Shekhar Suman Steps Into Politics Amid Lok Sabha Elections 2024; Heeramandi Star Joins BJP

Shekhar Suman steps into politics. The Heeramandi actor was in New Delhi on Tuesday when he joined the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). This comes at a time when polling for Lok Sabha Elections in the country is already underway. However, it remains unclear whether Suman will be contesting elections in the future or not.

In a video shared on social media by the news agency ANI, Shekhar Suman was seen being welcomed into the political party by Vinod Tawde, General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Watch it here:

Shekhar Suman is currently enjoying the success of his recently released web series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s show premiered on Netflix earlier this month and also stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sharmin Segal Mehta, Farida Jalal, Fardeen Khan and Adhyayan Suman in key roles. It explores the various aspects of a woman’s trials and tribulations.

Shekhar Suman’s oral sex scene in the show has also become the talk of the town. Recently, the 61-year-old actor also opened up about it and told Zoom Entertainment that it was never a part of the script originally. He mentioned that when Bhansali talked about it on sets for the first time, everyone was left shocked.

“I went with all my preparation, having learned my lines. Just before the scene was supposed to begin, he called me over and said, ‘I have thought of a bizarre interpretation of this, are you open to it?’ And he completely turned it around. It was something that nobody had thought of, the ADs were like this (Shekhar mimicked a stunned expression),” Shekhar Suman said.

The actor admitted that even though the scene felt “strange” initially, he agreed to do it. “Bhansali wanted the nawab to turn around, and get fellatio mid-air, thinking that Mallikajaan is sitting on that side. And he’s convinced. It was a strange interpretation, and it hasn’t been done by anybody before, somebody having sex mid-air. He said, ‘I’m fine if you say no, if you find it too bizarre’,” he added.

Shekhar Suman shared that he performed the scene in one take which left everyone on sets impressed. He revealed that after the scene was over, Bhansali rushed to him and called it ‘magnificent’.