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The list includes big fat rich desi weddings, a personal insight into one of music s biggest names and begums of Bombay.
So the cinemas are going to remain shut at least till April and possibly until Eid. What’s the entertainment-starved viewer to do? Well, if you have a Netflix subscription, here are three shows to settle down with at home:
The Big Day (2021, Netflix)
A series on big fat rich desi weddings,
The Big Day has been one of the most watched videos by Pakistanis when it first came out because nothing gets us going, for better or for worse, as much as weddings and marriage unions do.
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Bombay Begums, Netflix India’s six-part series that premiered on International Women’s Day.
In under six hours, we see a
spectrum of women pre-pubescent to menopausal, urban elite to underprivileged, big-city movers-and-shakers to small-town lasses, banker to bar dancer navigating their way through cut-throat Bombay.
A
plethora of issues loveless marriages and infidelity; infertility and surrogacy; boardroom politics and workplace sexual harassment; teenage heartbreaks and substance abuse; alternative sexualities and gender power plays are touched upon.
So much so that you wish there was less of it. And more of the less.
The five leads of Bombay Begums | Photo: Netflix
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Set in the high stakes world of banking and finance,
Bombay Begums follows Rani (Pooja Bhatt), Fatima (Shahana Goswami), Ayesha (Plabita Borthakur), Lily (Amruta Subhash) and Shai (Aadhya Anand), whose circumstances are different but whose lives are interconnected.
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A still from ‘Bombay Begums’
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Director Alankrita Shrivastava’s ability to navigate through various layers of suppressed anger and the emotional volatility of her characters make for a most engaging watch
From the maker of
Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, comes the six-part Netflix India show
Bombay Begums which follows the lives of five women from various walks of life in Mumbai, as they try to hustle their way around the dubious workings of a chauvinistic social order.
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Separated by India’s socio-economic divide and the disparity in privileges that stem from it, these women are united in their struggle to stay afloat in India’s city of dreams. And yet, the Alankrita Shrivastava-directed series is not merely a tale of their survival against all odds.