Modern Love Mumbai Review: It explores the six unique yet universal stories of human connection and love in its varied forms
Modern Love Mumbai Web Series Rating: 2 Stars
Just watched Modern Love: Mumbai web series on Amazon Prime Video. So let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Fatima Sana Shaikh, Chitrangada Singh, Arshad Warsi, Pratik Gandhi, Ranveer Brar, Masaba Gupta, Ritwik Bhowmik, Yeo Yann Yann, Meiyang Chang, Naseeruddin Shah, Wamiqa Gabbi, Bhupendra Jadawat, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Tanuja, Sarika, Danesh Razvi, Prateik Babbar, Aadar Malik and Dolly Singh
Director: Shonali Bose, Hansal Mehta, Vishal Bhardwaj, Alankrita Shrivastava, Dhruv Sehgal and Nupur Asthana
Release Date: 13th May 2022 (Amazon Prime Video)
Duration: 6 Episodes/ 45 Minutes
Story: It is an Indian adaptation of the International series of the same name but set in Mumbai. It is an anthology series and focuses on different love stories in the backdrop of the city. It navigates a wide range of topics, toppling barriers along the way, and what it has essentially taught me is that if external love is your only currency, then you will be spent.
First love story of this series is Raat Rani which is directed by Shonali Bose. In an expensive condominium in Mumbai, far from their native Kashmir, Lali (Fatima Sana Shaikh) works as a cook and her husband Lutfi (Bhupendra Jadawat) is a security guard. Long days end with ice cream in one cup and two spoons till he dumps her, shattering her heart and dreams. Only his old bicycle remains behind. It talks about the tragic love of a woman whose husband of ten years leaves her without dropping any hint.
Second love story of this series is Baai which is directed by Hansal Mehta. Manzu (Pratik Gandhi) is a gay guy who grew up in a strict family, is divided between his love for his partner Rajveer (Ranveer Brar) and his grandma, Baai (Tanuja) who is sick and adoring. When he pays a visit to her in their ancestral home, the sorrow and pangs of his youth resurface, dragging him back to a reality he had long forgotten. A homosexual love story getting disapproved by the family is something that we have seen onscreen many times over the years.
Third love story of this series is Mumbai Dragon which is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Sui’s (Yeo Yann Yann) excessive love for her son Ming (Meiyang Chang) is threatened when he shares his portion of love with his girlfriend Megha (Wamiqa Gabbi) in Mumbai Dragon, which is set against the backdrop of the Indian Chinese community. It’s more of a fun watch with the banter between Yeo and Chang, while Wamiqa squeezes in well with her quirks. A special appearance by Naseeruddin Shah brings a lighter tone to the film.
Fourth love story of this series is My Beautiful Wrinkles which is directed by Alankrita Shrivastava. Here, a young man in his late twenties confesses his sexual attraction to a woman in her sixties. The film follows Dilbar Sodhi (Sarika) over a few days in her life as she must deal with a young man, Kunal’s (Danesh Rizvi) statement of sexual interest in her, leaving her agitated. However, it leads her on a path of coping with her previous baggage and rediscovering the beauty of life.
Fifth love story of this series is I Love Thane which is directed by Dhruv Sehgal. It chronicles Saiba’s (Masaba Gupta) search for the right modern man among the sea of men on dating apps. Life, on the other hand, has different ideas for her when she meets someone, Parth (Ritwik Bhowmik), who isn’t the modern man she was looking for but is instead timeless! In Modern Love Mumbai, Dhruv gets out of Bombay to narrate the beautiful inception of a love story. And with his story, he explains that to find love, one has to expand their horizons or go back to the roots.
Sixth and final love story of this series is Cutting Chai which is directed by Nupur Asthana. Latika (Chitrangada Singh) and Danny (Arshad Warsi) are married couple. The episode’s starting moments develop it as a story of how Latika might be tired of the ingrained patriarchy in couples, but eventually, the story loses steam. As Latika oscillates between her past and present to make sense of everything, the story seems to lose sense of its messaging. Maybe that’s how love is for some.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Direction
3. Story
4. Screenplay
Negatives
1. Length
2. Music
3. Few stories
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I have watched the trailer of this series planned to watch in my free time as it has good star-cast and stories looks engaging and unique.
Modern Love Mumbai is a collection of six unique yet universal stories about various human emotions, all anchored on love. It delves into the complexities and beauty of love as well as its repercussions on the human relationship. Each episode of this Indian adaptation of the enormously successful original version tells a separate story inspired by the New York Times’ famed Modern Love column. The journey of six heroes from various origins, with various experiences and tasks that lead them on the path of love and self-discovery. These are six distinct stories of modern love in all its radiance.
Overall, the six episodes of this series might be diverse in their stories and storytelling, but the link of love bind them all together. It’s also a striking thing to note that it’s somehow a small object that plays an essential part in all the stories. The metaphors/usage of a flyover, cutting chai, nihari, plants, sketch, mom-cooked food is telling of how little things eventually come together for the one big thing! Not all episodes work, but well, isn’t that how love is? It’s not always a smooth ride, it has its share of ups and downs and highs and lows, and more often than not, it’s the complexities that make it what it truly is, and that’s how the really series functions.
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