Call Me Bae recap and ending explained

Call Me Bae follows the titular character as she navigates her life after being disowned by her wealthy family. The series is now streaming on Prime Video.

Warning: This article contains heavy spoilers

Plot summary

Bella, more commonly known as Bae, was born into a family with a dwindling fortune. From a young age, she was taught that her purpose in life was to marry a rich man. 

Bae marries Agastya Chowdhury, a wealthy man her mother chooses for her, and their marriage prevents her family from going bankrupt.

Her older brother, Samar, unlike Bae, was encouraged to be ambitious and now works with Agastya, while Bae leads a comfortable but lonely life, as Agastya always prioritizes his work over her.

Bae and Agastya are in an unhappy marriage, leading Bae to cheat on Agastya with her personal trainer, Prince. Eventually, Bae’s affair is publicly exposed at a party thrown by Agastya.

As a result, the Chowdhurys kick Bae out of the house and disown her. They also boycott her, and as they are an influential family, everyone in Bae’s circle cuts ties with her. 

Bae’s mother, intending to hide her, gives her no option but to leave the country, fearing that Samar’s business relations with Agastya could be ruined.

Bae refuses to accept her punishment without speaking to Samar first, confident that her brother will support her. This results in her getting kicked out of her parents’ house as well. 

Bae then heads to Mumbai to meet Samar. With her cards blocked and cash running out, she receives help from strangers who are moved by her kindness. 

One such stranger, Saira, who works at the hotel where Bae is staying, helps her meet with Samar, who is avoiding Bae because he is in Mumbai with Agastya.

Bae apologizes to Samar and Agastya, but they refuse to forgive her. Believing that Bae cannot survive without her family’s wealth, they offer her a house in Mumbai and money in exchange for keeping a low profile.

They want Bae, who is known for posting everything about her life on social media, to not post anything and refrain from causing any more scandals that might further harm their reputation.

Realizing that they do not care about her happiness, Bae rejects their offer. Determined to prove them wrong, she decides to get a job and build a life on her own. 

While she gets no help from her family, she receives support from Saira, who takes her to the hostel where she lives, marking the beginning of Bae’s journey to independence.

Bae struggles to keep a job and pay rent. She has to resort to selling her expensive bags. Then, one day, she drunkenly criticizes a journalist named Satyajit Sen, also known as SS. 

SS is notorious for inviting celebrities on his show, only to reveal their darkest secrets on live television, without regard for how it affects his guests’ lives.

Someone posts Bae’s criticism of SS on social media, and it goes viral. It catches the attention of Neel, a colleague of SS, who has always been critical of SS’s lack of ethics. 

Unlike SS, Neel values ethical journalism, but his show never garners the ratings that SS’s sensationalized news does. Neel now decides to hire Bae as an intern. 

Although Bae does not have a journalism degree, she has taken several courses throughout her life, which allows her to prove her worth by making Neel’s social media more engaging. 

Bae’s presence in the office gives SS an opportunity to get back at her, but no matter what he does, he fails to intimidate or control Bae.

After getting a job, Bae moves into an apartment with a colleague named Tammarrah. Eventually, Saira also moves in, and the three become best friends. 

Meanwhile, Prince moves to Mumbai to be with Bae, but she develops feelings for Neel. When Prince sees Bae kissing Neel, he realizes that he does not love her.

Prince now likes Tammarrah, who reciprocates his feelings, so they start dating. Meanwhile, Saira struggles with a gambling addiction, leading her to disappoint her friends. 

Apart from Neel, Bae’s criticism of SS also impresses an actor who later contacts Bae under the alias Anamika. Anamika alleges that she is being blackmailed by a business tycoon named Mukul Sawla.

Sawla publicly presents himself as a champion for women’s rights. He runs a company called Thought Telecom, which provides free SIM cards to women to promote their safety. 

He is now entering politics and is pressuring Anamika for sexual favors, threatening to leak an adult film she acted in when she was a minor, which could jeopardize her career and relationship.

Bae discusses Anamika’s case with Neel, but he refuses to let her pursue the story without verifying the facts, sending Bae and her friends on a search for Anamika. 

When Bae runs into her brother at an award show, she warns him not to do business with Sawla. Instead of heeding her advice, Samar asks her to bury the story, offering to get her accepted back into the family in return.

That same night, Neel berates Bae, accusing her of not taking her job seriously because of their romantic relationship. Bae’s final straw is seeing Agastya attend the show with his new girlfriend. 

Feeling abandoned by her friends as well, Bae gets drunk and shoplifts a pair of shoes from a store. Years ago, Bae did something similar in New York to get her family’s attention. 

Back then, Samar rescued her from getting arrested, and this time, Harleen, the producer of SS’s show and his girlfriend, comes to her rescue.

Bae’s sadness does not last long. Tammarrah and Saira inform her that they did not abandon her and have successfully uncovered Anamika’s true identity. 

Anamika is none other than the famous actor Madhulika Sahay. This discovery gives Bae newfound strength to pursue the story.

Ending explained:

Madhulika’s story

Bae visits Madhulika, who admits to being Anamika and reveals how she bought all copies of her adult film to ensure that no one would ever find out about it. 

Sawla somehow got a copy and has been harassing her ever since, knowing Madhulika cannot risk going to the police. 

If the truth about the film becomes public, Madhulika might lose her career and boyfriend, whose family already disapproves of her.

Bae wants Madhulika to expose Sawla by telling her story herself. Madhulika agrees, but only if Bae can delete the film from Sawla’s computer first. 

Bae and her friends then sneak into Sawla’s house and access his laptop, which contains files on many women, as well as emails from someone called Centaurus. Bae has seen similar emails on SS’s computer.

Although Bae fails to delete the film, she convinces Madhulika to stop fearing her past and own her story. Madhulika’s boyfriend overhears their conversation and supports her in exposing Sawla. 

Bae then breaks the story on her social media account but makes Madhulika tell it. Madhulika receives support from women, and her story encourages others to come forward with theirs.

Facing powerful men

After Madhulika accuses Sawla of harassment, his reputation takes a hit, resulting in him asking SS to do damage control. The two have a partnership, and if Sawla goes down, he promises to take SS with him. 

Harleen suggests inviting both Sawla and Bae on The Confessional for a face-to-face confrontation, giving SS an opportunity to discredit Bae.

Meanwhile, other victims of Sawla also reach out to Bae. Prince then suggests that they snoop into SS’s computer to find out more about the emails from Centaurus. 

Bae and Tammarrah succeed in getting all the files from SS’s computer with the help of a program Prince created, revealing that, like Sawla, SS has personal information on all the people he invites on his show, The Confessional

Sawla is able to blackmail women and SS is able to expose his guests’ well-kept secrets only because Centaurus provides them with people’s data.

Bae agrees to appear on SS’ show as more women reach out to her, urging her to tell their stories. With immense support from her friends and Neel, Bae faces SS and Sawla on live television. 

SS tries to shame her by bringing up her affair with Prince and her past shoplifting incidents. SS succeeds in upsetting Bae on TV.

However, Bae regains her composure, accepts her past mistakes, and questions Sawla, proving that he is lying and Madhulika is telling the truth. 

She exposes how Thought Telecom’s free SIM cards are actually used for data mining. This data is accessible to Sawla, and he uses it to harass women. 

He also uses this data to manipulate women during elections. She then reveals SS’s involvement with Sawla and how he gets information on his guests.

Harleen, who has grown disillusioned with SS, refuses to end the live telecast when SS asks her to, leading SS to storm off in humiliation. 

Bae’s success 

After Bae exposes Sawla and SS, she gets appreciation and recognition as a journalist. Her mother, now proud of her, accepts her back into the family.

In fact, she gives Samar the punishment that Bae earlier refused to accept because, this time, Agastya is angry with Samar for not heeding Bae’s warning.

Sawla and SS face severe consequences. Sawla’s company’s stocks plummet and his wife leaves him. SS is fired and now faces lawsuits from the guests he humiliated on his show.

On the other hand, Neel’s show’s TRP increases as he starts incorporating Bae’s advice to make his show more engaging. He is given the prime time slot that used to belong to SS. 

Neel then offers Bae a promotion to be his special correspondent, which she accepts. However, just as Bae is celebrating her success with her friends, Agastya shows up at her apartment.

He wants her back as his wife since she has proven herself and is now a well-known journalist. Agastya’s arrival forces Bae to choose between Agastya and Neel.


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Muskan Chhatwani
Muskan Chhatwani
Muskan is an editor at The Envoy Web. Her name translates to smile in English, but she likes shows and films that do anything but make you smile. She believes that analyzing and interpreting the tiny little things on-screen can reveal a story that is not visible to everyone, a story of your own.

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