Sharmin Segal says she ‘respects’ Aditi Rao Hydari: ‘It’s unfair to call me rude’ | Web series

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s debut web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar has been grabbing attention since its premiere on Netflix on May 1. Also in the news was his niece, actress Sharmin Segal, who was trolled not only for her acting but also for her promotional interviews. , which some on social media said showed her to be “rude” and “disrespectful” to her Heeramandi co-stars. Now, in an interview with India Today, Sharmin spoke about the same. Read also : Sharmin Segal responds to Sanjeeda Shaikh’s ‘bullying’ allegations

“Aditi watches over me, I watch over her”

The actor opened up about how her co-stars, such as Richa Chadha and Aditi Rao Hydari, had the courage to stand up for her amidst all this trolling campaign. She said: “I see that my co-stars are brave people who are stepping up and speaking out in support of me. It’s humbling to know that that’s how they feel about me. Some of them support me. have also reached out personally, but to intervene for me on public platforms, I just want to go hug them… Aditi watches over me, I watch over her… she is one of the people who most actively called, checked in on me and made sure I was ok throughout this month I love her. I have nothing but respect for her.

“I think it’s unfair to judge or label me”

Sharmin reiterated that she felt happy with her co-stars’ reaction because “things were taken out of context.” Sharmin said she was “very grateful” to her co-stars for being able to do this for her, as people “try to make her out to be a disrespectful person” to her co-stars, or are “arrogant or rude,” which is “not the equation she shared” with any of her co-stars.

Sharmin, whose performance as Alamzeb in Heeramandi garnered mixed reactions from critics and fans, added, “I think it is unfair to judge me or label me as a bad, rude person or disrespectful without knowing me. I think it’s unfair and it bothers me in some ways. To me, a comments section can’t define a person as good or bad because those people don’t know me.

Sharmin also clarified that in an interview, in which she called Aditi Rao Hydari a “schoolgirl”, she was “meant to be a roast”. She added that it was perhaps “a bit aggressive and could have been toned down”, but it was something that was taken “completely out of context” as the equation she shares with Aditi is very different.