The series is set in south Mumbai, one of the wealthiest districts in a country with staggering inequality, and much like “Sex and the City,” it revolves around four female characters: Damini, an investigative journalist played by Sayani Gupta Umang, a bisexual gym trainer played by Bani J Anjana, a lawyer and divorced mother played by Kirti Kulhari and Siddhi, the aimless, single child of a wealthy family, played by Maanvi Gagroo.Īnd, yes, there’s plenty of casual sex. Now, “ Four More Shots Please!,” an Amazon Prime Video series, hopes to be its direct descendant for India, where the mainstream TV and film industries have long shied away from showing even simple kissing onscreen, let alone steamy sexual relations driven by lustful women. The show was a product and a catalyst of a zeitgeist in which financially independent and imperfect women had carved out a space for themselves and their casual, raging sex lives. ![]() When the HBO series “Sex and the City” first arrived on TV screens in 1998, sex had become “the reigning political story,” according to the writer Julie Salamon.
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