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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 .
Deewar-e-Shab (Urdu: دیوار شب, lit. 'Wall of Night') is a 2019 Pakistani historical drama television series, based on the history of Heeramandi created and produced by Momina Duraid of MD Productions, and directed by Iqbal Hussain. [1] It is the dramatization of the novel of the same name by Aliya Bukhari.
After the British colonization, although more brothels and prostitutes were operating in Heera Mandi, there were still tawaif performing activities in the area, Heera Mandi retained its reputation as a centre of the performing arts. [42] After the partition, young and attractive tawaifs from Heera Mandi became the first choice of Pakistan ...
Niggo was killed at her residence on January 5, 1972, in Lahore. Her husband, after trying and failing to get her to return home, lost his temper, drove to Heera Mandi and opened fire on Niggo at her mother's house. [8] [12] Niggo's uncle and two musicians were also murdered in the incident.
Rai Bahadur Sir Ganga Ram CIE MVO (born Ganga Ram Agarwal; 13 April 1851 – 10 July 1927) [2] was an Indian civil engineer and architect.In view of his extensive contributions to the urban fabric of Lahore, then in Pre-Independence India and now in modern Pakistan, journalist Khaled Ahmed described him as "The Father of Modern Lahore".
Heeramandi similarly draws on these themes.Set in the 1920s, at the heart of the story is a biting rivalry between the powerful Mallikajaan and Fareedan (played by Sonakshi Sinha), the daughter of ...