‘Saas, Bahu Aur Sensex’ is a masala mix of drama and comedy set against the backdrop of of modern day Mumbai. Directed by Canadian born filmmaker, Shona Urvashi, ‘Saas, Bahu and Sensex’ unfolds around its central character, ‘Nitya Sen’ (Tanushree Dutta). Nitya is a young woman who has had to abandon her ambition of studying an MBA in the United States when she is uprooted by her mother from the family home in Kolkata and relocated to the alien environs of Navi (new) Mumbai, following her parents’ divorce.

Keen to start a new life for her daughter and herself, Nitya’s mother, ‘Vinita’ (veteran actress Kiron Kher) embraces the high life of kitty parties and coffee mornings with the local ladies, whilst also jumping head first into the volatile world of stock markets and shares. As the mother/daughter relationship sinks to a low point, Nitya seeks solace in the company of ‘Ritesh’ (Anjur Khanna). Ritesh, a colleague at the call centre where they both work, is among a dying breed of kind-hearted, principled young men in the city. He has a strong sense of integrity, despite dating ‘Kirti’ (Masumeh Makhija) - a middle class girl with delusions of grandeur and dreams of marrying into money.

Serving coffee at Costa, Kirti has no qualms about spending a month’s salary on a Gucci bag, and harbours the dream of marrying billionaire by birth, ‘Yash Modi’ (Sudanshu Pande), the heir to a large share of the financial call centre, ‘M & M’, where Nitya and Ritesh work. Paradoxically, Kirti’s sister has had an arranged marriage to a traditional husband, and her role in life is now confined to housewife status and keeper of the private space of their home.

‘Saas, Bahu Aur Sensex’ offers an insightful and engaging view into a world caught between polarities, and how its inhabitants cope with the complexities that face them in their everyday lives.