Globally, the most watched and talked about Indian web series of 2024, Heera Mandi is a magnum opus about the world of tawaifs of yore. It is based in the famed bazaar of the same name, in Lahore during India’s final run up to independence. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Gajra Kottary was in the team of its additional writers.
It was Vishwa she found more difficult to forgive – firstly for being a man and therefore more in control of the situation, and secondly for the timing and object of the deceit.
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This definitive volume brings together all the short stories Gajra Kottary has written so far. These women-centric stories encompass a range of situations: a new bride’s fantasy, the existential frustrations of a crusader’s wife, an award-winning journalist who helplessly watches her campaign go awry; and many more. Always engaging, delightfully unpredictable, these stories provide a fascinating portrait of urban women in contemporary India.
In a medium that celebrates regressive content, writer Gajra Kottary has managed to swim against the tide.
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In a medium that celebrates regressive content, writer Gajra Kottary has managed to swim against the tide.
Gajra Kottary, novelist and short-story writer, has time and again gone against the tide and broken taboos.
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Sameer Malik is the somewhat flaky Bollywood aspirant son of theatre doyen Anandita Malik.
Sameer’s life takes a turn with his mother falling seriously ill after she suffers humiliation at the hands of the young and dynamic Paddy who runs the new successful theatre group in town.
Sameer vows vengeance but instead has a life altering experience in his interface with the effervescent Paddy.
Based on the life of the wife of Peshwa Bajirao of the Maratha empire, the show follows her journey as one of the most important women of the empire. She, as the Peshwin, is the driving force behind her Peshwa husband. Her ultimate test unfolds when Peshwa Bajirao takes Mastani as his second wife. How will she, the once powerful Peshwin, cope with this now downgraded way of life?