''Four More Shots Please!'' is an Indian

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series on

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directed by

Anu Menon Anu Menon is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She has directed movies such as ''London, Paris, New York'' (2012), ''Waiting (2015 film), Waiting'' (2016) and worked with non-mainstream actors like Suhasini Maniratnam and Kalki Koechli ...

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Nupur Asthana Nupur Asthana is an Indian film director and writer known for her work in Hindi cinema and television. She made her debut on Indian television with the 1998 TV series ''Hip Hip Hurray (TV series), Hip Hip Hurray''. Her film debut was the 2011 y ...

. The series follows the story of four unapologetically flawed women (two in their 30s and two in their early 20s) as they live, love, make mistakes and discover what really makes them tick through friendship and shots of tequila in millennial Mumbai. The series is Amazon Prime Video's first all-women-protagonist Indian original starring Sayani Gupta,

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, and

Maanvi Gagroo Maanvi Gagroo is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and television, She has worked in various web series like ''TVF Pitchers, TVF Tripling'', and ''Four More Shots Please!''. At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, she won Filmfare OTT Awar ...

. Reviewers have referred to the show as a

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.'' The first season was one of the top three most-watched Amazon Original Series from

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in 2019, and season two was called "the most-watched Indian show on the platform" in May 2020. Shortly after season 2 was released, Amazon announced that season 3 was in the works. Season 3 premiered on October 21, 2022.

Cast

Main

* Sayani Gupta as Damini Rizvi Roy "Dee", an investigative journalist. *

as Umang Singh "Mangs", a gym trainer. *

as Anjana Menon "Anj" Khanna, a lawyer and divorced mother. *

as Siddhi Patel "Sids", a single child from a wealthy family.

Recurring

Lisa Ray Lisa Rani Ray (born 4 April 1972) is a Canadian actress. She began her modelling career in India in the early 1990s, appearing for leading Indian brands like Bombay Dyeing and Lakmé. She made her acting debut in 1994 in the film '' Hanste Khe ...

as Samara Kapoor *

Milind Soman Milind Usha Soman (born 4 November 1965) is an Indian actor, model, film producer, and fitness enthusiast. He rose to fame in the year 1995, when he got featured in Alisha Chinai's music video, '' Made in India''. The same year, he made his deb ...

as Dr. Aamir Warsi *Jiya Lakhiani as Arya Menon Khanna *

Neil Bhoopalam Neil Bhoopalam is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He is known for his roles in films such as ''No One Killed Jessica'', ''Shaitan'', '' NH10'', ''Lust Stories'', ''Ungli'' and the Indian TV series '' 24''. Career Bhoopalam start ...

as Varun Khanna *

Prateik Babbar Prateik Smita Patil(born Prateik Babbar; 28 November 1986), is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Hindi films. The son of late actress Smita Patil and former MP and actor Raj Babbar, he began his career as a production assistant befo ...

as Jeh Wadia * Ankur Rathee as Arjun Nair *Paras Tomar as Mohit Mehta *

Simone Singh Simone Singh Samar (born 10 November 1974) is an Indian actress and model best known for portraying Sakshi Goenka, a cunning and powerful woman, in Ek Hasina Thi TV Series Biography Singh was born in Jamshedpur on 10 November 1974. She made ...

as Sneha Patel *

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as Kavya Arora *

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as Akanksha Moitra * Rajeev Siddhartha as Mihir Shah "Mihu Pihu" *

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as Shashank Bose *

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as Amit Mishra *

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as Sushmita Sengupta *Padma Damodaran as Aparna Sahukar *

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as Devyani Rana (cameo) *Anuradha Chandan as Amina Rizvi Roy *Madhu Anand Chandhock as Mrs. Singh *

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as Mahesh Roy * Nimisha Mehta as Myra *Gaurav Sharma as Vinil Verma *

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as Rajan Malhotra *

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as Meher *Akshay Bindra as Dhruv

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2 (2020)

Amazon Prime announced the second season of the web series in June 2019 with Nupur Asthana replacing Anu Menon as director. It is undoubtedly Amazon Prime India's first successful women-led franchise in the

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(OTT) space. ''Four More Shots Please!'' season 2 was released on 17 April 2020.

Reception

The debut season received positive reviews from the critics. The second season received positive reviews from critics. Shweta Keshri from

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wrote, "Cinematically the series is a joy to watch - be it the locations, the gorgeous outfits or the stars. Since the first season hooked you, you shouldn't miss the second one." However, season 3 received mixed reviews. Rachana Dubey of

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wrote, "The cinematography, smart use of locations, and Mikey McCleary's music add a great touch to the material that has been sensitively handled by Joyeeta. All in all, this season of the show could have hit higher notes and been notches better in terms of the overall storytelling. What we do have here is a round of shots that could have been more spirited." Saibal Chatterjee from

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praised the music score supervised by Mikey McCleary and wrote,"The songs are an extension of the scenes: they supplement the spoken lines in ways that enhance their impact and illuminate the many moods of the narrative". Dishya Sharma from

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wrote, "Four More Shots Please! does a fan service for those following the series diligently since season 1 with its repeated formulas such as a monologue from Siddhi and Damini self-sabotaging her relationship but after three seasons, you'd want them to not own up to their mess but get a little better at cleaning it up as well."

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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