'Bambai Meri Jaan' trailer: Kay Kay Menon's show is all about crime and treachery

The trailer of much-awaited Prime Video series 'Bambai Meri Jaan' was unveiled on September 4 and looks rather intriguing! Set in the 70s, the trailer of the show takes the viewers into the fictional world of gang wars, crimes and treachery, with a superseding plotline involving a father and son.

'BAMBAI MERI JAAN' TRAILER OUT

The moment the trailer of 'Bambai Meri Jaan' begins with the dialogue “Jab imaandari bhuk se takraati hai to hamesha haarti hai. Main imaandar tha, par Dara bhooka tha”, you know you are in for a treat. The upcoming show headlined by Kay Kay Menon and Avinash Tiwary takes the viewers on a gritty and immersive ride through the mean streets of fictionalised 1970’s Bombay, where gang wars, crimes, and treachery were a common occurrence.

Amid the backdrop, the fictional series also depicts the love-hate relationship between an honest cop who sees his son choose the path of crime to overcome a life of poverty and struggle. The trailer offers the viewers a glimpse of the pain a father undergoes to see his family being torn apart by greed and corruption.

Watch the trailer of 'Bambai Meri Jaan' here:

KAY KAY MENON, AVINASH ON ‘BAMBAI MERI JAAN’

Talking about his role in 'Bambai Meri Jaan', Kay Kay Menon said, “My character Ismail Kadri is multi-layered and complex. He is an honest cop and a doting father who isn’t perfect. On one hand, he is deeply committed to cleaning the city of Bambai of all crime, on the other, to save his family, he is forced to become a pawn to the city’s crime syndicate. Even as Ismail fights against all odds not to give in to the evil surrounding him, he sees his own flesh and blood rising as the city’s new gang lord. Shujaat and Rensil’s vision for this character was so clear and precise that it was easy for me to essay this role. Thank you, Prime Video and Excel Entertainment, Rensil and Shujaat, for making me a part of such a gut-wrenching story.”

Avinash Tiwary shared, “When I first read the script and about my character, Dara Kadri, I was awestruck and hesitant at the same time. The character I play in Bambai Meri Jaan is something that very few actors get an opportunity to sink their teeth into, this early in their career. The way I saw it, there are villains and then there is Dara, a dynamic young man who believes that honest hard work won’t get you money and power. From nothing (hunger) to something (provider for the family and his people) to everything (power), bhook is an integral part of his journey. To become someone everyone bows down to, one who is feared and revered in equal measures, he has to turn into a cold-blooded monster. As a director, Shujaat’s creativity, attention to detail, and his ability to inspire and motivate each one of us to give our best, really enabled me to bring Dara’s character to life the way he and Rensil had envisioned while writing the script. I am looking forward to reactions from viewers from India and around the world.”

ABOUT ‘BAMBAI MERI JAAN’

'Bambai Meri Jaan' is produced by Excel Media and Entertainment’s Ritesh Sidhwani, Kassim Jagmagia and Farhan Akhtar, with the story by S Hussain Zaidi. The show is created by Rensil D’Silva and Shujaat Saudagar and directed by Shujaat Saudagar and boasts an ensemble cast of Kay Kay Menon, Avinash Tiwary, Kritika Kamra and Nivedita Bhattacharya along with Amyra Dastur.

The 10-part Hindi Original series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in India and across 240 countries and territories on 14 September across multiple Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English, and in foreign languages like French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Polish, Latin Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Arabic and Turkish. The series will also be available with subtitles in a number of foreign languages including Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokm, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Ukranian and Vietnamese.

The show releases on September 14, 2023.