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As I'm Suffering From Kadhal

As I'm Suffering From Kadhal (translated as As I'm Suffering from Love) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy web series created, written, and directed by Balaji Mohan, released as a Hotstar Original on 16 June 2017 with all ten episodes available at once.¹^•² Set in urban Chennai, it follows four relationships negotiating the many meanings of modern-day love.³ A contemporary review described it as the first Tamil original series.⁴

Key fact	Detail
Format	Tamil romantic comedy web series, 1 season of 10 episodes, each roughly 19 to 27 minutes²^•⁵
Release	16 June 2017, all episodes released together on Hotstar as a Hotstar Original²
Creator	Balaji Mohan, director of Maari and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi; produced through his banner Open Window with Trend Loud⁶^•⁷
Setting	Urban Chennai; three couples (married, engaged, and live-in) plus a divorced single father⁸
Main cast	Dhanya Balakrishna (Meera), Balaji Mohan (Santhosh), Sanchana Natarajan (Divya), Sananth (Badri), Nakshathra Nagesh (Tanvi), Abishek Joseph George (Raghav), Sunder Ramu (Balakumar), Yuvina Parthavi (Smrithi)⁹
Languages	Tamil, also available in Telugu, with English subtitles for both⁸
Current streaming	In India, on VI movies and tv by subscription and free with ads on JioHotstar; not available in the United States¹⁰

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Premise and characters

The series follows four relationships at different stages. Meera and Santhosh are unhappily married and constantly making each other's lives miserable; Tanvi and Raghav are engaged and eager to prove they are the perfect couple; Divya and Badri do not believe in marriage but live together happily; and Balakumar is a divorced single father who shares custody of his young daughter Smriti.⁸ The official synopsis describes the problems that arise between couples before and after marriage, the issues faced by couples who do not believe in marriage, and the complications in the life of a divorcee.¹⁰

Balaji Mohan told The News Minute that he was interested in what happens after a relationship starts, a side of reality he felt Tamil films rarely showed.¹¹ The show depicts single parenting, flings, live-in relationships, and the struggle to build unconventional careers, territory the outlet described as almost never represented in the Tamil mainstream.¹¹ Its moral world differs from conventional screen portrayals: premarital sex is the norm, and the women swear in Tamil and English and get drunk with their friends.¹¹ Mohan said he was not targeting all of Tamil Nadu or all age groups, but viewers who recognized this life around them.¹¹

Production and release

Balaji Mohan, then best known for directing Dhanush's Maari, originally wrote the script as a feature film and later decided its events suited an episodic format.⁶ He took inspiration from English sitcoms, described the show as sitcom-like but without a laugh track, and funded it himself after discussing the idea with Dhanush and Soundarya Rajinikanth; the project also marked the launch of his production house Open Window.⁶^•² He said making it felt like returning to his short-film days, handling every department from budget control to dialogue writing.⁶

All ten episodes were released together on 16 June 2017 to create a binge-watching experience, an approach Mohan said he chose because he would want to binge a series himself.² The trailer released on 3 June 2017.² The episode titles all begin with "Suffering From", from "Meet The Sufferers" through the finale "Suffering From Kadhal".⁵ Mohan said the season ends in a way that leaves the potential to continue into new seasons.²

Reception

The Times of India gave the season 3.5 out of 5, calling it a modern rom-com following four relationships in urban Chennai with slick, modern writing.¹²^•¹³ Behindwoods praised Dhanya Balakrishna and Sunder Ramu's close-to-realistic performances and the pleasing visuals by Shiva GRN, while finding Balaji Mohan's own acting uneven at points and the music by Satish Raghunathan redundant at times; its verdict called the show a different and bold attempt at showcasing different types of relationships, aimed at young audiences.¹⁴ The Quint highlighted the cuss words and the palpable irritation between characters, and noted that Dhanya Balakrishna, who plays Meera, also assisted Balaji in writing the script and in direction.¹⁵

The show includes cameos by Andrea Jeremiah, Robo Shankar, VJ Ramya, and YouTube creators such as RJ Vignesh and Vijay Varadharaj.¹⁴ Robo Shankar's cameo as an assistant director to Gautham Vasudev Menon was singled out by The Quint as a highlight.¹⁵

Audience ratings are modest and vary by platform: IMDb lists 7.7/10 from 151 votes, while RatingGraph records an average of 5.8/10 from 76 votes.¹⁶^•¹⁷

Legacy

A Times of India profile of Balaji Mohan describes him as one of the first mainstream Tamil filmmakers to enter the OTT space, with this 2017 romcom.¹⁸ TVmaze lists the show's status as ended, and no second season followed.³

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026