Shabana Azmi, Jyothika and Gang web series drama, betrayal and lies
A shot from the Dabba Cartel teaser. (Courtesy: netflix_in)
rise narcosis, We have our own drug cartel [OTT] city. We are talking Daba Cartel, a new series is streaming on Netflix. On Thursday, the OTT giant released the first look video of the upcoming thriller web series and it’s “high” – pun intended – On intrigue, drama and secrets. The series features a stellar cast including Shabana Azmi, Jyothika, Nimisha Sajayani, Sai Tamhankar, Shalini Pandey, Gajraj Rao, Lillet Dubey, Jishu Sengupta and Anjali Anand. As the logline shares, the series follows “five ordinary women who start a drug trade through a ‘township’ delivery business. As their secret cartel expands, they must navigate treacherous alliances, the law, and their own internal conflicts—risking everything they hold dear. One character in the video even states in fact, “Hum Dabo Mein Sirf Khana Nahin Bechte (We don’t just sell food in our lunch boxes).
Apart from the ensemble of actors from various film industries – Shabana Azmi, Gajraj Rao, Lillet Dubey, Anjali Anandi from Hindi, Sai Tamhankar from Marathi, Shalini Pandey from Telugu, Jishu Sengupta from Bengal, Jyothika from Tamil and Nimisha Sajayani from Malayalam. – The promo also features a Malayalam rap song, Cali Marie By Nomadic Voice, Melvin, in the background.
You can see the promo for the first look here:
The team said in a statement about the series: “As our first collaboration with Netflix, we are delighted to present borough cartel, A fascinating tale that transports five ordinary women from their routine lives in the quiet colony of Thane to the murky, unpredictable life of the underworld. As creators, our excitement is two-fold for this series on a global platform like Netflix. We are sure that Daba Cartel It will fascinate, surprise and delay you. So join us on this journey of suspenseful secrets and unexpected alliances.”
Directed by Hitesh Bhatia Daba Cartel Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidwani’s Excel Entertainment. The crime drama was created by Shibani Akhtar, Gaurav Kapoor, Akanksha Sedha and Vishnu Menon.
