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Four ordinary women, inflicted by silly societal norms, have to steal, lie, cheat and hide in order to lead the lives that they rightfully deserve.
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Aahana Kumra Ratna Pathak Shah Plabita Borthakur Konkona Sen Sharma Shashank Arora Vikrant Massey Sushant Singh Sonal Jha Mayur More Akash Sisodia Vaibhav Tatwawadi Jagat Singh Solanki Anwar Khan Namita Dubey Rajesh Tiwari Ahmed Khan Preeti Kochar Garima Goel Disha Arora Jatin Jaiswal Sonal Joshi Vyoma Parihar Sahiba Vij Saurabh Pandey Disha Patwa Sarthak Ganguli Aparna Ghoshal Smith Mehta Deepak Parihar Shivangi Jai Pawar Dev Sharma Vikalp Sood Vyapak Sood Ranbeer Thakur
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