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It premiered on the streaming platform Aha on July 16, 2021, and runs for eight episodes of roughly 33 minutes each.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14932842/) • [3](https://pmfwebsite.azurewebsites.net/movies/kudi-yedamaithe/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Premiere | July 16, 2021, on Aha; eight episodes, about 33 minutes each[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14932842/) • [4](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/kudi-yedamaithe/season-1) |\n| Premise | A food delivery rider and a police inspector die in a collision and relive the same day, February 29, in a time loop while a kidnapping case unfolds[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html) • [5](https://www.123telugu.com/reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-telugu-web-series-review.html?=1) |\n| Lead cast | Amala Paul as CI Durga of the Khairatabad police station; Rahul Vijay as Adi, an aspiring actor working for the delivery service RepEAT[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html) • [6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/telugu/kudi-yedamaithe/season-1/amp_seasonreview/84367736.cms) |\n| Key crew | Director Pawan Kumar; writer Ram Vignesh; cinematographer Advaitha Gurumurthy; editor Suresh Arumugam; music Poornachandra Tejaswi[3](https://pmfwebsite.azurewebsites.net/movies/kudi-yedamaithe/) |\n| Production | Produced by T. G. Vishwa Prasad for People Media Factory with Pawan Kumar Studios; shot during the pandemic within 45 days[3](https://pmfwebsite.azurewebsites.net/movies/kudi-yedamaithe/) • [7](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633) |\n| Reception | IMDb 8.1/10 from about 1.4K votes; critic ratings ranged from 2.5 to 3.5 out of 5[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14932842/) • [1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html) • [8](https://filmyfocus.com/kudi-yedamaithe-web-series-review-and-rating) |\n| Status | One season, marked as ended; the finale leaves a cliffhanger[9](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57317/kudi-yedamaithe) • [6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/telugu/kudi-yedamaithe/season-1/amp_seasonreview/84367736.cms) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and story\n\nThe series follows two parallel perspectives. Adi (Rahul Vijay) is an aspiring actor who works as a food delivery rider to pay his bills; Durga (Amala Paul) is a circle inspector at the Khairatabad police station investigating serial kidnappings of boys under the age of ten, while mourning the loss of her lover. When Adi's bike is hit by Durga's jeep, both die and find themselves stuck in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html) The loop day is February 29.[5](https://www.123telugu.com/reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-telugu-web-series-review.html?=1)\n\nThe time loop is not the whole story. Ram Vignesh's script layers a murder mystery and a police investigation over the loop, so the repetition serves as conflict and, at times, as a plot device that pushes the narrative forward rather than carrying the show alone.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html) Supporting characters include Parvathy (Nithyashri), an air hostess who approaches the police about a man she met on a blind date in Bengaluru three months earlier, and Mahendra (Ravi Prakash), the antagonist.[10](https://ntvtelugu.com/cinema-reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-web-series-review-32280.html) • [11](https://www.cinejosh.com/reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-web-series-review/1119) The parallel stories merge toward the end of the season.[7](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633)\n\n## Title\n\nThe title translates to \"when right becomes left\" and is borrowed from a song penned by Samudrala and sung by Ghantasala in the 1955 film *Devadaasu*. In the film, sung by a heartbroken character, it expresses the hazard of life taking an unexpected turn.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html)\n\n## Production\n\n**Planning under constraint.** Pawan Kumar, previously known for the Kannada films *Lucia* and *U-Turn*, directed the series during the COVID-19 pandemic within 45 days, which required meticulous planning. The team used an in-house app to log the break-up of shots from every day's shoot across cinematography, editing, and direction, and the editor cut sequences concurrently with shooting rather than afterward.[7](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633)\n\n**Shooting repetition.** Because the same scenes recur across loops, the makers kept some shots identical so viewers could follow the story, while filming other sequences from different angles or framings so the repetition did not feel monotonous.[7](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633) Cinematographer Advaitha Gurumurthy used lighting and camera choices to track emotion across loops: Parvathy's house stays visually constant but is shot handheld to convey restlessness, and the police station sequences grow progressively darker as the margin between the protagonists and the kidnappers narrows.[7](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633)\n\n**Deliberate ambiguity.** Throughout the series, shots of a banana rotting further with each loop appear; Pawan Kumar said the shot is meant to make the audience question whether there is a glitch in the banana or whether the protagonists are the ones stuck in the loop. He also made directorial calls to leave some areas open-ended, including questions about Durga's character and the antagonist, instead of giving straightforward answers.[7](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633) The origins of the time loop are never explained in the season.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html)\n\n## Reception\n\nCritics generally rated the series between 2.5 and 3.5 out of 5. The Cinema Express review gave 3.5/5, praising a screenplay that does not over-rely on the loop and calling it one of the better things to come out of the Telugu web space.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html) The Times of India gave 3.0/5, noting that the time loop is novel to Telugu content, that Rahul Vijay \"steals the show\" in repetitive scenes, and that the middle episodes get repetitive and dull while the climax leaves questions and a cliffhanger for a next season.[6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/telugu/kudi-yedamaithe/season-1/amp_seasonreview/84367736.cms) India Today gave 3/5, judging the investigation scenes ordinary but the sci-fi concept engaging, and faulting the unexplained backstory.[12](https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/entertainment/ott/story/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-s-sci-fi-thriller-is-intriguing-in-parts-1828841-2021-07-16) 123telugu (3/5) and Filmy Focus (2.5/5) both flagged the repeated scenes and slow middle episodes.[5](https://www.123telugu.com/reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-telugu-web-series-review.html?=1) • [8](https://filmyfocus.com/kudi-yedamaithe-web-series-review-and-rating)\n\nOn IMDb the series holds a rating of 8.1/10 from about 1.4K votes, and it received two nominations.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14932842/)\n\n## Context in Indian time-loop fiction\n\n*Kudi Yedamaithe* arrived alongside a wave of Indian time-loop projects, including the Tamil film *Maanaadu* and the films *Jango*, *Churuli*, and *3:33*. Both *Maanaadu* and this series use the loop as one layer of a cross-genre plot rather than as the genre itself, and neither explains why the loop happens to its protagonist.[7](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Kudi Yedamaithe Series Review: A smart, riveting thriller, Cinema Express (Ram Venkat Srikar, 17 July 2021)](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/telugu/2021/jul/16/kudi-yedamaithe-review-amala-paul-rahul-vijay-pawan-kumar-25516.html)\n2. [Kudi Yedamaithe (TV Series 2021– ), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14932842/)\n3. [Kudi Yedamaithe, People Media Factory](https://pmfwebsite.azurewebsites.net/movies/kudi-yedamaithe/)\n4. [Kudi Yedamaithe – Season 1, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/kudi-yedamaithe/season-1)\n5. [OTT Review: Kudi Yedamaithe – Telugu Web Series on AHA, 123telugu](https://www.123telugu.com/reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-telugu-web-series-review.html?=1)\n6. [Kudi Yedamaithe Season 1 Review, The Times of India (Sravan Vanaparthy, 16 July 2021)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/telugu/kudi-yedamaithe/season-1/amp_seasonreview/84367736.cms)\n7. [Maanaadu and Kudi Yedamaithe: Techniques used to shoot these time-loop projects, The News Minute (Saradha U, 8 January 2022)](https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/maanaadu-and-kudi-yedamaithe-techniques-used-shoot-these-time-loop-projects-159633)\n8. [Kudi Yedamaithe Web-Series Review and Rating!, Filmy Focus](https://filmyfocus.com/kudi-yedamaithe-web-series-review-and-rating)\n9. [Kudi Yedamaithe, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57317/kudi-yedamaithe)\n10. [రివ్యూ: కుడి ఎడమైతే (వెబ్ సీరిస్, ఆహా), NTV Telugu](https://ntvtelugu.com/cinema-reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-web-series-review-32280.html)\n11. [Kudi Yedamaithe Web Series Review, cinejosh](https://www.cinejosh.com/reviews/kudi-yedamaithe-web-series-review/1119)\n12. 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