Sharmin Segal has been one of the most talked-about actress since the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar in May. The actress, who is also the niece of the filmmaker, was criticised, trolled and had become the subject of many memes for her “expressionless” acting in every situation. Now, a month after the series’ release, the actress has finally spoken up.
In an interview with News18 Showshah, the actress said that there has been many positive responses as well, but people decided to focus only on the negative ones. She said, “I had given my all to Alamzeb’s character. We tend to fixate on the negatives but there are so many positives that have also come along, which we don’t talk about. It’s perhaps not interesting enough to talk about positives and we tend to look over them to some degree.”
After avoiding all kind of conversations around her character Alamzeb and unabling comments on her posts, the 28-year-old actress thought to pay attention to what the viewers have to say.
“There was a point when I was not looking at many things (reviews) but then slowly, I realised that I was also missing out on a lot of love that I was getting. I’ve now started paying attention to that. Over the last few days, I decided to look through it all. The audience’s opinion is what will probably help you be the best version of yourself,” she said.
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Before Sharmin, many of her co-stars and others associated with the series commented on the ongoing trolling.
Defending Sharmin, Sanjay Leela Bhansali told India Today, “She has a face of what Alamzeb should be – somebody who doesn’t want to be a tawaif or has no makings of it. You needed somebody with very fresh, innocent quality to her, somebody who doesn’t talk like a tawaif. And that person wants to break free with some pursuit of wanting to write poetry. So, I felt that Sharmin was the correct choice for Alamzeb.”
Her co-star Taha Shah too defended the actress in an interview with Zoom, and said, “I have worked with her, and I do know as an actor she has tried her best.” Meanwhile, Aditi Rao Hydari said, “It is horrible to pick on anybody.”
The series, which is currently streaming on Netflix, was recently renewed for a season 2. Confirming the news to Variety, Sanjay Leela Bhansali said, “In Heeramandi 2, the women now come from Lahore to the film world. They leave Lahore after the Partition and most of them settle in the Mumbai film industry or Kolkata film industry.”
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