India, Sept. 26 -- A cheating husband, a lying best friend, a manipulative mother-in-law, a kidnapped child... I wondered what were the odds of one woman being cursed with every possible problem at the same time. Then came Shaque: Trust No One, Parineeti Chopra's latest web show, to remind me that when a writer needs a plot, probability can simply be shown the door. Here, convenience isn't just a storytelling device. It is practically a character.

The story, spread across seven episodes, revolves around Anvita (Parineeti Chopra), whose daughter is kidnapped soon after birth in Shimla. She and her husband, Alok (Tahir Raj Bhasin), desperately search for her, but their efforts yield nothing. Eight years pass, and Anvita has another daughte...