Ek Thi Begum

Last updated

[1]

Ek Thi Begum
Genre Crime
Thriller
Based onSapna Didi
Written bySachin Darekar
Directed by
  • Sachin Darekar & Jai Tank
Starring
Music by Amitraj, Javed Ali, Sunidhi Chauhan
Country of originIndia
Original languageMarathi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerManish Bhogate
ProducerNinad Raikar
Production location India
Running time434.46 mins
Production companyTimes Studio
Original release
Network MX Player
Release8 April 2020 (2020-04-08) –
30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)

Ek Thi Begum, [2] an MX Original Series, is a story of a stunningly beautiful woman played by Anuja Sathe. She plays the role of Ashraf aka Sapna, the loving wife of Zaheer played by Ankit Mohan [3] – a once confidant of Maqsood, the underworld don, but now an arch rival. When the rift between the rivals reaches ugly culmination Zaheer gets killed. Ashraf vows to overturn and destroy Masood’s illegal empire using her beauty, sensuality and acute intelligence. Ek Thi Begum is inspired by true events created, [4] written and directed by Sachin Darekar. It was made available for streaming on MX Player for free from 8 April 2020. On September 20, 2021, MX Player unveiled the full trailer for Ek Thi Begum2 and on 30 September 2021, the second season was released on their platform.

Contents

Plot

Ek thi Begum is based on a real life ‘untold’ story of a stunningly beautiful woman – Ashraf Bhatkar, born to a poor family in Aurangabad and raised in Bombay. [5] She became the loving wife of Zaheer – a once confidant of Maqsood but now his arch-rival. Maqsood is the biggest mafia, underworld don who operates his giant drug cartel in India from Dubai. When the rift between Maqsood and Zaheer reaches ugly culminations, Maqsood succeeds in cunningly eliminating Zaheer. In a fake encounter, on 26 July 1986, staged by police officers, Zaheer is picked up from the airport by cops and taken away to a secluded location and finally killed. Ashraf fights hard to secure justice but fails against the might of the mafia and political bigwigs. She vows to overturn and destroy Masood’s illegal empire. Using her beauty, sensuality and acute intelligence, she meticulously plans and executes dramatic strategies undertaking the role of a police informer. Ashraf becomes the biggest informer for the police and the biggest thorn in the flesh for Maqsood. Blinded with vengeance she becomes a powerful force of domination and influence. She also marries a police officer Vikram Bhosle.

Ashraf acquires so much information and prepares a file that has names and proof, which threatens to expose the nexus between politicians, corrupt cops and the mafia. To avoid the ultimate expose, an attempt to kill Ashraf takes place and the file is however not found.

Ek Thi Begum is inspired by true events and all episodes of season 1 went live on 8 April 2020 & season 2 on 30 September 2021

List of episode's

1. The big mistake (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

2. The turning point (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

3. The naked truce (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

4. The big hunt (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

5. The turmoil (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

6. The defeat (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

7. The transformation (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

8. The honey trap (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

9. The taste of blood (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

10. The game becomes ugly (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

11. The ultiamte seduction (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

12. The big catch (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

13. The countdown begins (08-04-2020 Wednesday)

14. The final encounter (08-04-2020 Wednesday)


1. Re-birth (30-09-2021 Thursday)

2. Game of power (30-09-2021 Thursday)

3. Face-off (30-09-2021 Thursday)

4. Muscle meets brain (30-09-2021 Thursday)

5. Hunter's hunt (30-09-2021 Thursday)

6. Biggest deal (30-09-2021 Thursday)

7. Meeting the devil (30-09-2021 Thursday)

8. The game begins (30-09-2021 Thursday)

9. A deadly encounter (30-09-2021 Thursday)

10. Shadows of past (30-09-2021 Thursday)

11. Brutal truth (30-09-2021 Thursday)

12. The final chapter (30-09-2021 Thursday)


Cast and characters

ActorsCharacter
Anuja Sathe Ashraf Bhatkar
Ankit Mohan Zaheer Bhatkar
Shahab AliShakeel Ansari
Mir Sarwar Nari Khan
Vijay NikamBhai Chavan
Sauraseni MaitraAnita Surve
Hitesh BhojrajAshwin Surve
Chinmay Mandlekar Vikram Bhosale
Rajendra ShisatkarNana Mhatre
ReshamAnjali Dixit
Abhijeet Chavan Insp. Tawde
Pradip DoiphodeInsp. Bhoir
Vitthal KaleIqbal Khan
Nazarr KhanRashid
Anil NagarkarBhau Nare
Santosh Juvekar Sawtya
Suchit JadhavTandel
Ajay GehiMaqsood
Raju AathavleBala Mama
Amitraj Raghu Mhatre
Deepak KaranjikarCommissioner Gokhale
Vivek AapteDandekar
Advait DadarkarRishi
Shivraj WalvekarGanpatrao Kadam
Vishal KultheShirodkar
Pratibha GoregaonkarZaheer Ammi
Ashok SawantZaheer Abu
Amir TadwalkarSulu Potya
Aashay KulkarniVictor
Abhijeet JhunjaarraoAdv. Deshmukh
Sagar KaleAdv. Salvi
Apurva ChoudharyReshma
Kalyani VyakateshSweety
Anjali BanarjeeNisha
Suhas DeshpandeDr. Sheikh
Kishore PednekarJudge Joshi
Ratnakant NadkarniJudge Gupte
Ritesh BeneBandya Jadhav
Vikas SonawneHawaldar Rane
Pratap KalkeConstable Shinde
Aslam WadkarConstable Pawar
Mahesh RahaleRavi Anna
Prashant LokeRokde Khabari
Deepti DhotreSarika
Mitali KalaagiMaria
Asit RedijWaman Joshi
Sanket PathareYussuf Sayyed
Sajid HussainLinemen Mishra
Ashutosh SuryavanshiRangya
Raghu JagtapBaban
Vaibhav AmbekarManoj

Marketing and Release

Promotion

The official trailer of the web series was launched on 6 April 2020, by MX Player on YouTube. On 20 September 2021, the official trailer of the second season was released on the official Youtube account of MX Player

Release

Ek Thi Begum was made available for free streaming on MX Player from 8 April 2020. On 30 September 2021, MX Player released the second season on their platform.

Critical response

The Scroll.in in a review of Ek Thi Begum, wrote, "Ek Thi Begum is hard-pressed to answer these questions despite 14 episodes at its disposal and the promise of a second season. Despite ample opportunities, Ek Thi Begum turns out to be a damp squib that ultimately adds little to the gangster canon in popular culture." [6]

Related Research Articles

<i>Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</i> American police procedural crime drama television series (1999 – present)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order, it stars Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson, now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit after originally having been Stabler's partner in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department, and Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit follows the detectives of the Special Victims Unit as they investigate and prosecute sexually-based crimes. Some of the episodes are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention.

<i>Ugly Betty</i> 2006 American comedy-drama television series

Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta that aired on ABC from September 28, 2006, to April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, which has had many other international adaptations. It revolves the character Betty Suarez, who – despite her lack of style – lands a job at a prestigious fashion magazine. It was produced by Silent H, Ventanarosa, and Reveille Productions partnered with ABC Studios, with Salma Hayek, Horta, Ben Silverman, Jose Tamez, and Joel Fields serving as executive producers. The pilot was filmed in New York City; seasons one and two were filmed in Los Angeles and seasons three and four were filmed in New York City.

<i>Men in Trees</i> American romantic dramedy series for ABC

Men in Trees is an American romantic comedy-drama television series starring Anne Heche as relationship coach Marin Frist, which premiered on September 12, 2006, on ABC. The series is set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska, and concerns Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships. The premise showed at least superficial similarities to the HBO television series Sex and the City, which also featured a romantically oriented female writer. The protagonist's apparent "fish-out-of-water" feeling in a remote, small Alaskan town can be likened to CBS's Northern Exposure. The protagonists in both series were New Yorkers thrust into small town Alaskan societies. Filming for the series was based in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.

"Jack-Tor" is the fifth episode of the first season of the American situation comedy 30 Rock, which aired on November 16, 2006 on the NBC network in the United States, and on November 8, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by Robert Carlock and was directed by Don Scardino. Guest stars in this episode include Katrina Bowden, Lonny Ross, Keith Powell, Maulik Pancholy, Teddy Coluca, Donald Glover, Doug Moe, and Matthew Stocke.

<i>Ugly Betty</i> season 2 Season of television series

The second season of the American comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty started on September 27, 2007, in the United States and Canada, while the second part of the season began airing on April 24, 2008.

<i>Kath & Kim</i> (American TV series) Australian sitcom show

Kath & Kim, commonly written as Kath and Kim and uncommonly abbreviated as K&K is an American television sitcom adapted from the Australian television series of the same name created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley and well-supported by Magda Szubanski, with their titular roles being portrayed in this series by Molly Shannon and Selma Blair. The series premiered on NBC on October 9, 2008. Turner and Riley served as executive producers and consultants on this version, which was co-produced through Reveille Productions and Universal Media Studios.

<i>Ugly Betty</i> season 4 Season of television series

The fourth and final season of the American comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty was picked up for a full season on April 23, 2009. The season premiered on October 16, 2009 and ended with the series finale on April 14, 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mushtaq Khan</span> Indian film and television actor and comedian

Mushtaq Khan is an Indian film and television actor and comedian who has worked in several Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. He is best known for his roles in films like Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993), Jodi No.1 (2001) and Welcome (2007).

Yasir Hussain is a Pakistani screenwriter, actor, director, playwright and host from Islamabad best known for his comic roles. He hosted The After Moon Show on Hum TV. He is also known for playing the antagonist in the 2018 social drama Baandi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shiny Doshi</span> Indian television actress (born 1989)

Shiny Doshi is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with Saraswatichandra in 2013, portraying Kusum Desai. Doshi is best known for her portrayal of Sarojini Singh in Sarojini - Ek Nayi Pehal, Mahi Sengupta in Jamai Raja and Dhara Pandya in Pandya Store.

Anuja Sathe Gokhale is an Indian actress, mainly working in Indian film industry. She is married to actor Saurabh Gokhale.

<i>Sword Art Online: Alicization</i> Season of television series

Sword Art Online: Alicization is the third season of the Sword Art Online anime television series based on the light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Manabu Ono. It covers the first part of the "Alicization" arc and adapts from the novel's ninth volume, Alicization Beginning, to the fourteenth volume, Alicization Uniting. The second part of the anime, titled Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld, adapts from the novel's fifteenth volume, Alicization Invading, to the eighteenth volume, Alicization Lasting. While not covered in the light novels, Alicization takes place after Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale, as it incorporates elements from the film not found in the novels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship</span> Curling Championship

The 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held in Stavanger, Norway from April 20 to 27, 2019. The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships. A record forty-eight nations competed in the event, including Kosovo, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine competing in their first World Curling Federation events.

<i>Primal</i> (TV series) American animated television series

Primal is an American adult animated action horror television series created and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network's night-time programming block, Adult Swim. It is the first combined action/sci-fi/horror animated series from Cartoon Network Studios and Williams Street.

<i>Raktanchal</i> Hindi-language crime drama web series

Raktanchal is a Hindi-language crime drama web series directed by Ritam Srivastav for MX Player original. The story of the web-series is inspired by real-life events from the 1980s of two notable mafias Purvanchal, a region in east Uttar Pradesh. The series stars Kranti Prakash Jha and Nikitin Dheer along with Chittaranjan Tripathy, Vikram Kochhar, Pramod Pathak, Soundarya Sharma, Ronjini Chakraborty and Daya Shankar Pandey.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12125238/episodes/?season=1&ref_=ttep_ep_sn_pv
  2. ↑ Ek Thi Begum - An MX Original Series : Episodes, Seasons, Videos, Photos, Synopsis, Cast & Crew of Ek Thi Begum - An MX Original Series , retrieved 12 August 2021
  3. ↑ "Ankit Mohan is enjoying the praise he is getting for 'Ek Thi Begum' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "MX प्लेयर पर लाइव हुआ रिवेंज ड्रामा - एक थी बेगम, जिसे मिस करना नहीं चाहेंगे आप". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Inspired From Real-Life Events, Here's Why MX Player's 'Ek Thi Begum' Needs To Be On Your Must-Watch List". IndiaTimes. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Ramnath, Nandini (8 April 2020). "'Ek Thi Begum' review: Revenge is an overcooked dish in web series set in the Mumbai underworld". Scroll.in. Scroll.in . Retrieved 18 June 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.