Sanjay Leela Bhansali, celebrated for his grand cinematic spectacles, is set to make his highly-anticipated OTT debut with 'Heeramandi’: The Diamond Bazaar.’ Which has offered its grand premiere a day before. Here we have some 'shocking’ salary details of its cast, confirmed by some prominent media portals.

As per reports,

Heeramandi is inspired by true events that happened against the backdrop of India's freedom movement. The period drama is also an epic saga that revolves around a series of emotions like love, power, struggle, freedom, and betrayal.

In an interview with Netflix's CEO, Ted Sarandos, Sanjay Leela Bhansali opened up about his debut web show, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. The director clearly stated that Heeramandi is his life's 'biggest project'. Not only this, Sanjay Leela Bhansali also added that his web series would be a tribute to iconic Indian films, Mother India (1957), Mughal-e-Azam (1960), and Pakeezah (1972).

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Talking about the star cast of Heeramandi, the web series features a series of exceptionally talented actors like Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Sharmin Segal, Farida Jalal, Shekhar Suman, Fardeen Khan, and many more.

However, if we talk about the highest-paid actress in the web series, it is Sonakshi Sinha. The actress charged a sum of Rs. 2 crores for playing the role of 'Fareedan'.

If we compare Sonakshi Sinha's fee to other actors in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's web series, she is making 100 per cent or more earnings than the rest. While Sharmin Sehgal, who portrayed the role of 'Alamzeb' was paid an estimated sum of Rs. 35 lakhs, Sanjeeda Sheikh charged Rs. 40 lakhs for playing 'Waheeda' in the web series. Fardeen Khan was also paid a sum of Rs. 75 lakhs for playing the character of 'Wali Mohammed'.

Richa Chadha and Manisha Koirala are tied as the second highest-paid actresses in the film, as they received a sum of Rs. 1 crore for playing the roles of 'Lajjo' and 'Mallikajaan', respectively in the film.