Heeramandi’s ‘Ustaadji’ Indresh Malik says Sanjay Leela Bhansali gifted him Rs 500 as ‘token of appreciation’ after ‘nath’ scene: ‘I kept howling’

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“The scene for my character felt like, there was someone who accepted me, the one who gave me warmth. Wearing ‘nath’ means gaining respect. That moment when the scene was done, I was crying for almost five minutes or more. I can’t cry silently, so I howled. I was howling and crying like a child, there was a pin-drop silence,” he said in an interview with Times Now.

The actor added that when he was crying, the filmmaker came to him and praised his work. “He said, ‘Dekho, rota jaa raha hai, itna achaa toh kiya (Why are you crying, you did so well)’. Then he hugged me and gave me Rs 500 on the sets as a token of appreciation. I kept thinking about the character and that carried on for five minutes,” Indresh said.

Based on the courtesans of Lahore and the life of red-light district in undivided India, Heeramandi is created and directed by Bhansali and marked his series debut. Heeramandi also stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chaddha, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Sharmin Segal.