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Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, Netflix’s new opulent period piece.

Series creator Sanjay Leela Bhansali said the series is "a story of love, power, freedom, and extraordinary women, their desires, and struggles."

The series created and directed by award-winning director Sanjay Leela Bhansali follows arch nemeses and reigning courtesans Mallikajaan and Fareedan as they battle for the succession of Heeramandi, a bustling center for performing arts, culture, poetry and dances in pre-partition Lahore. While "Heeramandi," or diamond market in English, is an actual location in Lahore, Pakistan, Bhansali on multiple occasions has said that characters in the series are not based on real people. The courtesans were trained in music, etiquette and dance and the women of the area were a social symbol for the elite, with their presence at ceremonies a statement of class and wealth akin to Japan's geishas.

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