Sharmin Segal, the niece of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, defined why she determined to work on ‘Mary Kom’ as a substitute of her uncle’s ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela.’ She additionally revealed her wage for working in Priyanka Chopra’s movie as an assistant director.
The filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s niece, Sharmin Segal, most not too long ago performed the position of Alamzeb in Heeramandi. She has additionally been part of filmmaking earlier than being forged for this position. She labored as an assistant director on Priyanka Chopra’s 2014 movie Mary Kom and Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone’s 2015 movie Bajirao Mastani. Lately, Sharmin Segal mentioned why she declined to behave as an assistant director on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2013 movie ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela‘ in favour of Mary Kom.
How A lot Did Sharmin Segal Make on ‘Mary Kom?’
Sharmin Segal said that though Bajirao Mastani was her first film wherein she assisted the director, her first debut as an assistant director was on Mary Kom. Sanjay Leela Bhansali was filming Ram-Leela at the moment. She revealed in an interview with News18, “I mainly instructed him that I’d wish to work in movies however I do know nothing about them. Mary Kom was my first job and I acquired my first wage whereas engaged on it. It was Rs 7,500.”
Sharmin Segal revealed she didn’t really feel worthy or adequate to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone movie. “I might’ve labored in Ram-Leela however I felt like I didn’t deserve that likelihood of helping Sanjay Leela Bhansali at that time. I used to be fully new and I knew nothing about filmmaking. So, I considered hanging round within the again on the units of Mary Kom and see what I can choose up, perceive and take away after which perhaps I might go to help Sanjay sir with one thing, ” she stated.
Based mostly on the lifetime of boxer Mary Kom, the 2014 movie is a biographical sports activities drama. Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom18 Movement Photos produced it beneath the course of Omung Kumar. Priyanka Chopra performed the pivotal position ‘Mary Kom.’ Darshan Kumar and Sunil Thapa, have been among the many forged members of the film.
Sharmin additionally stated that the 1996 filming of Khamoshi: The Musical, the directorial debut of her uncle SLB, was her first encounter on a film set. She remembered scenes from ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,’ ‘Devdas,’ and ‘Saawariya’ units. The actor went on to say that when she was 4 years previous, she used to play with and steal objects from the ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‘ set. She additionally acknowledged that in the course of the making of Devdas and HDDCS, she fell in love with Aishwarya Rai.
Sharmin Segal in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
Lately, Sharmin starred in Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar as Alamzeb. Netflix hosted the launch of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s debut internet sequence. The pre-Partition drama centered on courtesans, who have been influential and highly effective figures in India’s independence motion. Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Richa Chadha, Fardeen Khan, Taha Shah Badussha, Fira Jalal, Indresh Malik, Shekhar Suman, and Adhyayan Suman have been among the many actors that appeared in it.