Big Girls Don't Cry is an Indian English-language coming of age drama television series created by Nitya Mehra and executive produced by Sudhanshu Saria. It stars Pooja Bhatt, Mukul Chadda, Raima Sen, Zoya Hussain, Avantika, Tenzin Lhakyila, Aneet Padda, Dalai, Vidushi, Afrah Sayed. The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 14 March 2024. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.
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Cast
Pooja Bhatt as Anita Verma
Mukul Chadda as Vipin Ahuja
Raima Sen as Uma Ahuja
Zoya Hussain as Aliya Lamba
Avantika Vandanapu as Ludo Leah Joseph
Aneet Padda as Roohi Ahuja
Dalai as Pluggy
Tenzin Lhakyila as Jayshree Chhetri
Afrah Sayed as Noor Hassan
Bodhisattva Sharma as Asad Sharif
Vidushi as Kavya Yadav
Suchitra Pillai as Khanna Ma'am
Akshita Sood as Dia Malik
Tanya Abrol as Pt Amrit
Pavleen Gujral as Kavya's Mother
Khalid Siddiqui as Noor's Father
Shradha Kaul as Noor's Mother
Gauri Malla as Jayshree's Grandmother
Reecha Sharma as Jayshree's Mother
Shataf Figar as Bob Verma
Hafsa Ashraf as Naz Hassan
Kajal Chonkar as Tsering Thapa
Adytya Rraj as Veer Kapadia
Loveleen Mishra as Miss Jeanette
Udit Pandey as Jojo
Reception
Vinamra Mathur of the Firstpost said in his review that "Every feeling may be related to by someone. 'Big Girls Don't Cry' also experiments with a lot. It begins with the fundamentals: arrogance, a pervasive sense of haughtiness in the classroom, and an assumed sense of entitlement and seniority." Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated it 2.5/5 stars and stated in her review that "The show succeeds in capturing the distinct ambiance of an all-girls boarding school, where the adolescent students are exuberant, flamboyant, full of ideas, full of rebellion, and high on hormones." Udita Jhunjhunwala writes in Scroll.in that "The atmosphere of the boarding school piques your curiosity and sustains it, however briefly. The screenplay hardly skims the surface. It's similar to killing time by skimming through Instagram, stopping at a post for a fleeting glance, and then continuing." Archika Khurana of The Times of India rated this series 3/5 stars and wrote in her review that, "It isn't quite a riveting series, but it is a sentimental walk down memory lane. It's charming performances and relevant themes could make it worthwhile to see once, but ultimately, it doesn't make an impact."
Titas Chowdhury of the News 18 gave 3 stars out of 5 and said "The show is neither a nostalgic trip down the memory lane nor a hard-hitting representation of teenage pangs. Some may even find it hard to relate."
Zinia Bandyopadhyay of India Today stated "The series feels like a classic case of too many cooks spoiling the broth."