[1] Ek Thi Begum,[2] an MX Original Series, is a story of a stunningly beautiful woman played by Anuja Sathe.
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.
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.
Maqsood is the biggest mafia, underworld don who operates his giant drug cartel in India from Dubai.
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.
Using her beauty, sensuality and acute intelligence, she meticulously plans and executes dramatic strategies undertaking the role of a police informer.
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.
The final chapter (30-09-2021 Thursday) 26 The official trailer of the web series was launched on 6 April 2020, by MX Player on YouTube.
Despite ample opportunities, Ek Thi Begum turns out to be a damp squib that ultimately adds little to the gangster canon in popular culture.