali would personally direct the first episode, the other six episodes of this unlimited series would be directed by Mitakshara Kumar, who served as an associate director to Bhansali in Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat.

Mitakshara also directed The Empire a series on the Mughal dynasty for producer Nikhil Advani. She takes over the directorial reins of Heeramandi from Vibhu Puri, who was earlier roped in to direct six of the seven episodes.

SLB, who began his career with Khamoshi, has cemented a position for himself with films such as include Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Guzaarish, Goliyon Ke Rasleela: Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani, and Padmaavat.

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