Black Widows Web Series Review: Mona Singh & Shamita Shetty's Dark Comedy Will Fix Your Weekend Blues
Black Widows starring Mona Singh, Swastika Mukherjee, Shamita Shetty, three women trapped in abusive marriages, who decide that there is something better than divorce - murder.
Available
On:
ZEE5
Duration:
40
minutes/
12
episodes
Language:
English
Story:
The
show
Black
Widows
is
based
on
popular
Finnish
show
Mustat
Lesket,
and
its
Swedish
remake
Black
Widows.
It
follows
three
women
trapped
in
abusive
marriages,
who
decide
that
there
is
something
better
than
divorce
-
murder.
Review:
Black
Widows
starring
Mona
Singh,
Swastika
Mukherjee,
Shamita
Shetty,
and
Sharad
Kelkar
is
a
dark
comedy
that
follows
the
murder
of
three
men,
their
killer
wives,
a
business
partner
and
a
ruthless
pharma
company,
which
is
hiding
a
deadly
virus.
The
show
starts
with
the
promise
of
a
whodunnit
murder
mystery,
however
as
the
episodes
proceed,
more
subplots
move
on
to
the
bigger
evil
at
play.
We
meet
all
three
women,
Veera
(Mona
Singh),
Jayati
(Swastika
Mukherjee)
and
Kavita
(Shamita
Shetty)
at
a
birthday
getaway
party
with
their
husbands.
At
first
look,
they
all
seem
happy
in
their
lives,
but
soon
the
abusive
husbands
begin
to
show
their
true
colours.
By
the
end
of
episode
one
of
the
series,
the
husbands
are
dead,
an
accidental
death
report
has
been
filed
and
the
wives
are
heading
out
to
their
new
lives.
Black
Widows
Is
A
Dark
Comedy
Every
now
and
then,
new
twists
are
introduced
either
in
terms
of
new
characters
or
plot
points
like
Jatin's
(Sharad
Kelkar)
return,
the
arrival
of
Jayati's
stepson,
and
some
more
deaths.
They
also
have
the
cops
on
their
trail,
who
at
one
point,
are
convinced
that
the
wives
have
killed
their
husband,
and
still,
they
manage
to
stay
under
the
radar
by
using
the
age-old
excuses
like,
'Humari
auratho
wali
cheese
hai
uss
bag
mein.
Haath
mat
lagao
usse.'
The
murders
shown
in
the
first
episodes
are
not
meant
to
be
taken
seriously,
neither
are
the
efforts
taken
by
the
widows
to
hide
their
intentions.
We
see
the
three
women
start
out
with
a
friendship
that
will
take
them
through
hell
and
back,
but
with
more
complications,
their
bond
is
also
tested.
Black
Widows
Is
Based
On
Finnish
show
Mustat
Lesket
The
one
thing
that
does
not
work
for
the
show
is
the
need
to
counter
every
serious
scene
with
a
comic
relief
scene
or
comic
background
music.
Black
Widows
attempts
at
dark
comedy
but
ends
up
more
as
a
comedy
for
the
first
three-quarters
of
the
show.
Seeing
the
character
actually
worry
about
the
outcome
of
their
actions
and
take
serious
efforts,
could
have
enriched
the
viewer
experience.
Here,
the
comedy
in
the
dark
comedy
fails
to
grasp
a
deeper
meaning
and
is
only
used
to
make
the
audience
laugh.
Black
Widows
Is
Streaming
On
Zee5
Despite
the
twisted
plot
and
a
simple
screenplay,
Black
Widows
keeps
the
audiences
engaged,
thanks
to
an
ensemble
cast
with
good
performances.
Nothing
else
is
expected
from
Mona
Singh,
Sharad
Kelkar,
Aamir
Ali,
Swastika
Mukherjee
and
others.
We
get
some
amazing
scenes
with
picturesque
backgrounds
and
good
cinematography.
Overall,
Black
Widows
could
turn
out
to
be
the
gateway
for
more
and
better
dark
comedy
content
on
OTT.