9 shows and anthologies that put strong women in the spotlight, on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar and more
Rehana (Plabita Borthakur) is a young burkha-clad woman who wants to be a pop singer. Shirin (Konkona Sen Sharma) is an oppressed housewife with an enterprising mind. Leela (Aahana Kumra) is a two-timing beautician looking for a way out of her claustrophobic existence, but it is Ratna Pathak Shah as Usha, an ageing widow rediscovering her sexuality through a phone romance, who impresses the most with her uninhibited performance. Their secret acts of rebellion against patriarchal norms won this black comedy by Alankrita Shrivastava a number of awards at international film festivals.
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Four More Shots Please (2019)
They are unapologetically flawed but that’s what makes the quartet of friends so real and so interesting at the same time. Sayani Gupta, Bani J, Maanvi Gagroo and Kirti Kulhari are the four friends who live and love on their own terms, make mistakes and sometimes, learn from them as well. Anu Menon and Nupur Asthana’s show, whose third season is in the works, was nominated in the Best Comedy Series at the International Emmy Awards 2020.
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