Taha Shah Badussha, who portrays Tajdar Baloch in Netflix's 'Heeramandi', defended co-actor Sharmin Segal amid trolling for her performance in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed series. Badussha termed the criticism 'unfair', emphasizing that 'people improve with time', in an interview.
During an interview with Zoom, he said, "Sharmin has only done two films, and her method involves keeping it subtle. Having worked with her, I know she’s given her best as an actor."
Taha further said, "I didn’t anticipate receiving this much love and appreciation for my role, hence the audience can be quite unpredictable to be honest. As far as Sharmin and her performance are concerned, I’ve literally lived with her on the sets. She was always punctual and tried to do her best."
"How it comes off to the audience, is a different ball game and I can’t comment on them. But I know that she has got a great heart. She was always present on the set and, as an actor, that’s what you all need," he added.
Heeramandi is now available for streaming on Netflix. The series stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Manisha Koirala, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Fardeen Khan, Adhyayan Suman, and more.
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