Black Widows (Indian TV series)

Black Widows is a ZEE5 original dark comedy Indian web series directed by Birsa Dasgupta and produced by Namit Sharma. The series is a remake of the popular 2014 Finnish show, Mustat Lesket. Starring Mona Singh, Swastika Mukherjee, Shamita Shetty, Sharad Kelkar, Mohan Kapur, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Vipul Roy, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Aamir Ali and Raima Sen, the series released through ZEE5 on 18 December 2020.^[1][2][3]

Black Widows
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Genre	Crime Thriller
Based on	Mustat Lesket by Mikko Pöllä
Written by	Radhika Anand
Directed by	Birsa Dasgupta
Starring	Mona Singh Swastika Mukherjee Shamita Shetty Sharad Kelkar Parambrata Chattopadhyay Sabyasachi Chakraborty Aamir Ali Raima Sen Mohan Kapoor
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
Production
Producer	Namit Sharma
Cinematography	Subhankar Bhar
Editor	Sumit Chowdhury
Production company	Big Synergy Media Ltd.
Original release
Network	ZEE5
Release	18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)

Plot

The premise revolves around Veera, Jayati and Kavita who plan to get rid of their husbands to end the misery in their wed-locked lives.^[4]

Cast

• Mona Singh as Veera Mehrotra
• Swastika Mukherjee as Jayati Sardesai
• Shamita Shetty as Kavita Tharoor
• Sharad Kelkar as Jatin Mehrotra
• Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Inspector Pankaj Mishra
• Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Barry Singh Dhillon
• Mohan Kapur as Lalit
• Aamir Ali as Eddie
• Raima Sen as Innaya Thakur
• Saheb Chatterjee as Rameez Sheikh
• Nikhil Bhambri as Jahaan Sardesai
• Mithu Chakraborty as Rameez's mother
• Mainak Banerjee as a Constable
• Rupsha Chatterjee as Jatin's Secretary

Release

Black Widows premiered through ZEE5 on 18 December 2020.^[5]

Reception

Archika Khurana from Times of India stated "Swastika Mukherjee steals the show as the strong-headed yet emotionally smothered Jayati and overall praised the plot of the series."^[6] Hindustan Times wrote "An enthralling murder mystery with a dash of dark humour" at the same time praised the performances of the entire cast.^{[citation needed]} News 18 summed their review as "Too Much Hamming Ruins This Otherwise Average Mystery".^[7] Scroll.in summed their review stating that the cast gave a balanced performance, at the same time dissected each characters.^[8]

Accolades

Awards	Date of ceremony	Categories	Recipients	Results	Ref.
Asian Television Awards	2021	Best Original Digital Drama Series		Nominated
Indian Television Academy Awards	2022	Best Screenplay	Radhika Anand	Won	[9]
IWM Buzz Digital Awards	2022	Best Editing in a Web Series		Won	[10]