The original Heera Mandi in Lahore was set up as a grain market by Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s prime minister in 1843. Courtesans happened to occupy a corner in this area. The original Heera Mandi ...

The series explores the lives of tawaifs in Lahore’s red-light district of Heera Mandi during the Indian independence movement against the British Empire. Netflix has renewed Heeramandi for a ...