Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives Review: Karan Johar, Neelam, Maheep And Bhavana's Reality Show Lacks Drama
The Netflix reality show follows Bollywood wives Neelam Kothari, Maheep Kapoor, Seema Khan, and Bhavana Pandey who are bound by a friendship that dates back 25 years.
Star
Cast:
Neelam
Kothari,
Maheep
Kapoor,
Seema
Khan,
Bhavana
Pandey
Director:
Available
On:
Netflix
Duration:
8
Episodes
40
minutes
Language:
English,
Hindi
Story:
The
Netflix
reality
show
follows
the
lives
of
Bollywood
wives
Neelam
Kothari,
Maheep
Kapoor,
Seema
Khan
and
Bhavana
Pandey
who
are
bound
by
a
friendship
that
dates
back
25
years.
The
girl
gang,
known
to
lead
a
fabulous
life,
goes
about
managing
their
business,
kids,
families
and,
most
importantly,
each
other.
Review:
Fabulous
Lives
of
Bollywood
Wives
begins
with
big
introductions,
establishing
how
everyone
is
famous
and
who
is
related
to
which
celebrity.
Seema
Khan
is
introduced
as
a
designer
and
actor-director
Sohail
Khan's
wife,
Maheep
Kapoor
as
the
wife
of
actor
Sanjay
Kapoor
and
mother
of
to-be
actress
Shanaya
Kapoor,
Bhavana
Pandey,
the
wife
of
actor
Chunky
Panday
and
mother
of
actress
Ananya
Panday,
and
finally,
former
actress
and
jewellery
designer
Neelam
Kothari
Soni
who
is
also
the
wife
of
actor
Samir
Soni.
Fabulous
Lives
of
Bollywood
Wives
essentially
has
everything
the
trailer
hints
at
-
luxurious
houses,
fabulous
outings,
international
trips
and
high-end
lives.
It
also
tries
to
address
the
other
parts
of
their
glamorous
lives,
like
the
privilege
and
the
problems
that
go
with
it.
Within
the
first
three
episodes
of
Fabulous
Lives
of
Bollywood
Wives,
we
see
plenty
of
cameos
from
other
Bollywood
celebrities
including
Ananya
Panday,
Arjun
Kapoor,
Ekta
Kapoor,
Karan
Johar,
and
others.
FLOBW
Features
Neelam
Kothari,
Maheep
Kapoor,
Seema
Khan,
Bhavana
Pandey
In
the
first
episode,
Maheep
Kapoor
along
with
Sanjay
head
out
to
Paris
for
Shanaya's
debutante
ball,
Le
Bal.
The
parents
walk
the
streets
of
Paris
as
Shanaya
gets
ready
for
the
ball.
On
the
other
hand,
Neelam,
Seema
and
Bhavana
spend
time
at
a
salon
talking
about
what's
going
on
in
their
lives.
The
girl
gang
also
take
time
in
front
of
the
camera
commenting
on
their
own
and
each
other's
reactions.
Neelam
opens
up
about
others
pushing
her
to
make
a
comeback
in
films,
while
Seema
talks
about
her
relationship
with
Sohail
Khan.
Karan
Johar
Makes
Several
Appearances
We
also
get
to
see
a
little
restaurant
version
of
Koffee
With
Karan.
The
girl
gang
meet
the
filmmaker
for
lunch
and
open
up
about
each
other's
undesirable
habits
from
abusing,
allergies
to
eating
disorders.
Even
after
the
first
few
episodes,
the
show
pretty
much
goes
on
aimlessly
looking
for
adventure,
drama
and
content.
Other
celebrities
end
up
becoming
their
conversation
starters
or
help
them
become
the
centre
of
the
scene.
They
also
look
more
natural
in
front
of
the
camera
as
compared
to
the
leading
ladies.
Fabulous
Lives
of
Bollywood
Wives
Is
Streaming
On
Netflix
For
a
reality
show,
the
scenes
seemed
very
restricted,
focused
but
unscripted
to
the
point
that
they
didn't
make
sense
to
the
audience.
Most
of
the
show
seems
like
a
phone
camera
recording
of
a
drunk
conversation
between
friends,
which
essentially
is
the
final
episode
of
season
one
of
Fabulous
Lives
of
Bollywood
Wives.
Overall,
while
the
reality
show
has
no
goal
or
specific
content
to
offer,
it
still
works
as
a
gateway
into
the
lives
of
Bollywood
wives
that
many
are
curious
about.