Taha Shah Badussha Exclusive Interview with Sneha Menon Desai | Heeramandi | FC at Cannes'24

Taha Shah Badussha talks to Sneha Menon Desai about Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, the global appeal of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and the overwhelming response his character Tajdar has received from fans. Badussha speaks fondly about watching Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis at the Cannes Film Festival, and how Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light is going to open doors for Indian cinema. The actor also discusses the importance of networking and spending his life on “jugaadu passes” until he struck gold with Heeramandi. Badussha reveals that he was thrown out of 7-8 big films before he landed the role of Tajdar on Bhansali’s magnum opus series on Netflix.

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00:00 - At Cannes'24 with Taha Shah Badussha
00:36 - Heeramandi being the second highest watched Netflix show globally
01:35 - Has the global popularity translated to global street popularity
05:03 - Life changing after Heeramandi
08:19 - Chasing Sanjay Leela Bhansali 10 years ago
09:31 - Finding out a decade later that you’ve been finally chosen
15:03 - Overnight success taking 15 years to accomplish
16:39 - The Jugadu Pass
18:56 - Taha hustling his way through Cannes’24
20:40 - Is Taha able to block out the noise?

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