'Bombay Begums' Has a Point of View Which It Constantly Forces Down the Viewersâ Throat Poor acting mars the sloppily written film, which could have offered so much more. A still from the Netflix show 'Bombay Begums'. The six-part Netflix series Bombay Begums, written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, revolves around Rani (Pooja Bhatt), the CEO of Royal Bank of Bombay. Her success story has the ring of a resounding epic: a bank teller from Kanpur heading a major financial institution. The other protagonists, Fatima (Shahana Goswami), Ayesha (Plabita Borthakur), and Lily (Amruta Subhash), are as hungry. Fatima has been offered the role of the bankâs deputy managing director. Sheâs inclined to accept it, but her husband, Arija (Vivek Gomber), expects her to take care of the baby. Ayesha, a young ambitious woman from Indore, fired by Fatima, is given a chance by Rani to work in the bankâs Corporate Social Responsibility division. Lily, a bar dancer turned sex worker, blackmails Rani because the CEOâs stepson injured her son in a road accident. Then thereâs Raniâs stepdaughter, 12-year-old Shai (Aadhya Anand), the seriesâ voiceover and conscience. Like many pre-teens, Shai is eager to become an adult. She paints and reflects, battling her confusions and desires. Her voice, running as a philosophical commentary, articulates the conundrums of other adults â as if theyâve lost the ability to be in tune with their own selves.