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Ek Thi Begum
GenreCrime
Thriller
Based onSapna Didi
Written bySachin Darekar
Directed by
  • Sachin Darekar & Jai Tank
Starring
Music byAmitraj, Javed Ali, Sunidhi Chauhan
Country of originIndia
Original languageMarathi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerManish Bhogate
ProducerNinad Raikar
Production locationIndia
Running time434.46 mins
Production companyTimes Studio
Original release
NetworkMX 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 Begum 2 and on 30 September 2021, the second season was released on their platform.

Plot

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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.

Episodes

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The following is a list of episodes.

Season 1 (2020)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Season 2 (2021)

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1. Re-birth (30-09-2021 Thursday) 15

2. Game of power (30-09-2021 Thursday) 16

3. Face-off (30-09-2021 Thursday) 17

4. Muscle meets brain (30-09-2021 Thursday) 18

5. Hunter's hunt (30-09-2021 Thursday) 19

6. Biggest deal (30-09-2021 Thursday) 20

7. Meeting the devil (30-09-2021 Thursday) 21

8. The game begins (30-09-2021 Thursday) 22

9. A deadly encounter (30-09-2021 Thursday) 23

10. Shadows of past (30-09-2021 Thursday) 24

11. Brutal truth (30-09-2021 Thursday) 25

12. The final chapter (30-09-2021 Thursday) 26

Cast and characters

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Actors Character
Anuja Sathe Ashraf Bhatkar
Ankit Mohan Zaheer Bhatkar
Shahab Ali Shakeel Ansari
Mir Sarwar Nari Khan
Vijay Nikam Bhai Chavan
Sauraseni Maitra Anita Surve
Hitesh Bhojraj Ashwin Surve
Chinmay Mandlekar Vikram Bhosale
Rajendra Shisatkar Nana Mhatre
Resham Anjali Dixit
Abhijeet Chavan Insp. Tawde
Pradip Doiphode Insp. Bhoir
Vitthal Kale Iqbal Khan
Nazarr Khan Rashid
Anil Nagarkar Bhau Nare
Santosh Juvekar Sawtya
Suchit Jadhav Tandel
Ajay Gehi Maqsood
Raju Aathavle Bala Mama
Amitraj Raghu Mhatre
Deepak Karanjikar Commissioner Gokhale
Vivek Aapte Dandekar
Advait Dadarkar Rishi
Shivraj Walvekar Ganpatrao Kadam
Vishal Kulthe Shirodkar
Pratibha Goregaonkar Zaheer Ammi
Ashok Sawant Zaheer Abu
Amir Tadwalkar Sulu Potya
Aashay Kulkarni Victor
Abhijeet Jhunjaarrao Adv. Deshmukh
Sagar Kale Adv. Salvi
Apurva Choudhary Reshma
Kalyani Vyakatesh Sweety
Anjali Banarjee Nisha
Suhas Deshpande Dr. Sheikh
Kishore Pednekar Judge Joshi
Ratnakant Nadkarni Judge Gupte
Ritesh Bene Bandya Jadhav
Vikas Sonawne Hawaldar Rane
Pratap Kalke Constable Shinde
Aslam Wadkar Constable Pawar
Mahesh Rahale Ravi Anna
Prashant Loke Rokde Khabari
Deepti Dhotre Sarika
Mitali Kalaagi Maria
Asit Redij Waman Joshi
Sanket Pathare Yussuf Sayyed
Sajid Hussain Linemen Mishra
Ashutosh Suryavanshi Rangya
Raghu Jagtap Baban
Vaibhav Ambekar Manoj

Marketing and Release

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Promotion

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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

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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

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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]

References

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  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.
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