Why Mentalhood on ZEE5 is relatable for millennial moms

Mentalhood is a ZEE5 original series that shows the real challenges faced by moms. This Karisma Kapoor, Sandhya Mridul starrer looks so relatable for every millennial mom.

Everyone who gives a rosy picture of motherhood needs to do a reality check. Yes, its rosy on Instagram but in real life all moms face challenges in their parenting journey. People have unrealistic expectations from moms and no one talks about the mammoth effort she put is.

We have so many kinds of moms in our society today – stay at home mom, working mom, single mom, momprenuers and everyone’s journey is different. When I saw the trailer of Mentalhood on the ZEE5 site I could instantly relate to it.

ZEE5 originals have really good content. I am actually, so bored of TV content that I have stopped recharging my connection unless there’s some good sports or series airing which I really want to watch. I find digital content more matured, relatable and of my taste.

Here’s why I found Mentalhood on ZEE5 is relatable for millennial mom

When I saw the trailer I was surprised to see the starcast. I am not sure if I have watched Karishma Kapoor in last few years or even Sandhya Mridul for that matter!

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What’s in the Mentalhood Trailer?

The trailer starts with Meira – with an I (Karisma Kapoor), former Miss Kanpur and a mother of three who shifts from Kanpur to Mumbai. She wants the best for her kids – sending them to the same posh school as kids of Bollywood stars, accepting advertisement offers for her kids. Then there are other moms who believe you can manage your family and career without a compromise, a mom who believe in only natural care and alternate medicines, a dad who’s no less than a mom and their own challenges.

While motherhood apparently looks like a perfect journey, it’s not rosy always. A millennial mom is expected to be perfect – a perfect home maker, a perfect parent, a perfect friend. But what happens when she loses it?  How she manages to look after everything.

What I felt after watching the trailer?

Being a mom myself I can totally relate how crazy this ride is. Even if I want everything to be perfect, I face some of these challenges too, myself. Its not just a house that depends on a mom – lives depend on her. Parenting is a big responsibility – one job that she cannot fail at. No mom wants to fail as a parent. The entire motherhood journey is crazy, stressful, challenging yet very cherishing and fun. So its quite aptly named Mentalhood.

You find so many kinds of millennial moms when you look around – moms who want total control of their kids’ life, moms who are obsessed – the ‘Momzilla’, the CEO mom who might not be able to give as much time. These are real women, these are real moms – you see them around you. All of them face their own challenges. The way society looks at them. How parenting becomes a mom’s sole responsibility.

I love the line “it takes a village to raise a child, and we are the village”. This is so true. I stay away from my family, and I am the mom who is doing a lot of things single headedly because the father is mostly busy. I wish I had that village too.

This web series is also trying to address some real problems that all parents face, unfortunately – bullying in kids, molestation in schools. So the series is looking quite interesting.

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The amazing star cast of Mental hood on ZEE5 Originals

This web series has an amazing star-studded cast. I am watching most of these actors after a very long time. Karisma Kapoor as Meira Sharma, Dino Morea as a Stay-at-home-dad, Sandhya Mridul the Momzilla, Shilpa Shukla the career woman, Shruti Seth as the BOHO mom, Tiottoma Shome as the pushy mom and Sanjay Suri.

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The ensemble cast is common in big banner films, but hardly you can spot them in web series. I have great expectations from Mentalhood, written by Ritu Bhati and directed by Karishma Kohli. ZEE5 originals is known to make great content.

Mentalhood starts streaming on 11 March on ZEE5 and I am totally excited about it. Are you excited too? Let me know in the comments below.