The Indian movie industry is focused on supporting modern, female-centric characters that serve as a constant motivator for viewers and who also aid in confronting and eradicating long-standing societal differences. So, here’s a list of web series with powerful female protagonists that you can binge-watch any day.
- Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd.
The six-episode online series will debut on ZEE5 on July 8th. Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt. Ltd. is a Hindi-language web series that stars Amruta Subhash, a national award-winning actor, as well as Yamini Das, Anup Soni, Anjana Sukhani, and Anandeshwar Dwivedi. In order to get her kids back from her ex-husband, a housewife sets out on an ambitious quest to become an entrepreneur and achieve financial independence.
- The Trip
A must-watch on YouTube is the tale of four girlfriends, Mallika Dua, Lisa Haydon, Shweta Tripathi, and Sapna Pabbi. The plot centres on four women travelling to Thailand for a bachelorette party from Delhi. This series is women-centric and chronicles all of the misadventures and bizarre admissions on the trip. What’s better than watching four strong women living life to the fullest.
- She
She is a daring online series that adds something new to the thriller genre. The web series is unlike anything the Indian audience has ever seen. The plot revolves around the life of a female police officer in Maharashtra who is given the task of busting the local prostitution ring. She also deals with issues in her personal life while being assigned to find the criminal mastermind.
- Made in Heaven
Another great women-oriented web series to binge-watch. The show is about two wedding planners named Tara and Karan and how their lives change with each wedding they arrange, with Tara being a middle-class woman married to a successful businessman and Karan hiding his sexual orientation. We will never forget how Tara built her wedding business from the ground up. The series portrays many fears and tragedies that will cause you to view things in a different light.
- Churails
The Pakistani web series is a great add-on to your watchlist if you want to watch a light-hearted show. Churails is about four women who come from various social strata. All of them band together to create an espionage agency in an effort to escape the constraints of patriarchy and misogyny. All episodes are quite entertaining as the ladies go on missions and hunt down philandering men.
- Aarya
Aarya is based on the Dutch serial Penoza, a crime drama series. In the web series, Sushmita Sen plays Aarya, a strong-willed woman who eventually joins a mafia organization in order to defend her family. She also demands retribution from her husband’s killers. Sushmita Sen was honoured for this series as the Best Actress-Female. The feminist at the centre of the feminist spectacle is a fierce protector of her family.
- Masaba Masaba
Masaba Gupta, a fashion designer, and her super-famous mother Neena Gupta are portrayed in the web series. Masaba Masaba celebrates women who reject social norms. We get a fairly close-up look at the mother-daughter relationship where an overbearing mother and a self-reliant daughter frequently clash, yet they come back together in the end. The interesting thing is that Masaba Gupta plays stepped into her role in the series.
