{"id":276572,"date":"2026-02-10T08:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/276572\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:15:07","slug":"pratibha-ranta-and-konkona-sen-sharma-play-wives-in-accused-ans-hail-karan-johar-for-backing-progressive-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/276572\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratibha Ranta and Konkona Sen Sharma play wives in Accused; ans hail Karan Johar for backing \u2018progressive\u2019 story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bollywood actors Pratibha Ranta<\/a> and Konkona Sen Sharma<\/a> are all set to entertain audiences with their upcoming film, Accused. What has particularly caught the internet\u2019s attention is the film\u2019s storyline, which features Pratibha and Konkona as wives. Fans are delighted to see Bollywood move away from portraying queer characters as comic relief and instead presenting them as central characters. Several Reddit users have also praised Karan Johar for backing what they are calling a \u201cprogressive\u201d narrative.<\/p>\n

\"PratibhaPratibha Ranta and Konkona Sen Sharma’s still from Accused.Reddit calls the storyline of Accused \u2018progressive\u2019<\/p>\n

A Reddit user shared the synopsis of Accused, as mentioned on Netflix, which reads, \u201cA renowned gynaecologist\u2019s life unravels as serious allegations threaten her career and marriage, while her wife seeks to uncover the truth.\u201d The teaser of the film also shows Konkona as a gynaecologist who is on the verge of becoming the youngest dean of the hospital, until she is accused of being a sexual predator.<\/p>\n

Reddit users reacted strongly to the synopsis. One comment read, \u201cDamnn, this makes the story more exciting. Pratibha and Konkona together\u2026 insane talent, dude.\u201d Another commented, \u201cFrom making movies where queer characters were comic relief to making movies where they are portrayed as a normal, serious couple\u2014Karan has come a long way and I am happy to see it.\u201d Another wrote, \u201cIf 60-year-old buddhas can romance 20\u201325-year-old actresses, why can\u2019t Konkona have a younger actress playing her wife? Totally support this. Go Koko.\u201d Another comment read, \u201cDidn\u2019t know this, but it looks extremely progressive. Looking forward to it.\u201d One user wrote, \u201cI. am. SEATED. for. this. This is the change Bollywood deserves,\u201d while another added, \u201cGreat job, Karan.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Konkona has already carved a niche for herself in Bollywood, Pratibha is still at the beginning of her journey in the industry. She made her Bollywood debut with Kiran Rao\u2019s Laapataa Ladies alongside Nitanshi Goel and Sparsh Srivastava. Although the film failed at the box office, it found a strong audience on OTT platforms and was later selected as India\u2019s official entry to the Oscars, though it did not make the shortlist. Pratibha\u2019s performance was widely praised by critics and audiences alike, following which she went on to work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in his OTT debut series, Heeramandi. Fans have since been eagerly awaiting her next project.<\/p>\n

About Accused<\/p>\n

Written by Sima Agarwal and Yash Keswani, Accused is directed by Anubhuti Kashyap. Backed by Karan Johar, Adar Poonawala and Somen Mishra, the film is a psychological thriller and is scheduled to release on Netflix on February 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bollywood actors Pratibha Ranta and Konkona Sen Sharma are all set to entertain audiences with their upcoming film,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1117,156,3066,61354,409,1094,111,139,69,129377],"class_list":{"0":"post-276572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-accused","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-karan-johar","11":"tag-konkona-sen-sharma","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-netflix","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-pratibha-ranta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}