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.
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.
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.
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." 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". Scroll.in summed their review stating that the cast gave a balanced performance, at the same time dissected each characters.