Glamour, Grudges and Guff

Season 3 of Fabulous Bollywood Wives takes a dramatic turn with its new title, Fabulous Lives V/S Bollywood Wives. However, the rebranding feels like a desperate attempt to inject tension where none exists. Unlike its predecessors, which entertained with light-hearted drama and quirky moments, this season's premise--pitting Mumbai's Bollywood wives against Delhi's elite--feels disappointingly forced, and the rivalry is so superficial that it borders on farce.

- Troy Ribeiro

Returning from Mumbai's glitzy fold are Bhavana Panday, Maheep Kapoor, Neelam Kothari Soni, and Seema Kiran Sajdeh, who, despite the scripted nature of the show, did offer some sense of camaraderie in earlier seasons. But this time, their dynamic is overshadowed by the introduction of Delhi's "elite brigade," which includes Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Shalini Passi, and Kalyani Saha Chawla. Unfortunately, instead of genuine fireworks, we get awkward interactions and engineered drama that feels painfully staged.