Who doesn’t love ‘love’? Love put it simply, is what makes the world go round. But, most of us restrict our definition of love only to the stereotype of ‘boy meets girl and voila, magic happens’. Breaking this stereotype is quite a daunting task but it seems Amazon Prime Video is up for it with its latest anthology series, Modern Love: Mumbai. With relatable stories set in the city of dreams, Mumbai, the anthology series explores love without any discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, status and more. And, by the end of this, we’ll have you convinced to binge-watch this heartwarming anthology series, ASAP!
Heartwarming Tales & Relatable Vibe
Source: Amazon Prime Video/YouTUbeDoesn’t something automatically become more relatable when it’s about mango people of your own city? This is what Modern Love: Mumbai cashes in on. With six endearing stories set in Mumbai, the series showcases how one can find love in the most unexpected places sometimes. Be it embracing self-love like never before or battling the mundaneness of a marriage, the web series explores stories of ‘aam janta’ who are as believable as they can be.
Tales by Filmmakers with Unique Voice
Source: Amazon Prime Video/YouTubeThe thing that makes Modern Love: Mumbai different from other anthology series is the legacy that each of the 6 filmmakers brings on board. With names like Hansal Mehta, Shonali Bose, Alankrita Shrivastava, Nupur Asthana, Dhruv Sehgal and Vishal Bhardwaj bringing their own unique vision of love to life in their stories, the audience is in for a memorable joyride. Be it Shonali promoting self-love in Raat Rani or Hansal capturing a gay love story and a doting grandmom’s acceptance in Baai, each story captures the filmmaker’s notion of love.
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Stellar Performances
Source: Amazon Prime Video/YouTubeWhat can elevate a story to an impactful level is the performer who brings it to life. This turns out to be one of the biggest strengths of Modern Love: Mumbai. With immersive and stellar actors like Pratik Gandhi, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Chitrangda Singh, Arshad Warsi, Ritwik Bhoumik, Meiyang Chang, Masaba Gupta, Wamiqa Gabba & many more, the series reels you in from the word go. Senior stars Naseeruddin Shah, Tanuja and Sarika bring the maturity and experience that lends a strong foundation to each of their stories.
Celebrating Beauty and Diversity
Source: Amazon Prime Video/YouTube‘Amchi Mumbai’ has always been a home to people of diverse cultures and that is what makes the city so unique. Capturing and celebrating this diversity, each story of Modern Love: Mumbai has a native touch that makes one feel even more connected to it.
The stunning views of Bandra-Worli sea link in Raat Rani, the queen’s necklace Marine Drive in Cutting Chai or the bylanes of Thane in I Love Thane, each iconic location immediately intrigues you when you see how they are connected with the story. Be it a Chinese-origin woman making Mumbai her home or an aspiring designer finally finding the freedom to follow his passion, the characters truly find their home in Mumbai!
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More Than Just Stereotypical Romances
Source: Amazon Prime Video/YouTubeLike we said at the beginning, love, in all its forms is beautiful and craved for in each of our lives. What Modern Love: Mumbai does is show us this very fact via beautiful tales that we all can easily relate to. It portrays the love of an ailing grandmother in the same tale where we experience a gay love story in Baai. At the time time, we also see a tale of self-love and individuality in Fatima Sana Shaikh starrer Raat Rani. It makes us believe love exists for all of us in different forms, we need only see it.
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