Dabba Cartel REVIEW: Shabana Azmi, Jyotika, Shalini Pandey, Anjali Anand’s Thane Narcos Story Gives You An Addictive High

Director: Hitesh Bhatia

Creator: Shibani Akhtar, Vishnu Menon, Gaurav Kapur, Akanksha Seda

Cast:  Shabana Azmi, Gajraj Rao, Jyothika, Nimisha Sajayan, Shalini Pandey, Anjali Anand, Sai Tamhankar, Jisshu Sengupta, Lillete Dubey, Bhupendra Singh Jadawat

Runtime: 7 episodes ranging from 50-60 minutes

Platform: Netflix

Dabba Cartel Review

Dabba Cartel is the survival story of five women living in Thane and the limits they are willing to go to in order to win the fight and achieve the dreams. The five women are – business woman, Varuna (Jyotika), VivaLife Housing Complex maid-cum-entrepreneur, Mala (Nimisha Sajayan), real estate broker, Shahida (Anjali Anand), housewife-cum-entrepreneur Raji (Shalini Pandey) and the retired Ba/Ajji aka Sheila (Shabana Azmi). The others who play an important part in taking the narrative forwards are police personal Preeti (Sai Tamhankar) and Moun (Lillette Dubey) as well as Santanu Ghatak as Bhowmick Bose, Gajraj Rao and Jisshu Sengupta in pivotal roles.

What Works

The biggest plus of this Netflix series is its writing. The narrative doesn’t focuses on developing plots, twists and turns or cliffhangers, but emphasizes on building each and every character beautifully.

Watch the trailer of Dabba Cartel here:

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Grinell Jacinto

Desk Head at Bollywood Bubble