There
is
an
utter
pretentiousness
to
this
world
and
the
supposed
hip
lives
of
its
characters
which
makes
it
plain
awkward
to
watch,
complains
Mayur
Sanap.
I
don’t
know
how
it
happened,
but
we
are
in
the
third
season
of
Fabulous
Lives
of
Bollywood
Wives.
This
is
the
kind
of
show
that
would
irk
you
even
if
you
watch
it
from
the
lens
of
brain-dead
comedy.
And
for
better
or
worse,
looks
like
the
show
has
no
qualms
about
it.
Because
how
else
would
explain
its
gleeful
excessiveness
that
just
keeps
on
swelling
with
each
season!
The
latest
one
is
called
Fabulous
Lives
vs
Bollywood
Wives
and
the
slight
tweak
in
its
title
gives
emphasis
to
the
petty
showdown
between
the
original
foursome
Maheep
Kapoor,
Seema
Sajdeh,
Neelam
Kothari,
Bhavana
Pandey
and
the
new
entrants
Riddhima
Kapoor
Sahni,
Shalini
Passi
and
Kalyani
Saha
Chawla.
So,
what
do
they
fight
each
other
for?
It
is
the
classic
Mumbai
versus
Delhi
slanging
match
with
both
groups
vying
for
the
title
of
the
most
fabulous.
Forget
fabulous,
the
show
keeps
getting
more
and
more
outrageous
with
each
passing
minute.
For
starters,
the
drama
in
this
season
quickly
goes
off
the
rails
due
to
overtly
scripted
quality
to
it.
All
their
interactions,
snarky
comments,
revelations,
cutesy
moments
feel
painstakingly
engineered
with
barely
any
room
for
organic
exchange.
Take
this
for
instance,
when
a
character
from
Delhi’s
elite
circle
slyly
comments
on
Mumbai’s
fashion
sense,
the
only
thing
that
person
finds
impressive
is
Neelam’s
neckpiece,
which
you
know
is
the
soft
promotion
for
her
jewellery
line.
In
another
example,
when
the
ladies
go
out
on
their
shopping
spree,
the
high-end
shop
they
visit
is,
of
course,
Manish
Malhotra’s.
The
camera
then
quickly
moves
around
his
swanky
Delhi
outlet
showing
us
snapshots
of
his
latest
jewellery
collection.
While
the
brand
integrations
are
always
jarring
to
watch,
this
shows
makes
it
look
all
the
more
cheesy.
The
problem
is
not
the
campy
content,
but
the
treatment
of
the
material
here.
There
is
an
utter
pretentiousness
to
this
world
and
the
supposed
hip
lives
of
its
characters,
which
makes
it
plain
awkward
to
watch.
At
least,
Dharma’s
previous
show
Call
Me
Bae
had
some
fun
with
the
same
idea.
Like
the
previous
two
seasons,
this
one
is
also
big
on
calculated
cameos.
Ranbir
Kapoor
appears
in
the
opening
scene
for
a
brief
few
minutes
as
he
speaks
fondly
about
his
elder
sister
Riddhima.
She
calls
Ranbir
‘Rans’
and
says
she
is
floored
with
his
sweet
words.
And
then
Ranbir
humorously
declares,
“Riddhima
is
going
to
be
a
mess!”
True
for
her
and
for
the
show
as
well.
(This
review
is
based
on
the
first
episode
of
the
show.
More
incoming.)
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Lives
vs
Bollywood
Wives
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