Madhuri Dixit's INTERVIEW on Netflix’s ‘Maa Behen’: ‘Audiences want to see realism in cinema, but there were a lot of lucky trees that I danced…’
- Netflix's new dark comedy *Maa Behen* features Madhuri Dixit as Rekha, a single mother in Adarsh Colony who teams up with daughters Jaya and Sushma to hide a corpse.
- Director Suresh Triveni and writer Pooja Tolani crafted the film to systematically strip away the idea of a sacred mother, transforming the trio into a flawed mastermind team that weaponizes cleaning skills to outsmart nosy neighbors.
- Humour works effectively when Rekha struggles with vocabulary; she casually confuses "undercover" with "underwear," highlighting the dysfunctional yet entertaining dynamic between mother and daughters.
- Critics note a tonal mismatch in performances, as some actors operate in a mainstream sitcom register while Shardul Bhardwaj and Geetanjali Kulkarni deliver grounded realism, creating inconsistency.
- The film shares DNA with *Darlings* and *Haseen Dillruba*, using pulp-crime tropes to explore how women routinely weaponized in local cuss words actually team up to fight back against patriarchal entitlement.
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Exclusive: Director Suresh Triveni reveals why he chose the title 'Maa Behen'
Netflix's upcoming film Maa Behen attracted attention with its unusual title. The director of the upcoming production, Suresh Triveni, spoke to India TV about the essence of his work and shared his thoughts on the reason why he chose the given title for the film. As a creator who pays special attention to characters' stories in his works, he said that this name is connected to the main ideas of the movie and reflects the relationships between th…
‘Maa Behen’ movie review: Madhuri Dixit steers a frantic, polished ride that is entirely aware of its own punchline
While mounting a meaningful social critique and a broad, crowd-pleasing comedy with 'Maa Behen' starring Madhuri Dixit and Triptii Dimri, director Suresh Triveni ultimately compromises on both
Madhuri Dixit's INTERVIEW on Netflix’s ‘Maa Behen’: ‘Audiences want to see realism in cinema, but there were a lot of lucky trees that I danced…’
In EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy, Madhuri Dixit and director of Maa Behen, Suresh Triveni talks about the film and the thought process that went behind making it.
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