Mai (TV series)

Mai: A Mother's Rage or simply known as Mai is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama television series on Netflix created by Atul Mongia, directed by Anshai Lal and produced by Anushka Sharma with her elder brother Karnesh Sharma under the banner of Clean Slate Filmz. The series stars Sakshi Tanwar, Wamiqa Gabbi, Prashant Narayanan, Raima Sen, Anant Vidhat Sharma and Vaibhav Raj Gupta in lead roles. It follows a story of a grieving mother who discovers the criminals behind her daughter's tragic death, and transforms from meek to merciless to get the real cause behind death. The series premiered on 15 April 2022 on Netflix.The series is renewed for season 2.

Synopsis
Sheel Chaudhary, a middle-class mother and a nurse working at Geeta Bhawan, an old age home, witnesses the death of her daughter, Supriya, by a speeding truck. During the post-funeral ceremonies, she stumbles upon the fact that her daughter's death was not an accident, but a case of pre-planned murder. The tragedy pushes the mourning mother to uncover the truth about the death of her daughter.

Cast

 * Sakshi Tanwar as Sheel Chaudhary
 * Wamiqa Gabbi as Supriya Chaudhary/ Gudiya
 * Raima Sen as Neelam
 * Prashant Narayanan as Jawahar Vyas/Mohandas Vyas (Twin Brother)
 * Vivek Mushran as Yash Chaudhary
 * Ankur Ratan as SP Farooque Siddiqui
 * Saurabh Dubey as Raghu
 * Vaibhav Raj Gupta as Shankar
 * Anant Vidhaat Sharma as Prashant
 * Seema Pahwa as Kalpana
 * Mikhail Gandhi as Archit Chaudhary
 * Akash Khurana as Vishnu Goyal
 * Rashmi Seth as Kusum Vyas
 * Ikhlaque Khan as Dr. Chaudhary
 * Anubha Fatehpuria as Mrs. Chaudhary
 * Sandeepa Dhar as Inaya Siddiqui
 * Sarika Singh as Meenu
 * Omkar Jaiprakash as Keshav
 * Amit Singh Thakur as Jayesh Desai
 * Siddhant Mahajan as Vikram
 * Vishwanath Kulkarni as Goayal's Goon

Release
The series was earlier announced by Netflix India to release in 2021 but was delayed due to its pending post production work. It was finally released on 15 April 2022.

Critical response
Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express gave a positive review to the series stating, "Despite the elements that stretch our credulity, Sakshi Tanwar manages to hold our attention." Nandini Ramnath from Scroll.in wrote, "This netflix crime series is a boilerplate thriller ladled out on elegant dishes."