Bombay Begums

Bombay Begums is an Indian drama streaming television series for Netflix created by Alankrita Shrivastava, who also co-wrote the script along with Bornila Chatterjee and Iti Agarwal. The series directed by Shrivastava and Chatterjee, is produced by the Los Angeles-based Chernin Entertainment and Endemol Shine Group, which features Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash and Plabita Borthakur in the lead roles, which was narrated by Aadhya Anand. The series marks the comeback of actress Pooja Bhatt. It explores the lives of five ambitious women from various walks of life navigating through their dreams, desires and disappointments, from boardrooms to society's margins, in modern-day Mumbai. It was released on Netflix on 8 March 2021. Plot Set in contemporary urban India, five women, across generations, wrestle with desire, ethics, personal crises and vulnerabilities to own their ambition. Rani is the CEO of a bank who takes great effort in hiding the bank's problems. Fatima, who works under Rani, does everything possible to please her husband. Lily, who lives in a chawl, has previously been a bar dancer and is now scamming her way to a better life for herself and her son. Ayesha is bisexual and is from a small town (Indore) and is new to the city of Mumbai. The series explores drug abuse, blackmail, broken dreams, and aspirations of these characters. Cast Pooja Bhatt as Rani Irani, CEO of Royal Bank of Bombay Shahana Goswami as Fatima Warsi Amruta Subhash as Lakshmi Gondhali alias Lily Plabita Borthakur as Ayesha Aadhya Anand as Shai Manish Choudhary as Deepak Sanghvi Sanghmitra Hitaishi as Chithra Parasarthy Rahul Bose as Mahesh Rao Imaad Shah as Ron Vivek Gomber as Arijai, Fatima's husband Danish Husain as Naushad Irani, Rani's husband Nauheed Cyrusi as Piya Vivek Tandon as Cyrus Dastur Deepak Soni as Raj Parkar Ekavali Khanna as Devyani Oniyal, Rani's Former Colleague at Royal Bank of Bombay who now works at FCB Asia Bank Episodes