Episode 1

A rare glimpse behind the gilded doors of Mumbai's one-percenters at the start of the social season. Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, two of India's most coveted designers, have dressed everyone from Posh Spice to Dame Judi Dench. Now, they throw open the doors of their fashionable residence on Juhu Beach, Mumbai's answer to Beverly Hills, as preparations are underway for the launch of their new collection.

Celebrated novelist Shobhaa De is launching her new book, Insatiable, in Asia's highest rooftop bar, and to mark the occasion, she is interviewed by Bollywood heartthrob Aamir Khan. Shobhaa, born six months after Indian independence, became the voice of a newly liberated India in the 1990s.

In 1990, tragedy struck the Birlas, one of Mumbai's richest manufacturing dynasties, when the father, mother and daughter of one branch of the family were all killed in a plane crash. Their only son, Yash, was studying in America at the time, and we meet him during a photoshoot for his devoted social media following. He explains how he channelled his feelings of desperation 'from remorse to love'.

Billionaire petrolhead Gautam Singhania is the driving force behind the iconic Raymond brand. Throughout the 1990s, a Raymond suit came to embody a new Indian ethos which was ambitious, sophisticated and international in outlook.

Through personal stories set against the unfolding story of the past 30 years, we see how the legacy of the past is combining with the dynamism of the present, and gain insight into the challenges and triumphs of a city and a country amid extraordinary transformation.