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
Promotional Poster
Genre
Based onMustat Lesket
by Mikko Pöllä
Written byRadhika Anand
Directed byBirsa Dasgupta
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
Production
ProducerNamit Sharma
CinematographySubhankar Bhar
EditorSumit Chowdhury
Production companyBig Synergy Media Ltd.
Release
Original networkZEE5
Original release18 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

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. 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]

References
  1. "Black Widows trailer: Shamita Shetty, Mona Singh and Swastika Mukherjee make for killer wives in new Zee5 series". Hindustan Times. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. "Black Widows trailer: Of three women reclaiming agency from abusive husbands". indianexpress.com.
  3. "India's Zee5 Agrees Two Season Adaptation of NENT U.K.'s 'Black Widows'". variety.com/.
  4. "Black Widows review: Better late than sorry!". freepressjournal.in.
  5. "Black Widows Web Series – Story, Cast & Review". webseriesreviewer.
  6. "BLACK WIDOWS SEASON 1 REVIEW : A DARK DRAMEDY WITH EXCITING BENDS IN THE ROAD". Times of India.
  7. "Black Widows Review: Too Much Hamming Ruins This Otherwise Average Mystery". news18.com.
  8. "'Black Widows' review: Three women find that killing their husbands isn't one bit easy". scroll.in.
  9. "Black Widows Honoured With Best Screenplay At 21st ITA Awards". 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. "Full Winner List: GNT-IWMBuzz Digital Awards, India's Biggest OTT and Web Entertainment Awards". 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.


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