Pratibha Ranta received a very positive response to her performance in Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies. While she was still soaking in the praise, her next project, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi was released on Netflix. Pratibha has now caught everyone’s attention with her performance as Shama. However, did you know she has a special connection with Preity Zinta?
During an old interview with PTI, Pratibha Ranta said, “It is ironic that Preity Zinta is from my hometown (Shimla, Himachal Pradesh) and studied at the same school. Everyone would call me Preity Zinta or I would get teased with lines like, ‘Dekho, heroine aa rahi hai.’ I was like ‘Ab to main Preity Zinta ban ke rahungi.'”
In an earlier chat with The Indian Express, the Laapataa Ladies actress recalled, “For the longest, we only had Preity Zinta who made it to the industry from there and my family would often say, ‘Sabki kismat Preity Zinta jaisi nahi hoti.’ In fact, I was also called by her name back in town, so growing up all that I heard is that I am a heroine and one day I will go to Mumbai. So I knew I had to figure a way out.”
Meanwhile, on May 1, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web series, Heeramandi, was released on Netflix. It also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chadha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Manisha Koirala, Sharmin Segal, Taha Shah Badussha, Farida Jalal, Shruti Sharma, Jayati Bhatia, Nivedita Bhargava, Adhyayan Suman, Shekhar Suman, Fardeen Khan and Vaishnavi Ganatra, among others.
News18 gave the series 4.5/5 stars. Our review read, “Bhansali pens a near-perfect screenplay and it is this rich writing that already forms an impressive foundation for the show. Each character is written with a lot of courage, empathy and sensitivity. Here, each female character is so well-fleshed out, including those in the periphery, that they all deserve a spin-off of their own.”
“Apart from his masterful storytelling through maximalist aesthetic including the creation of some poetic vignettes where each frame appears to be a stunning piece of oil painting, Bhansali has also earned the affection and admiration of several film connoisseurs for his presentation of elaborate dance sequences. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that he has single-handedly kept the tradition of song-and-dance alive in Hindi cinema at a time when realism has been striving to take over. And so, Heeramandi doesn’t disappoint either. Sakal Ban is a gorgeous representation of the beauty and sisterhood that resides in Heeramandi. In fact, each of the woman, has a mujra sequence and all of them are mesmerising pieces,” the review also read.
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