What happens in the Radhika Apte spy comedy

The 2023 Hindi-language spy comedy Mrs. Undercover is an action-packed and funny thriller that also has a message about social and family expectations of women. Directed by Anushree Mehta, Mrs. Undercover Premieres on April 14, 2023, with Radhika Apte leading the cast as the titular undercover agent, Durga. Mrs. Undercover Takes lessons from the best spy comedy movies and makes sure to balance the laughs with some fantastic stunts. 2023 was a big year for Bollywood, with films like Mrs. Undercover Protecting the industry.

in Mrs. UndercoverA serial killer (Sumeet Vyas), known as "the common man" is targeting Indian women of high professional standing and who consider themselves independent. To catch the killer, a special forces team recruits a deep undercover agent, Durga. Durga went undercover for 13 years and completely forgot her training. With these options, the team sends Durga to Kolkata Girls College, where "The Common Man" conducts a women's empowerment seminar under his alter ego, Ajay. Durga must remember her training and learn to be independent To stop the murderer.

Durga stops Ajay and kills him

Durga rescues the Chief Minister and saves the day

Durga doesn't figure out that her instructor and the serial killer she was after are the same person until near the end of the film. After killing the treacherous Aisha (Roshni Bhattacharya) who was a mole for Ajay, Durga reveals his real identity. Durga realizes this just as the year-end art performance in Kolkata begins, with the female Chief Minister (Nandini Chatterjee) in attendance. As Ajay leaves the hall, Durga realizes who he is and realizes that there is a bomb hidden in a box of confetti set to go off at the end of the ceremony, killing everyone.

Durga defuses the bomb and saves the CM and everyone else. She manages to corner Ajay with an entourage of police officers and points to a mole on his arm as irrefutable proof that he and the common man are the same person. however, Ajay reveals in the fact that there is still not enough evidence to convict himA fact that Durga and the police have to admit, but that doesn't stop her.

Durga asks the CM and the police to leave the hall and, in a moment of extraordinary revenge, she and the other woman in Kolkata beat Ajay to death. Before they do, Durga makes Ajay film a video, much in the same way he would force his victims. It's a brutal end to Ajay, but an ironic fate, considering how much he delighted in forcing powerful women to bow down in front of him before he killed them.

Ajay was using his position at Kolkata Girls College to target powerful women

Ajay was the instructor for a women's empowerment class

By day Ajay was a professor at Kolkata Girls College, but by night he donned the terrifying alter ego of "The Common Man", a serial killer who targeted successful women. Like any good serial killer movie, Mrs. Undercover makes a connection between the two lives of the killers, and it is no coincidence that Ajay works to empower women.

In a way, he is farming his next victims. Through this seminar, Ajay has a first-hand look at prospective targets. Working in Kolkata, he can decide who will be a successful professional, and therefore who will be his next victim. It makes for an interesting dynamic that The man these women put their faith in to empower and teach them has an entirely different motivation for doing so. Ajay succeeding in Kolkata actually improves his serial killing efforts.

Deb apologizes to Durga for cheating on her

Deb was cheating on Durga with one of Ajay's moles

While spending time in Kolkata, Durga meets Aisha, with whom she becomes friendly. However, while investigating a lead, Durga discovers that Aisha has been romantically texting her husband, Deb (Saheb Chatterjee). This becomes a double betrayal when Durga learns that Aisha is actually an undercover moleWorking for Ajay. Aisha incorrectly assumes that Deb is the secret agent who is after Aji, and so tries to get close to him and Deb happily accepts her overtures.

Aisha invites Deb to her hotel room, ostensibly for a romantic liaison, but secretly plans to kill him. Durga, who now has access to the messages, decides that despite the betrayal, she cannot let Deb die and goes to the hotel to confront Aisha. In the ensuing fight, Durga manages to get hold of Aisha and kills her. At the end of the film, Deb comes clean to Durga about his cheating, but Durga does not accept the apology.

Throughout the film, Deb talks down to Durga, and discourages her from attending Kolkata, telling her that a woman's place is at home. He is every stereotypical male figure who believes that women cannot achieve And to try is disrespectful and unnatural. After learning about his cheating, Durga realizes how hypocritical and weak her husband actually is. When he tries to apologize, she hears his lack of sincerity and ends up breaking up with the man who never thought much of her.

Durga leaves her husband to start a new undercover mission

Durga decides to be a spy full time

After refusing to accept her husband's apology, Durga returns to her government handlers and happily accepts another deep cover mission. Durga was out of the game for 13 years, but after the events of Mrs. UndercoverShe realizes she still has more to give to the agency. Her decision to enter the service is an acknowledgment of her own talent and capabilities.

For the longest time, Durga was so deep in her undercover role, she forgot that she had her own life to live, and Her decision to take on a new mission is a sign of rediscovering her own path.

The real meaning of Mrs. Undercover's ending

Durga gains independence from the people in her life

Mrs. Undercover is primarily an action comedy with a lot of focus on the jokes and the thrills. however, The film still has something consequential to say about womenAnd how they are expected to act. The main killer, Ajay, specifically targets independent, successful women, and forces them to record a video that maximizes their power. His point is clear, the women, no matter how far they go, will always be at the mercy of men.

The story is paralleled with Durga's life, though in a much less violent way. She has accepted the role of wife and mother for 13 years, but when she decides that she wants to do something else, the man in her life, Deb, feels for her. The women in Mrs. Undercover People constantly lord over them and any attempts to become something more are met with ridicule or even violence. It is not until the women stand up for each other, as at the end of Mrs. UndercoverThat they reveal how small the people are.