In reality, the women—including Savitri's daughters-in-law Bijlee ( Isha Talwar ) and Kajal (Angira Dhar), and her daughter Shanta (Radhika Madan)—produce and distribute a potent medicinal cocaine known as " Flamingo ".
This episode, directed by Homi Adajania , subverts the traditional "saas-bahu" (mother-in-law and daughter-in-law) trope of Indian television by introducing a lethal matriarchal drug cartel. saasbahuaurflamingos01e01homec work
Traditional saas-bahu shows treat housework (cooking, cleaning) as servitude. Here, "homec work" is weaponized. When Jaya refuses to roll chapatis in the morning, it’s not laziness—it’s a rebellion. When Rani Ba personally stirs a vat of drug-laced payasam (sweet pudding), she is doing both housework and drug-lord work. The episode’s quiet revolution is showing that . directed by Homi Adajania