"You know what they say, life happens to you when you’re busy making other plans," begins Pooja Bhatt, who was offered Bombay Begums when she was assisting director-father Mahesh Bhatt on Sadak 2. The Netflix series marks her foray into digital entertainment. In a way, the all-women drama is also a comeback vehicle for the actor-filmmaker, who stayed away from the big screen since the early 2000s, barring a cameo in Sadak 2. 

As Rani, CEO of a leading bank, Bhatt leads the Alankrita Shrivastava-directed venture that tells the story of five women navigating their dreams and desires in a male-dominated world. The biggest incentive for the actor, 49, was that the story offered her an age-appropriate role — a rarity in Indian showbiz. “I was privileged to play my age in this youth-obsessed industry. Even if you come back 30 years later, you are catering to some fantasy that people have had about you when you were 19.