Except a few stories where the characters' names were changed from the true ones, all others are quite efficient representation of the written stories. The whole season is dedicated to the theme on women in Tagore's days. The stories show women in some revolutionary roles, some offbeat romantic roles, and some criminal roles, but all empowered, which was difficult to come by in those days. I believe these stories went through severe criticism during then, and may well be criticized by certain section of the audience even today. But the point is that Tagore foresaw this more than a century ago and that keeps it relevant even today and tomorrow. The viewer will certainly be inspired to read some of these stories.
Coming to the screenplay and direction, it is awesomely done. Anurag Basu had actually done some stories better than the movies that were made on these stories. However, I'd also leave a note that the cast was often not appropriate for the roles and in at least one story, the name of the character was changed, which may be disliked by some purists (myself included). The director wanted to connect the characters from one story to the next, which was quite unnecessary and looked artificial. The stories and novels are independent pieces and interesting on their own right -- there was no need to connect them.
Coming to the screenplay and direction, it is awesomely done. Anurag Basu had actually done some stories better than the movies that were made on these stories. However, I'd also leave a note that the cast was often not appropriate for the roles and in at least one story, the name of the character was changed, which may be disliked by some purists (myself included). The director wanted to connect the characters from one story to the next, which was quite unnecessary and looked artificial. The stories and novels are independent pieces and interesting on their own right -- there was no need to connect them.