TV series

The Magic of Shiri

2024 · 1 season

A warm, earnest underdog story about a woman rebuilding her life, with gentle humor and emotional stakes that keep you rooting for her.

Overview: In 1996 Delhi, globalization shuts down Shiri's family business and due to insurmountable pressure, her husband leaves home. Left alone and penniless with her kids, she flouts all social norms to become a stage performing magician. In an era when everyone believed that women can’t stand on their own, she did.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, gender, survival, ambition
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
gender
survival
ambition
identity
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none