Konkona Sensharma and Manoj Bajpayee Come Together For Dark Comedy - Soup

Starring Konkona Sensharma and Manoj Bajpayee web show Soup was introduced to the audience today.

Directed by Abhishek Chaubey, Soup will see Konkona Sensharma and Manoj Bajpayee as the protagonist of the unconventional drama with a good dose of dark comedy.

The makers released a behind-the-scenes video today which shows us the Lipstick Under My Burkha actor Konkona in a saree and apron dishing out "Soup" to Prabhakar played by Manoj Bajpayee.

Soup revolves around an Swathi Shetty plated by Sensharma who dreams of having a restaurant of her own someday. Her husband won’t help with her aspirations and has doubts of his own. However, opportunity knocks and she starts to cook up a master plan. But things don’t go as intended.

The dark-comedy crime series is produced by Macguffin Pictures. Soup is loosely based on a true-life incident, as per the official announcement.

You can watch the video ">here.

Abhishek Chaubey, has earlier directed Raat Akeli Hai and Ray. He is going to return with the show on Netflix. He said, "Working with Netflix for Soup has been really exciting and I’m thrilled to share our story with audiences all across the world. We’ve had a wonderful experience shooting Manoj, Konkona and the entire cast and crew of Soup, can’t wait to showcase this motley bunch of idiosyncratic characters."

Talking about the show actor Manoj Bajpai said “It is no secret that  Abhishek  Choubey is  one of my favourite directors. I’ve  enjoyed working with him Sonchiraiya  and Hugama Hai Kyon Barpa.Soup is just as enjoyable.”

The show is tentatively scheduled for release on OTT over the summer of 2022.

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In an earlier interview with SheThePeople, talking about Bollywood's fascination with female actors who fall into the bracket of the ‘tall, fair, thin’ and if she ever felt it influenced the kind of roles sheis offered Sensharma said, "I wouldn’t know if people are not offering me roles because of the way I look because that may not be disclosed to me. I have usually turned down parts if the character or script or director didn’t resonate with me. I’ve turned down roles or film which I have not identified with or something I don’t have respect for – you have to find a reason to do a film." Read more here.