A saas running a drug cartel with her bahus and beti — that’s quite a departure from television’s saas-bahu dramas. Radhika Madan, who led a primetime daily soap until 2016, would know. Now, the actor finds herself in the twisted world of Homi Adajania’s Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo.

Reuniting with the director three years after Angrezi Medium (2020) was a no-brainer. “Homi had told me about this character during [the shoot of] Angrezi Medium. I wanted to work with him again because I was having so much fun with him on the film. He believes in me more than I do, and gets something out of me, which even I am not aware of. When I read Shanta [her character], I had no idea how I’d play her. I couldn’t sleep at night. So, I knew I had to be part of it,” Madan says of the Disney+ Hotstar series, starring Dimple Kapadia, Isha Talwar and Angira Dhar.