{ "id": "ep8jkehekj", "slug": "the-software-devloveper", "title": "The Software Devloveper", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.indian_southasian_webseries", "label": "Indian and South Asian web series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.indian_southasian_webseries" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.indian_southasian_webseries.yr-2003-2020", "label": "Premiered 2003 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.indian_southasian_webseries.yr-2003-2020" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "India · 2001 to 2020: Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "path": [ { "id": "geo.ind", "label": "India", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001", "label": "India · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" } ] } ], "excerpt": "The Software Devloveper (The Software DevLOVEper) is a 2020 Telugu comedy-romance web series on YouTube, produced by and starring Shanmukh Jaswanth, directed by Subbu K, 10 episodes, Infinitum Media, free to watch.", "snippet": "The Software Devloveper (The Software DevLOVEper) is a 2020 Telugu comedy-romance web series on YouTube, produced by and starring Shanmukh Jaswanth, directed by Subbu K, 10 episodes, Infinitum Media, free to watch.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.indian_southasian_webseries.yr-2003-2020", "markdown": "# The Software Devloveper\n\n**The Software Devloveper** is an Indian Telugu-language comedy web series about a shy software engineer who falls in love with a new colleague, produced by and starring the YouTube creator Shanmukh Jaswanth and released free on YouTube between July 31 and October 27, 2020.[1](https://webisoda.in/webseries/the-software-devloveper/) • [2](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper/allseasons/official) It was written and directed by Subbu K and produced by Infinitum Media, powered by Infinitum Network Solutions.[3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvISbJNSolg)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Telugu-language comedy, office, and romance web series; 10 episodes, with runtimes from 17 to 42 minutes and an average of about 28 minutes[1](https://webisoda.in/webseries/the-software-devloveper/) • [4](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper) |\n| Run | Season 1 aired July 31 to October 27, 2020 on YouTube; status ended[2](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper/allseasons/official) |\n| Leads | Shanmukh Jaswanth Kandregula as Shannu and Vaishnavi Chaitanya as Vaishnavi[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13249204/) |\n| Creator | Shanmukh Jaswanth, a Telugu comedy and entertainment YouTube content creator known online as \"Shannu\"[1](https://webisoda.in/webseries/the-software-devloveper/) • [3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvISbJNSolg) |\n| Reach | Episode 1 recorded 18,727,214 views and 355,000 likes on YouTube; episode 9 drew 4.9 million views and trended at #1 on the Bathukamma weekend[3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvISbJNSolg) • [6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/oct/20/decoding-the-indian-techies-love-formula-2212441.html) |\n| Reception | IMDb rating 7.3/10 from about 1,300 votes[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13249204/) |\n| Availability | Free to watch on YouTube; not carried on MX Player, Netflix, or Amazon Prime Video[1](https://webisoda.in/webseries/the-software-devloveper/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe story follows a group of four people, including Shannu, who work at a software company. When a new colleague named Vaishnavi joins their team, Shannu falls in love with her and tries to spend time with her, but she treats him as a friend.[4](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper) The opening episode introduces Shannu as a workaholic software engineer alongside his friends Don, Harika, and Manohar, while Vaishnavi is assigned to his team as someone who likes to live every moment of her life.[7](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper/episodes/8475817)\n\nShanmukh Jaswanth, the series' lead and producer, attributed its viewership to relatability: in his account, the series recreates the life of a regular, middle-class boy who is shy yet wants love, wants to impress the girl and both sets of parents, and still signs up for an offsite project to earn money. He said lakhs of software engineers across India relate to the role.[6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/oct/20/decoding-the-indian-techies-love-formula-2212441.html)\n\n## Production\n\nThe series began in the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown on July 31, 2020, which constrained its locations. Most of it was shot in the conference hall of Infinitum Media, the production house, in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. The episode count was not fixed in advance; after momentum picked up following the second episode, the team continued to a tenth episode with a bound script.[6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/oct/20/decoding-the-indian-techies-love-formula-2212441.html)\n\nThe crew was small, with around six artistes. Shooting took two days per episode, with two more days spent on technical work, allowing a new video every week.[6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/oct/20/decoding-the-indian-techies-love-formula-2212441.html) Episode credits name Kalapavan for cinematography and DI on the first episode, Vamshi Srinivas as cinematographer on later episodes, Kp Kalidindi as sound engineer, Harinath as title and poster designer, and Sathwik G. Roy as executive producer.[3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvISbJNSolg) • [8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c2LD__v4nI)\n\n## Episodes and reception\n\nSeason 1 ran for ten weekly episodes. The first appeared on July 31, 2020, and the finale, marked as a series finale, on October 27, 2020.[2](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper/allseasons/official) Episode runtimes grew over the season, from 17 minutes for the premiere to 42 minutes for episode 8, with an average of about 28 minutes.[4](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper)\n\nThe ninth episode, in which Shannu faces a heartbreak, drew 4.9 million views and trended at #1 on the [Bathukamma](https://www.edgepedia.org/bathukamma) weekend, a Telugu festival period.[6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/oct/20/decoding-the-indian-techies-love-formula-2212441.html) On IMDb the series holds a 7.3/10 rating from about 1,300 votes, with individual episode ratings between 7.1 and 8.9.[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13249204/) • [9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13249204/episodes/) A listing site describes it as family-friendly and notes it is fictional, not based on a true story or a book.[1](https://webisoda.in/webseries/the-software-devloveper/)\n\n## Cast\n\nThe main cast, with their characters:[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13249204/)\n\n- Shanmukh Jaswanth Kandregula as Mr. Shannu\n- Vaishnavi Chaitanya as Vaishnavi\n- Sripriya Iduri as Harika\n- Jhakaas Pruthvi as Marvel Manohar\n- Chandu as Aravind\n- Pruthvi Mukka as DC Don\n- Palaparthi Sri Vidya as Shruthi\n\nSri Vidya Maharshi, who played Shruthi, is also a journalist and singer, and is content director at Infinitum Network Solutions; the series is among the roles she is best known for.[10](https://sreenidhi.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9-TechVision-Rigolade-2023-Report.pdf)\n\n## Context\n\nThe series belongs to the wave of Telugu-language web series distributed directly on YouTube by creator-led production houses rather than subscription streaming platforms. It is frequently listed among popular Telugu YouTube web series, and one roundup reported that more than 16 million people had watched it on YouTube.[11](https://movieetalks.com/best-telugu-web-series/) No second season has been announced.[1](https://webisoda.in/webseries/the-software-devloveper/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Watch The Software DevLOVEper (2020) Episodes Online, Webisoda](https://webisoda.in/webseries/the-software-devloveper/)\n2. [The Software DevLOVEper - Aired Order - All Seasons, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper/allseasons/official)\n3. [The Software DevLOVEper EP-1, YouTube (Infinitum Media)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvISbJNSolg)\n4. [The Software DevLOVEper, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper)\n5. [The software devLOVEper (TV Series 2020), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13249204/)\n6. [Decoding the Indian techie's love formula, The New Indian Express (20 Oct 2020)](https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/oct/20/decoding-the-indian-techies-love-formula-2212441.html)\n7. [The Software devLOVEper Episode-1, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/software-devloveper/episodes/8475817)\n8. [The Software DevLOVEper EP-4, YouTube (Infinitum Media)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c2LD__v4nI)\n9. [The software devLOVEper - Episode list, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13249204/episodes/)\n10. [TechVision Rigolade 2023 Report, Sreenidhi Institute](https://sreenidhi.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9-TechVision-Rigolade-2023-Report.pdf)\n11. 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