Pratibha Ranta, who created waves with her impressive performances in Heeramandi and Missing Ladies in 2024, celebrates her birthday today on December 17, 2024. On this day, let’s relive that moment of her first meeting with Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she was nervous about meeting him. Well-known director of Heeramandi, who made him feel comfortable. She recalled that he had asked her if she could dance well given her character in the series, and she was surprised by his attitude towards it.
In one of the previous interviews with ETV, Pratibha Ranta had talked about her experience of working in the Hindi film industry with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Sharing details about their first meeting, the actress said that she was nervous about it before meeting him.
But, it all turned out to be a lie because she was kind and welcoming.” He was very sweet and welcoming. He asked me if I could dance and spoke to me very kindly.” Pratibha admitted that she always wanted to work with the filmmaker; This opportunity was also a way to realize his dream. Ranta praised the filmmaker.
The actress said that when she completed work on Missing Ladies and went to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, she was at a crossroads. Despite knowing about his work, she was always amazed by his grandiose vision, which was different from The Missing Ladies.
The filmmaker paid great attention to detail, and she couldn’t help but agree that every frame was carefully considered and altered by the morning team. “There was so much detail in every frame and his vision is beyond imagination,” he said.
Ranta praised the rigorous rehearsals and described how Bhansali directed him in every scene to shape his performance in Heeramandi, which brought great joy to him.
Pratibha credited the filmmaker for teaching her important lessons during her production journey and revealed that the biggest advantage of working with the actor was not restricting everyone.
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar marks the debut of Sanjay Leela Bhansali and also stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sharmin Sehgal, Richa Chadha and others.
