MUMBAI: Leading OTT platform ZEE5 has begun streaming its new web film titled Badnaam Gali. The film’s theme is surrogacy.

A colony in Delhi is known as Badnaam Gali because of a surrogate mother living in it. It is also filled with middle-aged women who spend more time gossiping about the same unmarried pregnant woman, Nayan (Patralekhaa). Nayan is single, good looking, and does not really conform to societal rules. This leads to her being judged by the other residents.

When Randeep Singh Sodhi (Divyenndu Sharma) visits his aunt, he is warned to stay away from the ‘witch’. 

The twist in the tale comes about when Randeep and Nayan are faced with a situation they never anticipated. 

Although Badnaam Gali focuses on serious and important issues like surrogacy, patriarchy, and an unnecessarily judgmental society, it addresses these with humour.

In fact, the television industry is filled with celebrities who are bringing about a change in society by choosing to adopt children. Some famous names are Sunny Leone, Sakshi Tanwar, and Sushmita Sen.

These real-life heroes have taken the brave step of trying to eradicating the taboo around adoption. 

Sushmita Sen is the first name in that comes to mind when we talk of adoptions. She adopted Renee and Alisah despite the legal and social hassles she experienced for being a single mother.

Sakshi Tanwar is happily single. She lives life on her own terms and became a mother at the age of 45. She adopted a nine-month-old baby girl. 

Sunny Leone and Daniel Weber became proud parents to Nisha after they adopted her from the Latur district of Maharashtra. They also now welcomed two little boys into their family through surrogacy.
Several people have a skewed perception of adoption as they want their own genes and lineage in their child. And this mindset needs to change! 

It is heartwarming to see ZEE5 launching shows that are progressive and path breaking. 

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