Watch: What Sharmin Segal Said About Her ‘Heeramandi’ Co-Star Aditi Rao Hydari
Sharmin Segal and Aditi Rao Hydari recently featured in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s OTT debut series ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’.
Indian filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s niece and actress Sharmin Segal, who recently featured in his debut web series ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’, has been at the receiving end of constant trolling for her performance in the Netflix show. A section of social media users opined that she did not deserve the role and got it only due to nepotism. The negativity turned so sour that Sharmin Segal even switched off comments on some of her Instagram posts.
Apart from her acting in ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’, she was also criticised for her rude behaviour and comments towards her show’s co-stars during interviews. After breaking her silence on the criticism she received for her performance in the new Netflix series, Sharmin Segal recently interacted with Instant Bollywood.
Taking to Instagram, Instant Bollywood shared a video of Sharmin Segal talking about her ‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’ co-star Aditi Rao Hydari.
Check out the video below:
In the video, Sharmin Segal said, “I think people would think that everyone was always looking out for themselves. But that was not the case. There were so many times that Aditi helped me like she was just there for me, checking in on me while we were shooting. Just like fixing my hair sometimes. Like she was always very helpful.”
She added, “There’s a certain amount of like camaraderie because every person has been in the other’s person shoe and every person wants to do the best. Not just like the women, all the men were also very sweet… like Jason was very helpful, Taha was vey sweet.”
Soon after the video was shared online, several social media users reacted to the video. One user wrote, “Damage control.”
Another one said, “Fix kr diya ? Bol kr aesa.”
A third user commented, “What the use of saying such nice words now..you already showed your true colors.”
“Trying to make up for the previous nonsense that she spewed,” another comment read.
‘Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar’, which has been renewed for a second season, also starred Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Richa Chadha, Fardeen Khan, Taha Shah Badussha, Shekhar Suman and Farida Jalal.
Talking about Sharmin Segal, she made her acting debut with the 2019 film ‘Malaal’, co-starring Meezaan Jafri. The film was backed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
She has worked as an assistant director for several movies like ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’, ‘Mary Kom’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’, and ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’.
