Sanjay Leela Bhansali is now ready to step into the web zone with a mega-budget web series.
This web series was initially planned to be a feature film, starring Priyanka Chopra in the lead.
Now, Sonakshi Sinha and Huma Qureshi have been roped in to play two leads and Vidya Balan might join in as well. But, this is a heroine-centric film, that revolves around the life of courtesans and prostitutes during the Indo-Pak partition, also has many prominent male lead roles.
There are reports that Kartik Aryan will be roped in to play the male lead in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web series, ‘Heera Mandi‘.
A source says, “Kartik Aaryan and Bhansali have always discussed in teaming up for a film together. They have met a couple of times in the past as well but nothing worked out. Recently, he was spotted at the maverick filmmaker’s office and apparently, SLB asked him if he would like to do a role in Heera Mandi.”
Kartik was also offered a role in Gangubai Kathiawadi which he declined.
This series is majorly a woman-dominated script but Kartik has a very edgy role to essay. If Kartik agrees, this might be his second project on the digital platform after Ram Madhvani’s Dhamaka which might have a direct to OTT release.