These 3 famous actresses are from a family of courtesans, one of them is the daughter-in-law of Bollywood's biggest family

Bollywood: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's web series 'Heeramandi' is trending on the OTT platform these days. This webseries was streamed on the OTT platform Netflix on May 1 and it has still maintained its hold among the audience. People are liking this webseries of Bhansali very much. The story of the series is based on the 1920s. In this webseries, actresses like Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari have played the role of courtesans. Even before this, many Bollywood actresses have played the role of courtesans in films, but do you know that there are some actresses in Bollywood who belong to the family of courtesans in real life. Let us know in this article which actresses are included in this list.

1. Saira Banu

Saira Bano, the beautiful Bollywood actress, has a deep connection with courtesans. Saira Bano's mother, grandmother and great-grandmother all used to work in brothels. It is said that her mother and grandmother had their own brothel in Delhi. Even though they had their own brothel, they were forced to enter this profession. Saira Bano's great-grandmother's name was Jumman Bai, who had a daughter at the age of just 7, who was named Shamshad. Shamshad was Saira Bano's maternal grandmother.

2. Nargis

Nargis was a famous Bollywood actress. The actress became famous with films like Mother India, Jagte Raho, Shree 420, Awara. Nargis' mother Jaddanbai was a famous courtesan of Kolkata. She is also known as the first female singer that India got from a brothel. She was brought up in a brothel. Jaddanbai's mother Dalipabai, i.e. Nargis's maternal grandmother was also a famous courtesan of Allahabad.

3. Fatima Begum

The last name in this list is Fatima Begum. She is seen as the first female director of Bollywood. Fatima also belongs to a courtesan family. Apart from being a director, she has also worked as an actress. Later she also started her own production house. The name of this production house was Victoria-Fatima Films.