Ananya Panday’s debut web seriesCall me Bae` is no longer available on Prime Video. The show, backed by Dharma Productions and created by Ishita Moitra, has received largely positive reviews. The show, which is termed as funny, tells the story of Bella Chowdhary aka “Bae,” who is disowned by her family after her husband catches her cheating on him. She moves to Mumbai from Delhi in hopes of making a fresh start away from the shame of her home. In the process, she discovers a middle-class lifestyle and receives a culture shock as she moves across cities. While her character reminded people of Kareena Kapoor’s Poo, it turns out that’s where the story began.
Call Me Bae started as a spin-off of Poo
Ishita Moitra, the creator of the show, shared images from the first draft of the show that she wrote. The show was titled “Poo” with the subtitle “When life gives you lemons, just poop.” The draft mentions the genre as a comedy with eight episodes of 20 minutes each. The draft also included an image of Kareena Kapoor as her iconic character Poo from “Sometimes there is happiness and other times there is sadness.`.
In the second slide, the scene where Bae first meets celebrity channel host Siddharth Sen is scripted. While the scene was retained in the show, the script had Bae as Poo.
Moitra also shared the part where Bae first realised that she had officially become a middle-class person. In the first script, Poo talks about being financially disowned by the Raichands. Now, if you remember in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Amitabh Bachchan’s family were the “Raichands”. His wife was played by Jaya Bachchan and they had two sons played by Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan. While SRK marries Kajol, towards the end of the film we see Poo marrying Rohan (Hrithik Roshan). So, judging by the first draft, it is clear that the show started as a spin-off of Poo.
Sharing the draft, Ishita wrote, “Thanks to @somenmishra, I took a deep dive into Memory Wali Gulley. Here’s how it started, how it continued and where we are. Thank God, for the best record of milte rahe aur karvaan badhta raha.
Her pain is her haute couture, her Gucci and her Dior.
Who is that girl? You can see her succeed.
Who is that girl? You can call her Bae. ❤️❤️❤️Overwhelmed by all the love. My deep gratitude to all of you and to you, dear viewers.
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The fight for the disappearance of Mumbai in Call Me Bae
The script also details how Poo gets a new job, new friends at the hostel and also his struggles to catch the local train to travel from one end of the city to the other for work. That’s a classic Mumbai struggle. However, that part was missing from Bae’s life.
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