Modern Love Chennai is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language romantic anthology television series directed by Bharathiraja, Balaji Sakthivel, Thiagarajan Kumararaja, Raju Murugan, Krishnakumar Ramakumar and Akshay Sundher. It was produced by Tyler Durden and Kino Fist. It has ensemble cast including Ritu Varma, Sri Gouri Priya, Wamiqa Gabbi, Ashok Selvan, Ramya Nambeesan, Sanjula Sarathi, Vasundhara Kashyap, Vijayalakshmi Feroz, Kishore and others.
Premise Modern Love Chennai is the Chennai chapter based on the American anthology series Modern Love and published by The New York Times. It streamed on Amazon Prime Video on 18 May 2023.
Cast Lalagunda BommaigalImaigal Kaadhal Enbadhu Kannula Heart Irukkura Emoji Sri Gouri Priya as Shoba Vasundhara Kashyap as Vaijayanti Vasudevan Murali as Nathuram R Prasanna Ram Kumar as Soothsayer, later Shoba's husband Bakkiyam Sankar as Shoba's uncle Noble James as YouTuber Foodie Sundarayyer as Shoba's father Parveen as Nathuram's assistant girl Sumitra as Nathuram's wife Ashok Selvan as Nithyanandham T. J. Bhanu as Devi V. Yuvashree as Baby Tharani Baby Aazhiya as Tharani (6 years) H. Dikshita as Tharani Rethika Srinivas as Devi's mother Skanda Priya Thota as Doctor Manjula as Devi's colleague Ritu Varma as Mallika Samyuktha Viswanathan as Roja Pawan Alex as KK, Mallika's college crush Aniruth Kanakarajan as school crush Agilan Pushparaj as Anbu, office crush Ajay Melvin as Rajashekhar, Mallika's cousin Vaibhav as Mallika's husband Baradwaj Rangan as himself Akshaya Hariharan as Akshaya Ravi Bhat as Mallika's father Sujatha Babu as Mallika's motherMargazhiParavai Kootil Vaazhum MaangalNinaivo Oru Paravai Sanjula Sarathi as Jazmine Chu Khoy Sheng as Milton Srikrishna Dayal as Jaiseelan, Jazmine's father Arul D. Shankar as Priest Krithika N as Rachel, Jazmine's friend Arun as Rachel's boyfriend Cheryl Jean Rose as Milton's grandmother Kishore as Ravi Remya Nambeesan as Revathi Vijayalakshmi as Rohini Delhi Ganesh as Ravi's father Abdool as Ravi's neighbor Wamiqa Gabbi as Sam PB as K Monisha Blessy as Shru Ramkumar Ganesan as Doctor Mallika as Fortune Teller
Episodes The first season of the series has six episodes.
Season 1 (2023)
Production The series was announced by Amazon Prime on 28 April 2022. The creative producer of the series is Thiagarajan Kumararaja. It was produced by Tyler Durden and Kino Fist. Modern Love Chennai is inspired by the American series Modern Love. The trailer for the series was released on 11 May 2023.
Music The soundtrack of the series was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, G. V. Prakash Kumar and Sean Roldan.
Release The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 18 May 2023.
Reception Kirubhakar Purushothaman of Indian Express gave 4 stars out of 5 and stated that " A fantastic sixer!" Latha Srinivasan critic of India Today gave 3.5 stars out of five and wrote that "One of the most important aspects of Modern Love Chennai is the music of Ilaiyaraaja which elevates this series to another level. With a mix of his old and new compositions, the ace music director has shown us that there is really no one comparable to him". A critic from Rediff.com appreciated film and noted that "Whistle Podu!"
Khushboo Ratda of Pinkvilla wrote that "Modern Love Chennai is all about warm, cherry stories, some are quirky and puzzling. A few stories converse with your heart." Logesh Balachandran of Times of india noted that "After Bharathiraja's episode, the one that really work is Thiagarajan Kumararaja's Ninaivo Oru Paravai." Haricharan Pudipeddi critic of Hindustan Times wrote that "The third Indian adaptation of the Modern Love franchise is here. It has stories that are flat, but some that speak to the heart." R Srinivasan of Ananda Vikatan gave mixed reviews. Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu said that "Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s anthology is a phenomenal assortment of captivating love stories".
See also Modern Love Mumbai, Mumbai chapter of Modern Love Modern Love Hyderabad, Hyderabad chapter of Modern Love
References
External links
Modern Love Chennai on Amazon Prime Video