The Mumbai chapter of the widely loved US original anthology series (helmed by John Carney), Modern Love, explores six diverse yet universal stories of different facets, shades and moods of love, all set in the city’s many unique milieus. Inspired by the famous New York Times column, Modern Love Mumbai, brings together six of the most prolific minds of Hindi cinema - Vishal Bhardwaj, Hansal Mehta, Shonali Bose, Dhruv Sehgal, Alankrita Shrivastava and Nupur Asthana
Produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, Modern Love Mumbai will be available to stream starting May 13, 2022. The anthology includes –
- RAAT RANI – directed by Shonali Bose, starring Fatima Sana Shaikh, Bhupendra Jadawat and Dilip Prabhavalkar
- BAAI – directed by Hansal Mehta, starring Tanuja, Pratik Gandhi and Ranveer Brar
- MUMBAI DRAGON – directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Yeo Yann Yann, Meiyang Chang, Wamiqa Gabbi and Naseeruddin Shah
- MY BEAUTIFUL WRINKLES – directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, starring Sarika, Danesh Razvi, Ahsaas Channa and Tanvi Azmi
- I LOVE THANE – directed by Dhruv Sehgal, starring Masaba Gupta, Ritwik Bhowmik, Prateik Babbar, Aadar Malik and Dolly Singh
- CUTTING CHAI – directed by Nupur Asthana, starring Chitrangda Singh and Arshad Warsi
Aparna Purohit, Head of India Originals, Amazon Prime Video said, “We are excited to bring forth Modern Love Mumbai, the first of our three local versions of Modern Love, our well acclaimed international franchise. Modern Love Mumbai features a bouquet of six heart-warming, lyrical stories that explore love in its many forms and together all the stories represent a unique love affair with the poly-cultural city of Mumbai. We are certain that these stories will add hope, humour and some sunshine into your lives. We are happy that Modern Love Mumbai further solidifies our long-standing relationship with our producers, Pritish Nandy Communications.”