Richa Chadha has reunited with an ex, and it is not a person. The actress was trained in the classical dance form of Kathak as a child but was forced to halt due to her board exams. But when the chance of being directed by the maestro, Sanjay Leela Bhansali made her up her game in the dance form, she began to pursue Kathak again.
The actress said, “I trained in Kathak as a kid under Pt Abhay Shankar Mishra for ten years as a child. Then life happened and my love for dance got left behind. I was afraid I lost my touch as like any art form, it depends on practice. But it kind of felt like swimming and I think I can float without a lifejacket. I think dance has the potential to make a person more connected, grounded, confident and definitely happier. Movement is medicine. This year I hope to complete my degree in the dance form, under the aegis of my guru Pt. Rajendra Chaturvedi”.
In relation to Heeramandi, it will examine tales of courtesans as well as the secret cultural realities of the glitzy neighbourhood of Heeramandi in pre-independent India. Essentially, it is a series about love, treachery, succession, and politics in the kothas, and it promises the larger-than-life sets, complex characters, and soulful songs that have come to be associated with SLB over the decades.
The web series for Netflix, which is an ambitious project by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Manisha Koirala, Fardeen Khan and Paresh Pahuja.
Apart from this project, Richa has wrapped up the shoot of Girls will be Girls, the first movie of her co-owned home production. The film is an Indo-French co-production which is being jointly produced by Pushing Buttons Studios, Crawling Angel Films and the French company, Dolce Vita Films.
