Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali had once considered casting Pakistani actors Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan as the young pair Tajdar and Alamzeb for his debut show Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, which was originally planned as a film.
Bhansali eventually cast his niece Sharmin Segal and Taaha Shah Badusha from Taj: Reign of Blood as Alamzeb and Tajdar in Heeramandi.