Fabulous Bollywood Wives Reality show

Fabulous Bollywood Wives Reality show
The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, India’s first housewives reality series is here, courtesy Netflix.

The four women in the series – Bhavana Panday, Maheep Kapoor, Seema Khan and Neelam Kothari Soni – are celebs. But they have lives beyond the glare of the media spotlight. Bhavana, Chunky Panday’s wife, owns a fashion line. Maheep gave up her acting aspirations for the sake of marriage to Sanjay Kapur and motherhood. Seema Khan, Sohail Khan’s wife, is a busy fashion stylist.

Netflix series “Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives” delivers exactly what it promises: a glossy window into the lives of four wealthy, glamorous women celebrating their enduring friendships on screen. Bravo may have gotten there first with its “Real Housewives” franchise, but the streaming giant’s take is the first of its kind out of India.

The chemistry between the four women — all of whom are married to actors — is palpable. Of the four, Neelam Kothari is arguably the most successful, having enjoyed a long career as a Bollywood leading lady in the 1980s and 1990s.

Some 20 years ago, Kothari called time on her acting career. She is now married to actor Samir Soni (“Student of the Year 2″). “To be back on screen after so many years and, that too, with my best friends, has been an exhilarating experience,” Kothari tells Variety. “We wanted the audience to see us for who we really are and have a good laugh along with us.”