Salman Khan Asked Heeramandi Actor Sharmin Segal 'Will You Marry Me?'; Here's What She Said

Sharmin Segal has been making headlines ever since she featured in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. In a recent interview, the actress, who is also Bhansali’s niece, recalled her first meeting with Salman Khan during the filming of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

Sharmin was speaking to Zoom when she was asked to name the first celebrity she met in person. The actress named Salman Khan and revealed how the actor had jokingly proposed to her for marriage when she was just two years old. “I was like 2 or 3 something, and he was like, “Will you marry me?” and I said, “No!” she said.

Sharmin further explained that she was too young to understand the meaning of marriage and therefore, would say no to everything.

Meanwhile, Sharmin Segal is currently enjoying the success of Heeramandi. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial was released on Netflix earlier this month but soon became a talking point among audiences for its casting choices. Sharmin, who essays the role of Alamzeb in the series, was trolled for her performance in the show.

However, Sharmin was 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.

Besides Sharmin, Heeramandi also stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Farida Jalal, Fardeen Khan, Shekhar Suman and Adhyayan Suman in key roles.