Bhaag Beanie Bhaag
Bhaag Beanie Bhaag is an Indian romantic comedy series featuring Swara Bhasker in the lead role. Directed by Abi Varghese, Debbie Rao and Ishaan Nair, it has Mona Ambegaonkar, Girish Kulkarni, stand-up comedians Varun Thakur and Ravi Patel in supporting roles. It was released on Netflix on 4 December 2020.
Premise
Facing disapproving parents, a knotty love life and her own inner critic, an aspiring comic ditches her cushy but unsatisfying life to pursue stand-up comedy.Cast
- Swara Bhaskar as Bindhya "Beanie" Bhatnagar
- Varun Thakur as Arun, Beanie's boyfriend
- Ravi Patel, playing a fictionalised version of himself
- Mona Ambegaonkar as Shruti Bhatnagar, Beanie's mother
- Girish Kulkarni as Vasant Bhatnagar, Beanie's father
- Dolly Singh, as Kapi, Beanie's best friend
Production
The show is created by Neel Shah and Ravi Patel. It is directed by Abi Varghese, Debbie Rao and Ishaan Nair and produced by Shivani Saran, Ruben Fleischer, David Bernad and Seher Aly Latif. The show was earlier titled as Messy and is set in Mumbai.According to Swara Bhasker, "The show is not just about comedy. It's about the journey of self-discovery of a girl who has imbibed the values that Indian society gives to girl children — which is to be obedient, to always listen to your parents and elders, and to place other people’s emotions over your own. It's a story that most girls, and especially girls from South Asia, can relate to. At same time, the parents are not villains. They are just normal people dealing with their own conditioning. It makes you hopeful that even if your parents don’t understand you today, maybe someday they will." She also revealed that she was "terrified of the standup portions".