BC Aunty Calls Out Vivek Agnihotri for Slamming Heeramandi: I Believe That He Hasn't Seen The Show

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much talked about series 'Heeramandi' is currently making headlines. Now, director Vivek Agnihotri has taken to his social media and slammed it. He mentioned that glorifies the lives of courtesans when brothels are in fact ‘monuments of human injustice, pain, and suffering'.

Snehil Dixit Reacts to Vivek Agnihotri's Comments:

The co-director of the Heeramandi, content creator Snehil Dixit Mehra has reacted to it.  In an exclusive conversation with News18 Showsha, she said, “I believe that he hasn't seen the show. Heeramandi isn't about the glorification of tawaifs. The show is set against the backdrop of the 1920s and the 1940s. At that time, tawaifs were ruling the roost.”

She added, “We did extensive research before making the show. There was an insight that we found during our research which was that these tawaifs were so rich that even when they fudged their numbers, they were paying more taxes than the nawabs."

“They had a lot of wealth and power that they had a lot of influence over nawabs and politicians so much so that they would come to seek advice from these women. At that time, girls belonging to legitimate families were kept in purdah and weren't allowed to get taalim. But tawaifs had taalim on everything – they could learn art, read and write. They were very sharp women. They had a very powerful position in the society," she continued.

“With the freedom struggle and British trying to break the nautch girls, they lost their dignity in the process. This is the story we've chosen to tell. It's not about the glorification of the tawaifs; it's just what the story is. He (Agnihotri) should watch the series first to understand what we're trying to convey," she concluded.

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Snehil aka BC Aunty is a popular comic content creator. Her videos are hilarious and netizens' absolute favourite. She enjoys a massive fan following on social media.