Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Richa Chadha’s Musafiri Brings Mumbai’s Hidden Stories to YouTube
Richa Chadha is making a new show called Musafiri.
It will be her first non-fiction series and her first project on YouTube.
The show has eight episodes about Mumbai.
Instead of focusing only on famous landmarks, it will explore hidden places, old stories, markets, and interesting people.
Richa will talk with residents, historians, cultural workers, and other experts.
She wrote, hosted, voiced, and produced the series.
She says becoming a mother made her look at familiar things with fresh curiosity.
The show will appear on the Phull Stop YouTube channel, with episodes planned for Fridays.
The articles disagree about whether the first episode is released on September 23 or September 25, although one article’s body and the other report state September 25.
Richa Chadha will make her YouTube and non-fiction debut with the eight-episode series Musafiri.
Chadha wrote, hosted, voiced, and produced the show, which explores Mumbai’s lesser-known places, histories, people, and stories.
The first season is set entirely in Mumbai and features conversations with residents, cultural practitioners, historians, and experts.
Musafiri will premiere on the Phull Stop YouTube channel, with new episodes scheduled every Friday; the articles’ headline and body differ on whether the date is September 23 or 25.
The series is presented by Pushing Buttons Studios, the production banner run by Chadha and Ali Fazal, and was partly inspired by Chadha’s experience of motherhood.
- Who
- Actor and filmmaker Richa Chadha, with support from Ali Fazal’s Pushing Buttons Studios.
- What
- An eight-episode non-fiction YouTube series about Mumbai’s lesser-known places, people, histories, and stories.
- When
- The trailer was unveiled before the series premiere; the articles list September 25 in the body and September 23 in one headline, with new episodes scheduled every Friday.
- Where
- Mumbai, with the series released on the Phull Stop YouTube channel.
- Why
- Chadha wanted to rediscover the city through fresh eyes, an idea she connected to her experience of motherhood and her interest in history, art, culture, and people.
- Series
- Musafiri
- Format
- Eight-episode non-fiction series
- Creator
- Written, hosted, voiced, and produced by Richa Chadha
- Setting
- Mumbai
- Platform
- Phull Stop YouTube channel
- Release schedule
- One new episode every Friday
- Premiere date
- Reported as September 25 in the article bodies; one headline says September 23
- Production banner
- Pushing Buttons Studios
