Four More Shots, Please! was an Indian romantic comedy-drama that aired on Amazon Prime. This half-hour comedy focused on the friendships and love lives of four Mumbai women. Of particular focus is personal trainer Umang Singh (Gurbani Judge, billed as Bani J), better known to her friends and the audience by her nickname “Mangs”. Mangs is noted for her masculine-of-center aesthetic as well as her waist-length black hair. The series is also notable for being a rare hit in America with multiple languages used — the characters all go back and forth between using English and Hindi (with subtitles in English).
From the jump, Four has no problems with Mangs or any of her friends using the term bi to describe her or her relationships. Mangs is very secure in her sexuality and is a beautifully realized, three-dimensional character. She is smart, a straight-shooter, and caring. There are multiple scenes throughout the seasons when Mangs is single where she can be seen clubbing with, flirting with, and rubbing up on male suitors on the dance floor.
But the most important relationship she has throughout the course of the series is with Bollywood superstar Samara Kapoor (Lisa Ray), her celebrity client who eventually becomes her fiancée during the second season. With this, we are treated to multiple scenes of flirtation, kisses, and brief glimpses at lovemaking scenes as well as plenty of clearly postcoital talking scenes. Although Samara has her own trappings about being an actress, which lends some strife to their relationship, it is ultimately a happy one. Four More also makes room for Mangs to get closure about a childhood love of hers during the second season as well.
In an interview with India Today, actress Bani J spoke candidly about the series and was open about how excited she was to play a bi character, and to bring this story to the screen:
If either one of the four girls, apart from me, was playing this character, they would, of course, have a very different approach to how they will tackle it, which I think is very interesting and completely justified. The way that I personally looked at it was how would I fall in love with anybody … How do I fall in love as a person as Bani J? How am I when I fall in love? How does it feel to me? That's how I'm going to play this character … Because love is love. That’s it. And that's how I took it.
Four More Shots, Please! makes sure to note that while bisexuality is a major part of Mangs’ character (including her dealings with her girlfriend/fiancée and family chafing with her aesthetic and identity), it is not the sole interest of the character. Mangs has aspirations beyond her sexuality, such as expanding her training business. Additionally, her friends openly accept and embrace her identity, using the term "bi" without hesitation and offering the same level of support or caution regarding potential partners regardless of sex.
Mangs serves as an excellent representation for bi women of color — which is still in surprisingly short supply in this modern day and age. In fact, many sources said that Mangs was the breakout character and one of the major reasons why Prime as a platform was a success on the Indian subcontinent. As such, Four More Shots, Please! stands out as some of the most top-tier examples of great bi representations in media today.