Ajeeb Daastaans (2021) is a Hindi-language anthology film streaming on Netflix that explores the fractured nature of human relationships through four distinct, high-stakes stories. Produced by Dharmatic Entertainment (Karan Johar's digital wing), the film delves into themes of jealousy, entitlement, prejudice, and toxicity in modern India. Movie Overview Release Date: April 16, 2021. Runtime: 142 minutes.
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Directed by Shashank Khaitan, Majnu deals with the theme of performative love and the politics of the "trophy wife." The segment subverts the trope of the "other woman." Unlike traditional Bollywood narratives where the mistress is vilified, the film allows the wife (Babboo, played by Fatima Sana Shaikh) and the mistress (Lipakshi, played by Jaideep Ahlawat’s character’s love interest) to form a silent bond. The segment critiques the patriarchal exchange of women as commodities, revealing that the "strange" element is not the affair, but the husband's realization that his emotional manipulation has failed. Ajeeb Daastaans (2021) is a Hindi-language anthology film