Smuggling, gun-running, drugs, terrorism — for many decades, Mumbai has lived under the shadow of the Underworld. Dawood Ibrahim, Karim Lala, Varadara- jan Medullar: these are names that any Indian would recognize. Analyzed in print, immortalized on film, their lives, their gangs, their 'businesses' are out there for anyone who wants the information.

But there have been women, too, who have been part of this murky side of the city, walking along side, sometimes leading and manipulating men in the Underworld to run their own illegal businesses. Tells the stories of women who have become legend in Mumbai streets, lanes and back-alleys. Absorbingly told, impeccably researched, Mafia Queens of Mumbai reveals a side of Mumbai Underworld that has never been seen before.