Heeramandi Casting Director Shruti Mahajan On Sharmin Segal Being Trolled: "People Have Liked Her Work Also"

"They had to go through rounds of auditions, and look tests," said Heeramandi casting director

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's niece Sharmin Segal, who also recently featured in his debut web series Heeramandi, has been at the receiving end of constant trolling for her performance in the Netflix original. Now, the web show's casting director Shruti Mahajan has come out in support of her. In an exclusive interview to Hindustan Times, Shruti Mahajan defended Sharmin's casting for the role of Alamzeb and also said that it is unfair to troll her. In the show, Sharmin portrays the character of Alamzeb, the daughter of Mallikajaan, played by Manisha Koirala. Shruti told Hindustan Times, "People have liked her work also. It is unfair to her that we always want to talk about the negative. Our mind likes to attract negative thoughts.”

“There's a lot of positives that are being talked about her as well. Most importantly, as an actor, she has given her 100 per cent to the character. She is a very hard working actor. We should appreciate that and focus on the good," she further added.

Casting director Shruti Mahajan also talked in details about the audition process that Sharmin had to undergo before being finalised for the role of Alamzeb. “She underwent the whole process just like other actors. The process for everyone was the same. They had to go through rounds of auditions, and look tests,” said Shruti, who has worked with the director on Bajirao Mastani and Gangubai Kathiawadi.