Pakistan, May 2 -- Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, has hit streaming platform Netflix today.

Bhansali discussed his vision about the big-budget show at its Los Angeles premiere. He revealed that he had originally planned to make the show as a film, starring Rekha, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukerji. The filmmaker claimed that the concept for Heeramandi had been with him for 18 years, but the film never came to be because the story was so big.

"This was 18 years ago, so at one point it was Rekha ji, Kareena and Rani Mukerji," Bhansali remarked about the cast in a conversation with Lilly Singh at the film's premiere. It then transformed into a different cast and yet another...