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Amid all the chatter around actor Sharmin Segal’s performance in Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, her co-star Jayati Bhatia, who plays Phatto Bi in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s show, has voiced her support for Sharmin. She said that Sharmin could have chosen the “less is more” approach for her performance deliberately. Sharmin, who is also Bhansali’s niece, has been criticised for her performance as Alamzeb, the artistic-minded daughter of a courtesan. She muted comments on Instagram following the show’s release in March.
When Jayati was asked what she feels about Sharmin’s acting in the show, and the conversations around it, she told ABP’s Entertainment Live, “This is a very important phase in her career, in her life. After this, she will only get better. This is the first step, she’s done Malaal, but here she’s worked under the guidance for Mr Bhansali, under his direction, so this is her first thing. Now she has to prove herself.”
Jayati then explained why Sharmin could have approached her character the way she did. She said, “It is about what approach an actor takes. There are a lot of actors who believe that less is more. They feel if they do more then it’ll become too much. Then there is Phatto (Jayanti’s character) who is all over the place. Manisha ji has a grey shade, it is a solid character. Fareedan’s charatcer (played by Sonakshi Sinha) is a firecracker, she is exciting you all the time. Then there is Aditi Rao Hydari (who plays Bibbojaan), you can see her inner strength because when the show starts, she’s already working with the revolutionaries.”
She concluded by saying, “So there are so many characters, how do you make your presence felt? What approach will you take? So, maybe this was the approach that she (Sharmin) thought she could take, that less is more.” But, Jayati added, Sharmin would need to prove herself again in her next project. “In the next work that she does, she cannot rely on (the same acting style). She has to move forward from this, and show people, while remaining true to the story… She has to work harder now. She’s our darling, but as someone who trained her for her first film, I am very protective and fond of her. As a teacher, I can say that she needs to put the criticism aside and focus on her craft going forward.”
In the recent past, several of Sharmin’s co-stars from the show have weighed in on the criticism that she has received. Taha Shah Badussha admitted that he would’ve liked to have seen a more dynamic performance out of her, while Shekhar Suman said reasoned that Alamzeb was too reticent as a character to behave in a highly emotional way. Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, also starring Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Singha, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Fardeen Khan among others, is streaming on Netflix.
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