Bambai Meri Jaan Web Series Details:
Based on | Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia |
Genre | Crime, Period, Thriller |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 10 |
Release date | 14 September 2023 |
Running time | 30-50 minutes |
Age rating | 16+ |
Starring | Kay Kay Menon Avinash Tiwary Kritika Kamra Nivedita Bhattacharya Amyra Dastur |
Created by | Rensil D’Silva Shujaat Saudagar |
Directed by | Shujaat Saudagar |
Written by | Dialogues: Abbas Dalal Hussain Dalal Screenplay by Rensil D’ Silva Sameer Arora Story by S. Hussain Zaidi |
Produced by | Ritesh Sidhwani Kassim Jagmagia Farhan Akhtar |
Cinematography by | John Schmidt |
Edited by | Tushar Parekh |
Production Company | Excel Entertainment |
Distributor | Amazon Prime Video |
Bambai Meri Jaan Web Series Cast & Character:
- Kay Kay Menon as Ismail Kadri, Dara’s father (based on Ibrahim Kaskar)
- Tauqeer Alam Khan as Ahmed Ansari (Ismail’s colleague and friend)
- Prince Kanwal as IAS Arvind Kaul
- Avinash Tiwary as Dara Kadri, Ismail’s son (based on Dawood Ibrahim)
- Manthan Darji as Young Dara
- Kritika Kamra as Habiba Kadri (based on Haseena Parkar)
- Nivedita Bhattacharya as Sakina Kadri (based on Amina Bi Kaskar), Ismail’s wife
- Mohammed Khaliq as Maulavi Sahab
- Ashwani Kumar as Nasir Edenwala, Dara’s best friend (based on Iqbal Natiq)
- Pratyaksh Mishra as Young Nasir
- Aayushi Lahiri as Nasreen (Nasir’s wife)
- Karmveer Choudhary as Home Minister
- Amyra Dastur as Pari Patel, Dara’s love interest (based on Sujata Kaur)
- Saurabh Sachdeva as Suleiman “Haji” Maqbool (based on Haji Mastan)
- Syed Muddasar Ali as Young Haji
- Nawab Shah as Azeem Pathaan (based on Karim Lala)
- Saksham Shukla as Hamid (Bilawal’s nephew)
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Anna Rajan Mudaliar (based on Varadarajan Mudaliar)
- Jitin Gulati as Sadiq Kadri (based on Saabir Ibrahim)
- Divyani Gandhi as Kainaaz (Sadiq’s wife)
- Vivan Bhathena as Abdullah (based on Khalid Pehelwan)
- Shiv Panditt as Inspector Ranbir Malik (potentially based on Isaque Bagwan)
- Kannar Arunachalam as Police Commissioner Kamath (based on D.S Soman)
- Kundan Roy as Inspector Dutta
- Sumeet Vyas as Ganya Surve (based on Manya Surve)
- Hemant Choudhary as Nasir’s father
- Lakshya Kochhar as Ajju Kadri (based on Anees Ibrahim)
- Aditya Rawal as Chota Babban (based on Chhota Rajan)
- Atharva Sharma as Young Ajju
- Sunil Palwal as Bilawal
- Jai Singh Rajput as Sultan
- Tanaya Khan Jha as Chitra
- Kamaljeet Rana as Haroon
Storyline:
Bambai Meri Jaan chronicles the life of gangster Dara Kadri through the eyes of his father, an ex-cop, Ismail Kadri. In this season, we see how Dara puts everything on the line, including his family. He goes on to become a cold-blooded, fearless gangster who uses his business acumen to fight not only the police and his rivals but also his own demons along the way.
About Bambai Meri Jaan Web Series:
Bambai Meri Jaan is a Hindi period crime thriller television series produced under the banner of Excel Entertainment. The series stars Kay Kay Menon, Avinash Tiwary, Kritika Kamra, Nivedita Bhattacharya, and Amyra Dastur. It was premiered on Amazon Prime Video.
Initially, Angira Dhar was approached to play the female lead. Later Kritika Kamra and Amyra Dastur along with Kay Kay Menon, Avinash Tiwary, and Nivedita Bhattacharya joined the cast.
In August 2023, the series was announced by Excel Entertainment, consisting of ten episodes for Amazon Prime Video. It is based on S. Hussain Zaidi’s Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia (2021). Initially titled “Dongri To Dubai”, later changed and launched with the title “Bambai Meri Jaan”. The principal photography of the series commenced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bambai Meri Jaan Episodes List:
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 1: Genesis
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 45min
Ismail Kadri, an honest police officer and a devout family man, is tasked with exposing the criminal nexus between gangsters Haji and Pathan.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 2: Paradise Lost
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 50min
Ismail’s honesty is challenged. At home he tries to discipline Dara and faces a crisis that puts his integrity and livelihood at stake.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 3: Fall from Grace
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 41min
As Ismail struggles to make ends meet for his family, the financial strain starts to influence Dara’s worldview. When Ismail is pushed to breaking point, Haji tightens his grip on him.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 4: Prodigal Son
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 46min
Twelve years later, it’s 1977. Dara’s emergence provokes rival Pathan gang members, and soon matters get personal, igniting a bloody face-off.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 5: Baptised by Fire
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 57min
After Dara attempts to dethrone Haji-Pathan-Anna – the reigning kings of the Bombay underworld – a series of violent events leads to unexpected alliances and a brutal wedding night.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 6: Crown of Thorns
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 37min
After a devastating personal attack, Dara seeks revenge and ignites a deadly turf war against Haji and the Pathans.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 7: Thy Kingdom Come
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 50min
Dara recognizes an opportunity to move up in the world thanks to a newly forged alliance with the Dubai Sheikhs. This marks the birth of D Company.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 8: Battle of Blood
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 38min
As Dara’s empire expands with the Dubai Sheikhs, family tensions rise and a revengeful Pathan threatens to bring him down.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 9: Hell Hath no Fury
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 39min
D Company is under attack; Dara suffers a deadly personal blow. With tensions escalating between the two gangs, body counts rise and the stakes get higher. Dara enlists a fearless hitman.
Bambai Meri Jaan S1, Episode 10: In the Name of the Father
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 53min
Dara ruthlessly pushes on to decimate Pathan and Anna in an end game. But finally, to escape arrest Dara must make the ultimate sacrifice.