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MUMBAI — The sweetheart of the ‘90s, Pooja Bhatt is back, and how! Netflix recently released the trailer of its series, “Bombay Begums.” Bhatt looks like a true queen holding
Bombay Begums Has a Point of View Which It Constantly Forces Down the Viewersâ Throat
Poor acting mars the sloppily written film, which could have offered so much more.
A still from the Netflix show Bombay Begums .
The six-part Netflix series
Bombay Begums, written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, revolves around Rani (Pooja Bhatt), the CEO of Royal Bank of Bombay. Her success story has the ring of a resounding epic: a bank teller from Kanpur heading a major financial institution. The other protagonists, Fatima (Shahana Goswami), Ayesha (Plabita Borthakur), and Lily (Amruta Subhash), are as hungry.
Fatima has been offered the role of the bankâs deputy managing director. Sheâs inclined to accept it, but her husband, Arija (Vivek Gomber), expects her to take care of the baby. Ayesha, a young ambitious woman from Indore, fired by Fatima, is given a chance by Rani to work in the bankâs Corporate Social Responsibility division. Lily, a bar dancer turned
; Cast: Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand; Direction: Alankrita Shrivastava; Rating: (three stars)BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTYA bank CEO s son runs over a lower-class boy. The victim s poor parent .