# Modern Love Hyderabad
**Modern Love Hyderabad** is a 2022 Telugu-language romantic anthology streaming series adapted from the American series *Modern Love*, which itself draws on the weekly *The New York Times* column of the same name. All six episodes premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 8 July 2022, each telling a standalone story of love, growth, resilience, and acceptance set in [Hyderabad](https://www.edgepedia.org/hyderabad).[1](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/web-series-details/telugu/modern-love-hyderabad/season-1/seasonshow/92717621.cms) • [2](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-july-telugu-amazon-prime-video-cast-directors-nagesh-kukunoor-3090440/amp)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Telugu-language anthology, six standalone episodes, comedy-drama-romance[1](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/web-series-details/telugu/modern-love-hyderabad/season-1/seasonshow/92717621.cms) |
| Release | 8 July 2022, Amazon Prime Video, all episodes at once[2](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-july-telugu-amazon-prime-video-cast-directors-nagesh-kukunoor-3090440/amp) |
| Showrunner | Nagesh Kukunoor, who co-wrote all six episodes and directed three[2](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-july-telugu-amazon-prime-video-cast-directors-nagesh-kukunoor-3090440/amp) |
| Other directors | Venkatesh Maha, Uday Gurrala, and Devika Bahudhanam, one episode each[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/telugu/news/2022/Jun/22/modern-love-hyderabad-gets-a-premiere-date-32250.html) |
| Lead cast | Revathy, Nithya Menen, Aadhi Pinisetty, Ritu Varma, Suhasini Maniratnam, and others[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/modern-love-hyderabad-web-series-108204) |
| Episode length | 31 to 42 minutes, averaging 39 minutes[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide) |
| Reception | 83% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 6 reviews; 6.1/10 on IMDb from about 452 votes[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_hyderabad/s01) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18341722/) |
## Spoilers
### Episodes
The six episodes, all released on 8 July 2022:[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide) • [3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/telugu/news/2022/Jun/22/modern-love-hyderabad-gets-a-premiere-date-32250.html)
1. **My Unlikely Pandemic Dream Partner** (42 min), directed by Kukunoor, starring Revathy and [Nithya Menen](https://www.edgepedia.org/nithya-menen). After knee surgery, Noori calls her estranged mother to help her recover, and the two rebuild their relationship.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide)
2. **Fuzzy, Purple and Full of Thorns...** (41 min), directed by Kukunoor, starring [Aadhi Pinisetty](https://www.edgepedia.org/aadhi-pinisetty) and [Ritu Varma](https://www.edgepedia.org/ritu-varma). Finding another woman's slippers in her boyfriend's closet sends 2D animator Renu on a whimsical journey questioning her views on dating and love.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide)
3. **Why Did She Leave Me There...?** (39 min), directed by Kukunoor, starring Suhasini Maniratnam and Naresh Agastya. Rohan, a hustler raised in difficult circumstances, revisits the orphanage he grew up in and confronts repressed emotions.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide)
4. **What Clown Wrote This Script!** (41 min), directed by Uday Gurrala, starring Abijeet Duddala and Malavika Nair. A nervous creative producer falls for the young standup comic helping him write a sitcom.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide)
5. **About That Rustle in the Bushes** (38 min), directed by Devika Bahudhanam, starring Ulka Gupta and Naresh. An overprotective father spies on his daughter's dates as she looks for a partner.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide)
6. **Finding Your Penguin** (31 min), directed by Venkatesh Maha, starring Komalee Prasad. A young woman finds her experiences of modern courtship not far from the mating rituals of the animal kingdom.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide)
## Origins within the Modern Love franchise
Amazon Prime Video India announced in February 2022 that it would produce three Indian-language versions of *Modern Love*: *Modern Love Mumbai* in Hindi, *Modern Love Chennai* in Tamil, and *Modern Love Hyderabad* in Telugu, each adapting stories from the *New York Times* column to its own city.[8](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-sets-indian-043051635.html) The American original, developed by [John Carney](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-carney-director), ran for two seasons in 2019 and 2021 with a cast including [Anne Hathaway](https://www.edgepedia.org/anne-hathaway), Dev Patel, and [Tina Fey](https://www.edgepedia.org/tina-fey).[8](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-sets-indian-043051635.html)
The Hyderabad chapter was the second Indian version to appear, arriving nearly two months after the Mumbai chapter; the Chennai chapter followed later.[9](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/features/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-time-episodes-trailer-nagesh-kukunoor-revathy-amazon-prime-video-3132713/amp) Aparna Purohit, then head of India originals at Amazon Prime Video, described the adaptations as stories of love rooted in Indian soil, with Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad serving as canvases.[8](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-sets-indian-043051635.html)
## Showrunner and adaptation process
**Nagesh Kukunoor**, the Hyderabad-born filmmaker known for *Hyderabad Blues* (1998), served as showrunner, co-wrote all six episodes with Bahaish Kapoor and Shashi Sudigala, and directed three of them.[2](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-july-telugu-amazon-prime-video-cast-directors-nagesh-kukunoor-3090440/amp) • [10](https://amp.scroll.in/reel/1027459/scroll_in) He initially turned the offer down. He had avoided romance throughout his career, calling it a genre that keeps getting rehashed, and accepted only after producer Elahe Hiptoola insisted he watch the American series; the first episode he saw, "When the Doorman is your Main Man", sold him on the project.[11](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2022/Jul/05/i-cannotmake-sugary-romantic-filmsnagesh-kukunoor-2472958.html)
Adapting the material required deciding whether American stories would work for Telugu viewers. Kukunoor described the selection as a democratic process with a large team reading the column's essays, and said that once a story's crux was taken, the adaptation was more about physical details than emotional content.[10](https://amp.scroll.in/reel/1027459/scroll_in) Colleagues vetoed article choices that seemed unlikely to land with the Telugu audience, and Kukunoor said he backed off when they did.[11](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2022/Jul/05/i-cannotmake-sugary-romantic-filmsnagesh-kukunoor-2472958.html) He deliberately sought different kinds of love beyond conventional couples, including a mother and daughter and a grandmother and grandson, and said he almost declined the project for that reason.[10](https://amp.scroll.in/reel/1027459/scroll_in)
His three episodes were staged to give three different visual palettes of the city: one in the slums, one in urban modern Hyderabad, and one in the old city around the [Charminar](https://www.edgepedia.org/charminar).[10](https://amp.scroll.in/reel/1027459/scroll_in)
## Cast and production
The ensemble drew on established [Telugu cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/telugu-cinema) names: Revathy, Nithya Menen, Aadhi Pinisetty, Ritu Varma, Suhasini Maniratnam, Naresh, Malavika Nair, Abijeet Duddala, Naresh Agastya, Komalee Prasad, and [Ulka Gupta](https://www.edgepedia.org/ulka-gupta).[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/modern-love-hyderabad-web-series-108204) Elahe Hiptoola produced, with cinematography by Sangram Giri, Aditya Javvadi, Saiprakash, and Ummadisingu, and music by Tapas Relia and Smaran Sai; the production company was SIC Productions.[4](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/modern-love-hyderabad-web-series-108204) The Indian Express review credited the theme song to [M. M. Keeravani](https://www.edgepedia.org/m-m-keeravani) (MM Kreem).[12](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/modern-love-hyderabad-review-anthology-remains-middling-8016430/) For Kukunoor, working in Telugu was a step outside his usual Hindi-language work; he said afterward that his confidence in working in his mother tongue had grown tenfold.[9](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/features/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-time-episodes-trailer-nagesh-kukunoor-revathy-amazon-prime-video-3132713/amp)
## Reception
Critical response was mixed to positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 holds an 83% Tomatometer from six reviews.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_hyderabad/s01) The Times of India gave it 3.5 out of 5, recommending the series for its lucid storytelling, performances, and celebration of Hyderabad.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_hyderabad/s01) NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee rated it 2.5 out of 5, finding the treatment too glib for its themes but singling out Revathy, "outstanding as ever", and Nithya Menen as luminous; he judged Kukunoor's pandemic episode, set in an Old Hyderabad Muslim milieu, the best of the six by a fair distance.[13](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/modern-love-hyderabad-review-a-few-fine-performances-add-up-to-mildly-diverting-fare-2-and-a-half-stars-3141879/amp/1) Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express called the anthology pleasant and middling.[12](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/modern-love-hyderabad-review-anthology-remains-middling-8016430/) ThePrint's review argued that beyond familiar markers such as biryani, haleem, the Charminar, and old Telugu comedies, the city remained for the most part a silent performer in its own anthology.[14](https://theprint.in/feature/reel-take/partly-mediocre-partly-predictable-modern-love-hyderabad-is-pleasing-but-fails-the-city/1030679/) On IMDb the series holds 6.1/10 from about 452 votes.[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18341722/)
## References
1. [Modern Love Hyderabad Season 1, Etimes, The Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/web-series-details/telugu/modern-love-hyderabad/season-1/seasonshow/92717621.cms)
2. [Modern Love Hyderabad Out July 8 on Amazon Prime Video, Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-july-telugu-amazon-prime-video-cast-directors-nagesh-kukunoor-3090440/amp)
3. [Modern Love Hyderabad gets a premiere date, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/telugu/news/2022/Jun/22/modern-love-hyderabad-gets-a-premiere-date-32250.html)
4. [Modern Love Hyderabad Web Series (2022), Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/modern-love-hyderabad-web-series-108204)
5. [Modern Love Hyderabad, Episode Guide, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/63194/modern-love-hyderabad/episodeguide)
6. [Modern Love Hyderabad: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_hyderabad/s01)
7. [Modern Love Hyderabad (TV Series 2022), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18341722/)
8. [Amazon Prime Video Sets Indian Language Versions of Series 'Modern Love', Variety via Yahoo Entertainment](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-sets-indian-043051635.html)
9. [Modern Love Hyderabad Release Date and Time, Cast, Episodes, Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/features/modern-love-hyderabad-release-date-time-episodes-trailer-nagesh-kukunoor-revathy-amazon-prime-video-3132713/amp)
10. [Nagesh Kukunoor on going from Hyderabad Blues to web series Modern Love Hyderabad, Scroll.in](https://amp.scroll.in/reel/1027459/scroll_in)
11. ['I cannot make sugary romantic films': Nagesh Kukunoor, The New Indian Express](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2022/Jul/05/i-cannotmake-sugary-romantic-filmsnagesh-kukunoor-2472958.html)
12. [Modern Love Hyderabad review, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/modern-love-hyderabad-review-anthology-remains-middling-8016430/)
13. [Modern Love Hyderabad Review, NDTV](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/modern-love-hyderabad-review-a-few-fine-performances-add-up-to-mildly-diverting-fare-2-and-a-half-stars-3141879/amp/1)
14. [Partly mediocre, partly predictable, Modern Love Hyderabad, ThePrint](https://theprint.in/feature/reel-take/partly-mediocre-partly-predictable-modern-love-hyderabad-is-pleasing-but-fails-the-city/1030679/)
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