mumbai filmmaker sanjay leela bhansali who is known for his unique aesthetics and storytelling will soon make his foray into the digital space with his upcoming streaming epic heeramandiwhile the longformat content is fulfilling for a creator or an artiste the director feels that it is physically demanding given that the artistes have to surrender themselves to a project for a longer durationread alsosanjay leela bhansali ropes in anju mahendru for heeramandi exclusiveactress anju mahendru is the latest actor to join the cast of sanjay leela bhansalis muchtalked about web series heeramandithe gangubai kathiwadi helmer was recently in conversation with the coceo of streaming giant netflix in mumbai where he shared his experience of working in medium of digital with longformat contentwhen asked about his arrival on the digital from the world of big visually appealing spectacles the director said i have made big films but shifting to digital makes it even bigger for mehe then went onto call heeramandi his biggest project so farhe continued heeramandi is my biggest project so far for me creating a piece of audiovisual art is to make it creative immersive and to make it emotionally appealing and digital allows me to delve deeperheeramandi is a historical epic and tells the story of three generations of courtesans in the eponymous preindependence era districthe further mentioned of course theres another side to it about the grind while making a 23 hour film is comparatively less draining working on episodic arcs and the narrative comes with its own set of challenges and is physically demanding for any creatorheeramandi will soon be available to stream on netflix