Bombay Begums Web Series, Netflix, Review

Bombay Begums review: A gripping drama about the plight of women in India’s urban realm                                                                         

Director Alankrita Shrivastava’s ability to navigate through various suppressed anger and mood swings of her character makes one of the most attractive watches

Bombay Begums cast: Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand, Manish Choudhary, Vivek Gomber, Imaad Shah, Danish Hussain, Rahul Bose, Nauheed Cyrusi
Bombay Begums director: Alankrita Shrivastava

His struggle for the survival of women is real, whether they occupy coveted corner offices in luxurious corporate offices or in a more humble environment on the wrong track. Mumbai Begums is probably named this way because it is an attractive suggestion, but the six-part series includes this ancient truth, judging from the interconnected story of Mumbai’s "Begums": If you are For a woman, you must fight every inch of your rights in a way.

Rani (Podja Bart) is the chief executive officer of a bank and enthusiastically guards her hard-won turf. Fatima (Shahana Goswami) works in the same bank and is steadily climbing the ladder. Ayesha (Prabita Bortakul) is a small town girl hacker who lives in a big city. Shay (Aditya Anand) is a lonely teenager with a mother's problem. Lily (Amruta Subashi) is a bar dancer and single mother. The following are your different social classes and age groups, unified by the fact that gender is single and unchangeable, and how everything these roles do is restricted by centuries of patriarchy and prejudice.

In the past, there were ambitious women in movies and TV shows, so the "Mumbai Begums" stepped on was not exactly a virgin land. However, where it scores is that it decides to create fully-physical female characters who refuse to be likable or submissive. It shows us that once women reach a certain status, how many of them themselves are complicit in maintaining status: a predatory male colleague in the bank (Manish Choudhary) was driven out by a new entrant after sexual assault, and old age The women immediately got in touch with this tragic girl who was shaking. Does she know how her complaints will affect her fledgling career? How drunk was she when it happened? Isn't this voluntary? Think about this man and his happy family: these accusations will ruin his life.

                                                                                 

Not everything is effective. I don't really believe how the chain of bar dancers can be included in the narrative, but Amruta Subash plays Lily so well, you want more of her. Some twists and turns feel well planned, too convenient. The adulthood of privileged girls is a bit too literally aware, but there are also so few movies that try adolescent teenagers to realize their bodies, I will take this too, thank you very much.

How happy to see women get what they deserve, speak out, speak out. Poja Bart owns part of Rani, Rani, the woman who got where she wanted, her scars show. She has a relationship with a powerful man (Rahul Boss); her spouse (Denmark Hussein) knows it. What happens between partners in these so-called "open marriages"? Look at that gorgeous wardrobe, the saris she wears, each one is better than the other. Shahana Goswami asked us to sympathize with her Fatima effortlessly. She and her husband (Vivick Gomber) are not in the happiest place. She will only be when she is on the board of directors. Alive. Being a mother is not about fulfilling her things: meeting at a high table.

Arankrita Srivastava has always used her depiction of female sexuality to push boundaries. The most powerful element in "The Lipstick Under My Burka" and "Dolly Kitty Ovo Chamakti Sitare" is the recognition of women's desires and how its absence creates permanent voids. We see this being staged in these "Begum" in Mumbai: in the role of "bi", in older women who wish to explore freely, in a passionate older woman, in her arid marriage In the happiest marriage, she found a short-lived happiness, and she learned the value of true love. Bluffing, real, hurting, laughing women who let you stay by their side and root for them. What are the trade-offs of your journey to the top? Where is your hard stand? These issues are the front and center of the series, making it a meaningful addition to contemporary feminist novels.

This incident uncovered the old scars of sexual harassment that a character had to suppress. In the #MeToo era, difficult facts have also surfaced.

From the producers of "The Lipstick Under My  Burkha and Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare,  the six-part Netflix Indian show "Mumbai Begums" tells about The lives of five women from all walks of life in Mumbai trying to run around in the suspicious operation of the chauvinistic social order.

                                                                                  

"Some women are born to rule. They bleed for their dreams and expect others to bleed for them. I'm not sure if I want to be that kind of queen. I think I would rather lead the rebellion. "The youngest character on the show, 14 years old Shay Irani (Aditya Anand) joked in the opening sequence dubbing. Her contemplative narrative voice is the creative soul of the work, the glue that combines all the different stories into a strange whole.

Nevertheless, its attempt to portray the plight of its characters was destroyed by a formulaic method.

The story centers on Mumbai and begins with the audience, introducing the matrilineal image of Pooja Bhatt, CEO of Royal Bank of Mumbai. She used to be a bank teller in Kanpur, a self-made woman, always vigilant about the big boys in the corporate world. Her personal life is not all smooth sailing. When her husband desperately held the memory of a dead wife, his children refused to admit that Rani was a primary care provider.

When we met Shahana Goswami, a firm and vulnerable deputy like her boss, the drama intensified and she found it difficult to maintain a work-life balance. Mainly because of her dissatisfied husband (Victor Gomber) and her own professional ambitions.

There is also the young narrator Shay Irani, Rani’s youngest stepson, who likes her father and is still haunted by the memory of her late mother. Without the presence of a mother to guide her, she was overcome by pre-adolescent anxiety, which contributed to her many artistic creations.

Prabita Bortakul is shining with the young blood of Ayesha Agarwal. Although he has been fired, he is still eager to make himself famous in Iranian banks. She struggled with work, sexual orientation and where to live in Mumbai. Rani reached out and asked her to work with the lively Laxmi "Lily" Gundali (Amruta Sbash), a sex worker who is trying to eliminate the pollution surrounding her career. name.

As part of the bank's corporate social responsibility plan, Ayesha began to help Lily build a factory. Her relentless pursuit of climbing up the corporate ladder began. It was a ridiculous turning point, and she was eventually caught by a senior employee she had previously admired.

The company's investigation into the matter exposed the dark side of the central figure, because the main conflict sweeping the plot of the drama has already emerged.

There is also the young narrator Shay Irani, Rani’s youngest stepson, who likes her father and is still haunted by the memory of her late mother. Without the presence of a mother to guide her, she was overcome by pre-adolescent anxiety, which contributed to her many artistic creations.

Prabita Bortakul is shining with the young blood of Ayesha Agarwal. Although he has been fired, he is still eager to make himself famous in Iranian banks. She struggled with work, sexual orientation and where to live in Mumbai. Rani reached out and asked her to work with the lively Laxmi "Lily" Gundali (Amruta Sbash), a sex worker who is trying to eliminate the pollution surrounding her career. name.

                                                                                     

As part of the bank's corporate social responsibility plan, Ayesha began to help Lily build a factory. Her relentless pursuit of climbing up the corporate ladder began. It was a ridiculous turning point, and she was eventually caught by a senior employee she had previously admired.

The company's investigation into the matter exposed the dark side of the central figure, because the main conflict sweeping the plot of the drama has already emerged.

Naming  Pooja Bhatt's  character Rani did not seem to be an arbitrary decision. This is a truly layered performance-she is noble on the outside, but vulnerable under her magnificent Saris. Just like this show, despite its flaws, you can't help but participate in its roles, even though they are damaged.

Despite this title, Mumbai Begums can be set in any tier-one Indian city just as easily. Except for randomly shot Mumbai transition footage and Lily's remake, the show is mainly set indoors—in humble meeting rooms, ordinary offices, and middle- and upper-class residences—with few signs that it happened in the City of Dreams.

                                                                                 

It is undeniable that there are some complicated ideas at work here, such as women conspiring to defend the honor of poisonous men. But the show took a frank, nose approach to solve this concept, similar to the movie bomb shell. There is no harm in a more thoughtful attitude.

The strength of Mumbai Begums lies in its role, each of which embodies the moral and ideological conflicts of the show itself-at one moment, they pull each other down, and at the next moment, they give an exciting speech, saying they want People who stick to it. You can never be sure whether any of them is a decent person, but expect them to be "polite and agreeable", as Jane Austen would say, revealing that indoctrination that we have grown to accept.

We watched Pooja Bhatt, the chief executive of a private bank, spamming out serious problems under the carpet, usually through illegal means. We witnessed Fatima (Shahana Goswami), Rani’s number two in the bank, bending backwards to satisfy her husband’s wishes, and she was jealous of her career success. We don't know how to feel Lily, a bar dancer played by Amruta Spash, who deceived her the way to live a better life for herself and her son. We have a connection with Ayesha (Prabita Portakul), she must learn to navigate the life of a small town girl in a big bad world, and at the same time try and understand her dormant desire as a bisexual woman.

                                                                                   

Rani (Pooja Bhatt) is a small town girl who has succeeded in the bad world of Mumbai business, but she has recently begun to feel a change in her moral stance. Although Fatima (Shahana Goswami) and Ayesha (Prabita Bortakul) work under the same organization Rani, Shay (Aditya Anand) Is her stepdaughter. Lily (Amruta Subashi), a sex worker, is the fifth vertex of this pentagon. Together, they set out to create a story about the struggles faced by women of different social classes and how they handled hostile situations ingeniously.

For Bhatt, returning to the showbiz is a good role, but her role cannot counter the monotony she has in the show and how it plays a one-way role without any wrinkles. The creator-Alan Krita Shrivastava ("Lipstick Under My Bukka", Dolly Kitty O. W. Chamakte Sitaray)-tried to play in Goswami Give her a firm ally, but the emotion and repetition of dialogue disguised as a punch line hinders their chances.