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Heera Mandi is located inside the Walled City of Lahore, near the Taxali Gate, [3] and south of the Badshahi Mosque. [4] Heeramandi, originally a song and dance community rooted in the 'tawaif' culture during the Mughal period, first evolved into a hotspot for prostitution during the Ahmad Shah Durrani (1747- 1772) invasions of India.
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language period drama television series created and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.The series is about the lives of tawaifs in the red-light district of Heera Mandi in Lahore during the Indian independence movement against the British Empire. [2]
Heera Mandi also called 'Shahi Mohalla', a defunct red light district, used to lie close to this gate, [1] where Mughal Emperors used to house their royal consorts. Taxali Gate also serves as Union Council 30 (UC 30) in Tehsil Ravi Town of Lahore City District of Punjab, Pakistan. There is a sense of religious harmony that once was in this area.
Gulzar was born in 1918 in a family of musicians in Heera Mandi at Lahore, British India. She was the daughter of Sardar Begum a famous singer of her time. She started learning ghazal at the age of seven and was trained by Ustad Fida Hussain. [3] Later she changed her name from Gulzar to Tamancha Jan after several years of training in music.
One of Lahore's important techno-markets, Shah Alam Market or Shalmi as locals call it, is located near the site of the Shah Alam Gate of Lahore. Another big market Lahore is known for is the Heera mandi as locals call it is actually a prostituition hub.
Dawn newspaper, Karachi, describes Lahore's Heera Mandi area as, "Pakistan's oldest red light district was for centuries, a hub of traditional erotic dancers, musicians and prostitutes." [ 3 ] In many areas of the Indian subcontinent, they are called by different names – for example they are called tawaifs in North India and Pakistan (in ...
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Abu Aleeha told a local publication that the film, a combination of dark humour and tragedy with the locales of Heera Mandi, revolves around the investigation and events surrounding a murder. [6] The official teaser of the film was released on 9 January 2024, [7] and the official trailer was released on 19 January. [8]