# Modern Love: Mumbai
**Modern Love: Mumbai** is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language romantic anthology streaming television series, the first Indian adaptation of the American series *Modern Love*, which itself derives from the weekly personal-essay column of the same name in *The New York Times*. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 13, 2022, with all six episodes released at once.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html) • [2](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/reviews/modern-love-mumbai-review-cast-download-series-watch-online-amazon-prime-video-2972346/amp)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Premiere | May 13, 2022, all six episodes at 12am IST on Amazon Prime Video in India and worldwide[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html) • [2](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/reviews/modern-love-mumbai-review-cast-download-series-watch-online-amazon-prime-video-2972346/amp) |
| Format | Six standalone stories of roughly 40 minutes each, exploring romantic, platonic, parental, sexual, familial, marital, and self-love[3](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0N0TIU3Z1J1O3KEDSR4LCH8SDG?tr=as) • [4](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/modern-love-mumbai-the-anthology-is-easy-on-the-eye-and-the-mind-3-5-stars-2971664) |
| Directors | Vishal Bhardwaj, Hansal Mehta, Shonali Bose, Alankrita Shrivastava, Dhruv Sehgal, and Nupur Asthana[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html) |
| Production | Produced by Pritish Nandy Communications; created by John Carney and Rangita Pritish Nandy[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html) • [5](https://ottasia.com/title/tv/200941/modern-love-mumbai?country=IN) |
| Franchise | First of three announced Indian local versions, alongside *Modern Love: Chennai* (Tamil) and *Modern Love: Hyderabad* (Telugu)[6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/amazon-prime-video-announces-international-hit-series-modern-love-adapted-hindi-tamil-telugu/) |
| Reception | IMDb 7.6/10; Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer 71% from 17 reviews; JustWatch user rating 11%[7](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/modern-love-mumbai) • [8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_mumbai/s01) |
## Spoilers
### Episodes
The six segments, each directed by a different filmmaker, are:[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html)
1. **Raat Rani** ([Shonali Bose](https://www.edgepedia.org/shonali-bose)), starring [Fatima Sana Shaikh](https://www.edgepedia.org/fatima-sana-shaikh), Bhupendra Jadawat, and [Dilip Prabhavalkar](https://www.edgepedia.org/dilip-prabhavalkar). Lali, a Kashmiri cook whose husband Lutfi works as a security guard in an upscale Mumbai apartment, re-evaluates her life and marriage after an eventful day.[3](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0N0TIU3Z1J1O3KEDSR4LCH8SDG?tr=as)
2. **Baai** (Hansal Mehta), starring Tanuja, Pratik Gandhi, and Ranveer Brar. Set between 1990s and present-day Mumbai, it follows singer Manzar Ali, a gay Muslim man who falls for a US-returned chef while hiding the relationship from his ailing grandmother.[9](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/interviews/2022/May/10/modern-love-mumbai-cast-on-boundaries-bickerings-and-bombay-love-wins-all-battles-across-the-world-31390.html) • [10](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/review/2022/May/12/modern-love-mumbai-review-a-soapy-syrupy-anthology-31453.html)
3. **Mumbai Dragon** (Vishal Bhardwaj), starring Yeo Yann Yann, Meiyang Chang, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Naseeruddin Shah. An Indo-Chinese mother, Sui, fears losing her son to his girlfriend and vows to the warrior god Kwan Tai Kwon that she will not speak Hindi until her son returns to her.[8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_mumbai/s01) The episode touches on the dwindling Chinese-Indian community and references Deoli in Rajasthan, where Indian-Chinese citizens were interned during the 1962 Indo-Sino war.[10](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/review/2022/May/12/modern-love-mumbai-review-a-soapy-syrupy-anthology-31453.html)
4. **My Beautiful Wrinkles** (Alankrita Shrivastava), starring Sarika, Danesh Razvi, Ahsaas Channa, and Tanvi Azmi.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html)
5. **I Love Thane** (Dhruv Sehgal), starring Masaba Gupta, Ritwik Bhowmik, Prateik Babbar, Aadar Malik, and Dolly Singh. A quiet love story between a landscape designer and an unassuming government employee she meets while on assignment to build a park in Thane.[11](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/modern-love-mumbai-review-b2098020.html)
6. **Cutting Chai** (Nupur Asthana), starring Chitrangda Singh and Arshad Warsi. A married writer struggles to finish her debut novel as household chores and an inattentive husband weigh her down.[4](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/modern-love-mumbai-the-anthology-is-easy-on-the-eye-and-the-mind-3-5-stars-2971664)
Devika Bhagat served as overall writing consultant, with each episode scripted by different writers.[12](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/modern-love-mumbai-review/20220513.htm)
### Franchise context
After the Mumbai inaugural, the Indian adaptation continued with *Modern Love: Hyderabad* (Telugu) and *Modern Love: Chennai* (Tamil), the latter premiering on May 18. A Japanese chapter, *Modern Love Tokyo*, was also slated following the Mumbai season.[16](https://mirchi.in/stories/web-series/modern-love-chennai-to-premiere-on-amazon-prime-video-on-this-date/100074974) • [1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html) The series remains available on Amazon Prime Video in India, included with subscription and free with ads.[5](https://ottasia.com/title/tv/200941/modern-love-mumbai?country=IN)
## Origin and development
The series adapts the *Modern Love* franchise, based on the long-running *New York Times* column of weekly personal essays on love and relationships, edited by Daniel Jones. The American series, created by [John Carney](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-carney-director), ran for two seasons of eight episodes each before the Indian adaptation was announced.[4](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/modern-love-mumbai-the-anthology-is-easy-on-the-eye-and-the-mind-3-5-stars-2971664) • [9](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/interviews/2022/May/10/modern-love-mumbai-cast-on-boundaries-bickerings-and-bombay-love-wins-all-battles-across-the-world-31390.html)
In February 2022, Amazon Prime Video announced local adaptations in three Indian languages: Hindi (*Modern Love: Mumbai*), Tamil (*Modern Love: Chennai*), and Telugu (*Modern Love: Hyderabad*). Unlike the American series, whose episodes adapt published columns, the Indian adaptation was announced as having original love stories set in India, though critics later noted the episodes rework stories from the original column rather than sourcing first-hand local material.[6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/amazon-prime-video-announces-international-hit-series-modern-love-adapted-hindi-tamil-telugu/) • [10](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/review/2022/May/12/modern-love-mumbai-review-a-soapy-syrupy-anthology-31453.html) Aparna Purohit, then Head of India Originals at Amazon Prime Video, described the show as the first of three local versions of the franchise.[1](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html)
## Cast
The ensemble includes [Arshad Warsi](https://www.edgepedia.org/arshad-warsi), Chitrangda Singh, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Pratik Gandhi, Ranveer Brar, Masaba Gupta, Ritwik Bhowmik, Yeo Yann Yann, Meiyang Chang, Wamiqa Gabbi, Naseeruddin Shah, Tanuja, Sarika, Danesh Razvi, Bhupendra Jadawat, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ahsaas Channa, Tanvi Azmi, Prateik Babbar, Aadar Malik, and Dolly Singh.[13](https://www.peepingmoon.com/webcast-reviews/news/64138/Modern-Love-Mumbai-Review-Pratik-Gandhi-Arshad-Fatima-Masaba-Meiyang-Changs-anthology-serves-heartwarming-stories-about-exploring-love-in-all-its-varied-shades-and-emotions.html)
## Music
The makers commissioned composers in different studios, producing a seven-track album credited to Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal Bhardwaj, Ram Sampath, Jeet Ganguly, Gaurav Raina, Nikhil D'Souza, and Neel Adhikari. [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) album review rated it two and a half stars out of five, finding the most noticeable song to be "Raat Bhar," written and composed by Bhardwaj, which mixes the classical ghazal theme of *hijr* (separation) with contemporary references such as inbox, tweet, and text. Pakistani musician [Ali Sethi](https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-sethi) built a new ghazal on a line from [Majrooh Sultanpuri](https://www.edgepedia.org/majrooh-sultanpuri) and Kamal Amrohi's film *Pakeezah*.[14](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/no-emotional-heft-modern-love-mumbai-7929462/)
## Reception
Critical response was divided. NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee gave three and a half stars out of five, writing that the women, both characters and performers, make the anthology worthwhile, with Fatima Sana Shaikh leading "with astounding energy and flair."[4](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/modern-love-mumbai-the-anthology-is-easy-on-the-eye-and-the-mind-3-5-stars-2971664) Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote that each story has something uniquely Mumbai about it, calling the city perhaps India's only true *mahanagar* (metropolis).[15](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/modern-love-mumbai-review-amazon-prime-series-makes-you-fall-in-love-with-mumbai-7914810/) The Cinema Express review, at two and a half stars, named Shonali Bose's *Raat Rani* and Bhardwaj's *Mumbai Dragon* the standouts while calling the series "entirely ordinary," and objected that the stories were adapted from the New York column rather than locally sourced.[10](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/review/2022/May/12/modern-love-mumbai-review-a-soapy-syrupy-anthology-31453.html) Rediff's Deepa Gahlot praised the production for making Mumbai part of the viewing experience while avoiding city-of-dreams clichés such as film-set stories, train romances, and Marine Drive necking.[12](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/modern-love-mumbai-review/20220513.htm) A Gadgets 360 review was more negative, arguing that most episodes were humdrum and that the show shared production personnel with *Four More Shots Please!*.[2](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/reviews/modern-love-mumbai-review-cast-download-series-watch-online-amazon-prime-video-2972346/amp)
On aggregate measures, the season holds a 71% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes from 17 reviews and 7.6/10 on IMDb, while its [JustWatch](https://www.edgepedia.org/justwatch) user rating stands at 11%.[7](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/modern-love-mumbai) • [8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_mumbai/s01)
## References
1. [Modern Love Mumbai to premiere on May 13. Check out cast, directors, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/news/2022/Apr/25/modern-love-mumbai-to-premiere-on-may-13check-out-cast-directors-31088.html)
2. [Modern Love Mumbai Review: Dhruv Sehgal Can't Save Amazon Prime Video Anthology Spin-Off, Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/reviews/modern-love-mumbai-review-cast-download-series-watch-online-amazon-prime-video-2972346/amp)
3. [Modern Love Mumbai – Season 1, Prime Video](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0N0TIU3Z1J1O3KEDSR4LCH8SDG?tr=as)
4. [Modern Love Mumbai Review: The Anthology Is Easy On The Eye And The Mind, NDTV](https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/modern-love-mumbai-the-anthology-is-easy-on-the-eye-and-the-mind-3-5-stars-2971664)
5. [Where to watch Modern Love Mumbai (2022) in India, OTTASIA](https://ottasia.com/title/tv/200941/modern-love-mumbai?country=IN)
6. [Amazon Prime Video announces international hit series Modern Love to be adapted in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/amazon-prime-video-announces-international-hit-series-modern-love-adapted-hindi-tamil-telugu/)
7. [Modern Love Mumbai - streaming tv show online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/modern-love-mumbai)
8. [Modern Love: Mumbai: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_love_mumbai/s01)
9. [Modern Love Mumbai cast on boundaries, bickerings and Bombay, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/interviews/2022/May/10/modern-love-mumbai-cast-on-boundaries-bickerings-and-bombay-love-wins-all-battles-across-the-world-31390.html)
10. [Modern Love Mumbai Review: A soapy, syrupy anthology, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/review/2022/May/12/modern-love-mumbai-review-a-soapy-syrupy-anthology-31453.html)
11. [Modern Love Mumbai: Debut Indian season is a love letter to the everydayness of romance, The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/modern-love-mumbai-review-b2098020.html)
12. [Modern Love: Mumbai Review, Rediff.com](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/modern-love-mumbai-review/20220513.htm)
13. [Modern Love Mumbai Review, PeepingMoon](https://www.peepingmoon.com/webcast-reviews/news/64138/Modern-Love-Mumbai-Review-Pratik-Gandhi-Arshad-Fatima-Masaba-Meiyang-Changs-anthology-serves-heartwarming-stories-about-exploring-love-in-all-its-varied-shades-and-emotions.html)
14. [Modern Love Mumbai album review: No emotional heft, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/no-emotional-heft-modern-love-mumbai-7929462/)
15. [Modern Love Mumbai review: Amazon Prime series makes you fall in love with the city, all over again, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/modern-love-mumbai-review-amazon-prime-series-makes-you-fall-in-love-with-mumbai-7914810/)
16. [Modern Love Chennai to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on THIS date, Mirchi](https://mirchi.in/stories/web-series/modern-love-chennai-to-premiere-on-amazon-prime-video-on-this-date/100074974)
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