Sanjay Leela Bhansali in an interview with IndieWire spoke about receiving love from Pakistan for 'Heeramandi', a story set in Lahore. He said it's a piece that "somehow brings us all together, when all India was one". "These people belong to us as much as they belong to them...I still feel we're all one...I still feel...we're all connected," said Bhansali.