Sharmin Segal has been making headlines ever since she featured in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The actress, who is also Bhansali’s niece, has been facing criticism for her performance in the web series. In a recent interview. Sharmin’s co-star Taha Shah also opened up about the trolls she has been facing and defended her. Taha played the role of Sharmin’s lover in Heeramandi.
Taha Shah was speaking to Zoom when he said, “Sharmin has only done two films, and her method involves keeping it subtle.” The actor further praised Sharmin and shared that she “has got a great heart”.
“Having worked with her, I know she’s given her best as an actor. I didn’t anticipate receiving this much love and appreciation for my role, hence the audience can be quite unpredictable to be honest. As far as Sharmin and her performance are concerned, I’ve literally lived with her on the sets. She was always punctual and tried to do her best. How it comes off to the audience, is a different ball game and I can’t comment on them. But I know that she has got a great heart. She was always present on the set and as an actor, that’s what you all need,” Taha added.
Besides Sharmin, Heeramandi also stars veteran actors like Manisha Koirala and Aditi Rao Hydari among others. According to Taha, it is not fair for the audience to compare Sharmin with her co-stars because they have much more experience than her. “Manisha ma’am has worked with the best of the best directors and best of the best actors. People learn over time. If the audience has found fault in Sharmin, she will do even better. I know she wants to and is eager to learn,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sharmin was also recently asked if Bhansali gave her any leeway as she is his niece. “Ulta, I don’t get any leeways. He loves me a lot, I’m not going to deny that. There are days when he’ll look at me like ‘Sharmin, his niece’ when I’m just sitting. When I look at him on a set, I don’t look at him as my uncle. I look at him as Sanjay Leela Bhansali and that’s the respect he has earned throughout his life. I can’t take that away just because I’m related to him. I also can’t change the fact that I’m related to him,” she told Indian Express.
“I understood who the man was and my respect for him skyrocketed when I had the maturity to understand his work… Then I worked with him as an assistant and realised how much hard work he puts in. Then I worked with him as an actor and realised the genius that he is… We call him Sanjay sir, me and my sister both. Never in public do we ever call him mama,” the actress added.
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