While we are waiting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s women-centric period drama Heeramandi to drop on Netflix, here are five web series where gangs of girls stick together and have each other’s back in times of crisis.
Four More Shots Please!
The three-season series directed by Nupur Asthana is a bowl full of fun, adventure, laughter and drama around four women who become best friends after a night of drinking at the bar. Damini Roy (Sayani Gupta), a reporter, will go to any lengths to get to the truth. Anjana Menon (Kirti Kulhari) is just as strong a lawyer as a single mother juggling her job, relationships and motherhood all at once. Umang Singh (VJ Bani) is a professional trainer who is in love with a Bollywood actress and Siddhi Patel (Maanvi Gagroo) is a rich kid with a controlling mother who makes it as a comedian. The bond between these four is a fresh take on friendship between women.
Watch it on: Amazon Prime Video
Girls Hostel
Four years of hostel life come together in this web series created by Shreyasi Sharma. Starring Ahsaas Channa, Parul Gulati, Shreya Metha and Simran Natekar, Girls Hostel traces the ups and downs in the lives of dental students from different backgrounds who become unlikely friends while living together in a hostel. The freshers, scared at first, turn outspoken and confident as the series progresses. The third season stars social media influencer-actress Kareema Barry as ‘Hot Mess’. Girls Hostel is a fun watch and makes us remember our own hostel days.
Watch it on: Sony LIV
Engineering Girls
College days might be fun but it is the final year that gives us a lifetime of memories. In this TVF web series directed by Apoorv Singh Karki, Himali Shah and Kunal Aneja, three engineering students try to make the most of their last year in college, juggling studies, friendship, romantic relationships and everything else that life throws at them. Starring Barkha Singh, Kritikka Avasthi and Sejal Kumar, the five-episode series shows the trio coming out of their shell in pursuit of dreams that aren’t always rooted in engineering.
Watch it on: ZEE5
Bombay Begums
Writer-director Alankrita Shrivastava never fails to dive deep into a woman’s heart and read her core emotions. Set in Mumbai, Bombay Begums showcases the journey of five women from different walks of life as they navigate a patriarchal society to stand their ground. The six-part drama packs in some powerful performances by Pooja Bhatt as a private bank honcho facing challenges at work and home head on; Shahana Goswami as a senior official at the same bank who’s caught between moving up her career and soothing her husband’s ruffled ego; Amruta Subhash as a former bar dancer who does what she can to protect her son’s future; Plabita Borthakur as a small-town girl who hustles her way up in corporate Mumbai; and Aadhya Anand as a teenager who escapes into the world of art to cope with her mother’s death.
Watch it on: Netflix
Hush Hush
With a stellar cast of Juhi Chawla, Ayesha Jhulka, Soha Ali Khan, Kritika Kamra, Shahana Goswami, and Karishma Tanna, the seven-episode series is a whodunnit directed by Tanuja Chandra, Kopal Naithani and Ashish Pandey. Set in Gurugram, Hush Hush introduces us to four well-heeled feisty friends whose lives turn topsy-turvy after an unforeseen incident, leading to a death. Juhi Chawla plays a power broker, Soha Ali Khan is a former journalist, Shahana Goswami a fashion designer and Kritika Kamra a homemaker who is unhappy in her marriage. Much of the story is revealed through flashbacks, with Karishma Tanna playing an investigating officer.
Watch it on: Prime Video
