Netflix has unveiled the official poster and release date for its upcoming series ‘Mai’ and it looks gripping. Created by Atul Mongia, ‘Mai’ starring Sakshi Tanwar in the lead is all set to launch on Netflix on 15th April, 2022.
The poster launched but Netflix features Sakshi Tanwar dressed in a saree with blood smeared on her hand as she wipes off tears from her face with it. She has that intense yet sad look in her eyes that speaks a lot.
Revealing the poster and release date on social media, Netflix wrote, “Witness a mother’s quest for justice like never before.
#Mai arrives on 15th April, only on Netflix.”
‘Mai’ follows the story of Sheel, 47-year-old docile wife-and-mother, who after a deep personal tragedy accidentally gets sucked into a rabbit hole of violence and power. Ensuing entanglement with white collar crime and politics that forever changed her and the world she inhabits.
‘Mai’ stars Sakshi Tanwar, Raima Sen, Seema Pahwa, Wamiqa Gabbi, Vivek Mushran, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Anant Vidhaat and Ankur Ratan among others.
Anushka Sharma, whose Clean Slate Filmz has produced the Netflix series describes ‘Mai’ “as an exciting work of fiction that tells the story of a middle-class Indian woman who leads a double-life of a don.”
Atul Mongia has written ‘Mai’ along with Tamal Sen and Amita Vyas. Mongia also serves as director for the series with Anshai Lal. Sudip Sharma is the creative producer for the series.
‘Mai’ has Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Sharma serve as executive producers via their Clean Slate Filmz. Although Anushka has now stepped away from the production house, ‘Mai’ is a project they undertook in 2019 itself. It is the second collaboration of Clean Slate Filmz with Netflix following ‘Bulbbul’. Their upcoming film ‘Qala’ that marks Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan’s acting debut is their next project with the streaming giant.
‘Mai’ will premiere exclusively on Netflix on 15th April, 2022 and the trailer drops tomorrow.