Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha who recently starred in the Netflix series ‘Heeramandi’, opened up about the bold same-sex foreplay scene in the drama.
Sonakshi Sinha, who played the role of Fareedan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi, in an interview with News18 revealed that Fareedan’s sexuality was not explored further intentionally.
Sinha also explained why Bhansali chose to not go big on exploring Fareedan’s sexuality in detail. For those who are unaware, the scene in question showed Fareedan engaging in foreplay with one of her maids, which implied sexual interaction between them.
The director didn’t explore it further and while revealing the reason behind it, Sonakshi said, “She was sold off when she was a nine-year-old girl. Maybe that’s why she absolutely hates men. It could be that. They’ve left it very open. They didn’t explore it any further than that one scene where she meets Choudhary saab (a nawab) and is with her maid”.
“It’s just a very vast world and sir has tapped into different aspects of it in small ways,” she added. The 36-year-old is overwhelmed with the positive feedback coming her way for the series which has been created by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Heeramandi explores the cultural reality of Heeramandi, a district in Lahore, Pakistan through the stories of courtesans and their patrons set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Indian freedom struggle of the 1940s.
Besides Sinha, it also stars Manisha Koirala, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Sharmin Segal, Shekhar Suman, Fardeen Khan, Adhyayan Suman, and Taha Shah Badussha. The series was released on Netflix on May 1.
