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Adhyayan Suman: ‘I was broken, didn’t want to live anymore’
Updated On: 30 April, 2024 07:04 AM IST | Heeramandi | Mohar Basu
After going without work for seven years, Adhyayan hopes to revive his career as he joins dad Shekhar for SLB’s Heeramandi
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Shekhar Suman and Adhyayan Suman
The Diamond Bazaar is a delectable package of many surprises. In his maiden web series, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has brought together an eclectic bunch of actors. While Farida Jalal returns to screen after a decade, it also features Fardeen Khan, who was last seen in Dulha Mil Gaya (2010). Among other things, it also stars father-son duo Shekhar and Adhyayan Suman together on screen. Shekhar plays the flamboyant Nawab Zulfiqar, who is in love with Manisha Koirala’s character Mallikajaan, and his son steps into the shoes of Zorawar, a mean, brutal nawab.
Netflix’s ambitious series is centred on six female actors—Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh and Sharmin Segal—but Shekhar asserts that the male characters aren’t ornamental. “The dynamics between the tawaifs and the nawabs were intimate. It is quintessentially the story of the courtesans and how they wielded power, but these women derived their power from the men. Nawabs were skilled mercenaries, who allied with the British to get power and titles. My character has a hint of arrogance. He adds to the politics of Heeramandi. He is in love with Mallikajaan, but doesn’t shy away from [threatening] her when she doesn’t bow to him,” says the actor.
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