Modern Love Hyderabad

Modern Love Hyderabad
Official poster
Genre
Based onModern Love
by John Carney
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Composers
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerJohn Carney
ProducerElahe Hiptoola
Production locationHyderabad
Cinematography
  • Sangram Giri
  • Aditya Javvadi
  • Sai Prakash Ummadisingu
Editors
Production companySIC Productions
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)

Modern Love Hyderabad is an Indian Telugu-language romantic anthology television series produced by Elahe Hiptoola and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, Venkatesh Maha, Uday Gurrala and Devika Bahudhanam. It stars Nithya Menen, Abijeet, Aadhi Pinisetty, Ritu Varma, Malvika Nair, Suhasini Maniratnam, Revathi, Naresh, Ulka Gupta, Naresh Agastya, and Komalee Prasad in the lead roles.[1]

Modern Love Hyderabad is set in Hyderabad and is based on the American television series Modern Love which itself is based on the weekly column of the same name published by The New York Times.[2] The series premiered on 8 July 2022 on Amazon Prime Video to positive reviews from critics.[3]

Cast

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My Unlikely Pandemic Dream Partner Fuzzy, Purple, and Full of Thorns Why Did She Leave Me There?
  • Nithya Menen as Noori Hussain
  • Revathi as Meharunnisa, Noori's mother
  • Krishna Teja as Prakash, neighbour of Noori
  • Mayank Parak as Hussain, auto driver
  • Pradeep Rudra as Vinay, Noori's colleague
  • Aadhi Pinisetty as Dr. Uday
  • Ritu Varma as Renuka "Renu"
  • C. V. L. Narasimha Rao as Renuka's father
  • Geetha Daasyam as Renuka's mother
  • Sree. M. Nivaas as Uday's father
  • Tripura. K as Uday's mother
  • Zainab Ali Sajjad as Naznim, Renuka's best friend
  • Tejaswini Bhattaru as Preeti, Rahul's wife; Renuka's ex-boyfriend
What Clown Wrote This Script? About That Rustle in the Bushes Finding Your Penguin
  • Abijeet Duddala as Ashwin
  • Malvika Nair as Vandana Bharadwaj 'Vinnie'
  • Sanjay Swaroop as Vinnie's father
  • Pramodini as Vinnie's mother
  • Bindu Chandramouli as Sakshi
  • Charani as Simran
  • Silpa Chakravarthy as Model
  • Komalee Prasad as Indu
  • Rag Mayur as Tarun, Indu's one-side lover
  • Priyanka Kolluru as Subha, Indu's best friend
  • Pawani Karanam as Ayesha
  • Bhavana Sagi as Srilekha
  • Karthikesh as Karn
  • Santhosh Balakrishna as Vivek, Indu's ex-lover
  • Srinivas Bogireddy as Narasimha, Indu's father
  • Ankith Koyya as Aadi (cameo appearance)

Episodes

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The first season of the series has six episodes.[4]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
168 July 2022
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"My Unlikely Pandemic Dream Partner"Nagesh KukunoorUnknown8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)
2"Fuzzy, Purple, and Full of Thorns"Nagesh KukunoorUnknown8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)
3"Why Did She Leave Me There?"Nagesh KukunoorUnknown8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)
4"What Clown Wrote This Script?"Uday GurralaUnknown8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)
5"About That Rustle in the Bushes"Devika BahudhanamUnknown8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)
6"Finding Your Penguin"Venkatesh MahaUnknown8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)

Production

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Modern Love Hyderabad was filmed between September and November 2021. Speaking to The Hindu Elahe Hiptoola states that producing an anthology for a digital platform was not very different from producing a film. "Ultimately, it is like organising a baraat every day. No one will tell you that the food is good, but someone will complain namak kam tha (the salt was less). For cinema, my task begins with raising funds and ends with finding distributors. In this case, Prime Video gave me enough freedom and also gently reminded me of regulations when needed. For example, I did not know that we cannot shoot with kids beyond 7p.m. I had not followed such rules during the making of Rockford or Dhanak. This was a learning experience."[5] Director Uday Gurrala told News18: "In my story titled ‘What Clown Wrote This!’, you will see universal themes but from a distinctly Telugu lens and that's what makes it so interesting. We’ve delved deep into the psyche of the Telugu man (and woman) to understand what makes today's generation tick".[6]

Release

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The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 8 July 2022.[7]

Reception

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Janani K of India Today rated the series 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The show aims to tug at our heartstrings, but settles for more melodrama".[8] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the series 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Revathy, outstanding as ever, conveys a range of emotions with mere glances and gestures. Nithya Menen is luminous".[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Modern Love Hyderabad Trailer: Six heartwarming stories of love & life that will touch your heart". Pinkvilla. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Modern Love Hyderabad trailer: Revathy-Nithya Menen starrer explores love in the bustling city of Charminar". The Indian Express. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Prime Video releases trailer for 'Modern Love Hyderabad'". The Statesman. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Modern Love Hyderabad: 6 heartfelt stories of romance to release in July-details inside". Zoom TV. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (29 June 2022). "Elahe Hiptoola and Aparna Purohit: 'Modern Love Hyderabad', all set to stream on Amazon Prime Video, will reflect the multicultural fabric of the city". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Modern Love Hyderabad Trailer Promises To Explore Emotions and Relationships; To Release On July 8". News18. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Makers drop trailer of Modern Love Hyderabad". The Tribune. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Modern Love Hyderabad Review: Few hits, lots of misses in this anthology about relationships". India Today. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Modern Love Hyderabad Review: A Few Fine Performances Add Up To Mildly Diverting Fare". NDTV. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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