Mumbai: Alt Balaji, a subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms run by Ekta Kapoor, is known for bold, explicit and fun content on a digital platform. Now, this platform is set for another web series based on Manju Kapur’s book, “A Married Woman”.
Taking to Instagram, Ekta posted the first look of the web series “A Married Woman” and wrote, “”We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience”,-Piere Teilhard de Chardin… #AMarriedWoman, a love story based on Manju Kapur’s famous book, ek aisi kahini that began during the times of political unrest in the country. The story of two beautiful souls who rose beyond religious, sexual and societial boundaries to find each other. An unconventional love saga portrayed by @iridhidogra & @monicadogra. Stay tuned as we start shooting for #AMarriedWoman! [sic]”
Manju Kapur’s book “A Married Woman” is a story of a middle-class Delhi-based woman, who has a lovely family with a husband and a kid. But, she gets into an unconventional relationship with a younger woman. The story is set in the backdrop of political and religious turmoil during the Babri Masjid demolition that took place in the year 1992.
It can be noted that this web series is not Ekta’s first attempt to bring Manju’s book to the screen, as her popular daily soap on Star Plus, “Yeh Hai Mohabbatein” is also an adaption of another of the writer’s books.
