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INDIA New England News BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY A bank CEO’s son runs over a lower-class boy. The victim’s poor parent spots a get-rich-quick scheme through blackmail. A public scandal could end the CEO’s career and so it is best to pay up, and then pay some more. Sounds like standard soap opera drama? Okay, imagine the picture again: The bank CEO is a woman fighting to hold onto that position, in an otherwise all-male board of directors waiting with bated breath to bring her down. The victim’s parent is a sex worker, who has incidentally serviced the CEO’s son who will run over her boy, only minutes before the incident takes place. ....
Begums bewafa To do true justice, feminist cinema needs to make women worthy of their jobs and their gorgeous wardrobes In the West, the uniquely privileged Meghan and Harry have sparked off the “royal victimhood” debate. But crying victim from inside a sprawling Californian mansion has a parallel in Mumbai too, a “royal” example being Bombay Begums, a cringey show on Netflix. The good part about it is that Pooja Bhatt makes a spirited return to acting, allowing herself to be menopausal and baring the war marks of age without shrinking. Bombay Begums also removes the shelf life imposed on our actresses. In fact, women like Pooja Bhatt and Neena Gupta have it better now than they did in their prime. ....
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A still from ‘Bombay Begums’ | Photo Credit: Hitesh Mulani 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. Also Read 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. ....