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Love Under Construction

Love Under Construction (Malayalam: ലവ് അണ്ടർ കൺസ്ട്രക്ഷൻ) is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama web series about Vinod, a young man determined to build his dream house while his romantic life and family pressures complicate the project. It premiered on JioHotstar on February 28, 2025, with all six episodes of its first season released that day.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Format	Six-episode first season; episodes run about 29 to 34 minutes each²^•³
Premiere	February 28, 2025, on JioHotstar¹
Creator	Written and directed by Vishnu G Raghav; produced by M. Renjith under Rejaputhra Visual Media⁴
Lead cast	Neeraj Madhav as Vinod, Gouri G Kishan as Gouri, Aju Varghese as Pappan⁵
Languages	Original Malayalam; dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Marathi⁶
Age rating	U/A (13+)²
IMDb rating	6.6/10 from 610 user votes⁷

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Premise and story

The series follows Vinod Sudhakaran (Neeraj Madhav), a Malayali who moved to Dubai for work at an early age and whose single ambition, shaped by the trauma of being evicted from his family home as a child, is to build a house for his family. Each episode advances the construction of the house while obstacles pile up, most of them internal: his relationship with Gouri (Gouri G Kishan) and their marriage plans face strong opposition, and his own naivety keeps him from bribing his way to a finished home. Corrupt government officials delay the construction work while family expectations press on him from the other side.⁸

The supporting cast includes Aju Varghese as Pappan (also called Padmarajan or Pappettan), Vinod's cousin, whose character arc moves from bigot to gentleman over the season; Anand Manmadhan as Jiji, the contractor; Kiran Peethambaran as Gopakumar; Ann Saleem as Lissy; Thankam Mohan as Sudha; Ganga Meera as Remya Ravi; and Manjusree Nair as Thushara, Vinod's mother.⁵^•⁹

The six episodes are titled Foundation of Love, Building Bridges, Reinforced Romance, Bricks and Hearts, Sealing the Cracks, and The Final Coat.³

Production

Vishnu G Raghav, who made his feature directorial debut with Vaashi (starring Tovino Thomas and Keerthy Suresh), wrote and directed the series. The shoot began in September 2023 and wrapped by January 21, 2024, with the announcement made on the makers' social media handles.⁴^•¹⁰ Disney+ Hotstar unveiled the first look on January 22, 2025.⁴

Key crew. Gopi Sundar composed the music, Ajay David Kachappilly handled cinematography, Arju Benn edited, Boban served as art director, and Divya Joby designed the costumes. M. Renjith produced for Rejaputhra Visual Media, with Avantika Renjith as executive producer.¹¹^•⁶

In an interview, Raghav said the material's gentle, low-stakes tone was one reason he was not confident of making it as a feature film, and that the parents in the cast were picked through auditions and then put through workshops so that by the shoot they were behaving rather than acting. On a possible second season, he said there had been casual talks and that he saw scope for one, but he would rather wait for an exciting thread than make one for its own sake.¹²

Platform context and reception

Love Under Construction was the sixth Malayalam web series from Disney+ Hotstar, which had entered Malayalam originals with the investigative thriller Kerala Crime Files, followed by Master Peace and Perilloor Premier League.¹³^•¹⁰ In India it streams with a JioHotstar subscription and is also carried on VI movies and tv; it is additionally available through the Tata Play Binge bundle.²^•⁵

Critical response. The Hollywood Reporter India's review placed the series in a lineage the reviewer called a contemporary Sreenivasan comedy, comparing Vinod to the protagonist of TP Balagopalan MA (1989) and the show's structure to Mithunam (1993), and called it among the rare Malayalam shows that makes full use of the longer episodic format, while judging it best enjoyed as passive viewing.⁸ The New Indian Express rated it 3.5 out of 5, calling it a contemporary retelling of Mithunam and Varavelpu (1989) with problematic tropes from those films tweaked for new-age sensibilities.¹⁴ A Hindustan Times review found the scenarios relatable and the performances engaging but the series short on fresh elements.¹⁵ On IMDb the series holds a weighted 6.6/10 from 610 votes, with an unweighted mean of 7.2 and per-episode user ratings between 7.3 and 7.9.⁷

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › South and Southeast Asian serials › Malayalam and Kannada serials

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

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