Modern Love Mumbai

Modern Love: Mumbai is a retelling of the NYT's original Modern Love which is based on modern love stories based in New York. This is in fact more than just a retelling. It is an Indianised (and also Mumbaiya) version which not only delve deeper into the romance aspects but also the human and family emotions which Indian stories are known for.

The stories range from subtle new age romance in 'I Love Thane' to the gullible extravaganza of 'Raat Rani'. On one hand we have these taboo breaking yet already heavily experimented love stories in 'Baai' and 'My Beautiful Wrinkles' while on the other hand we have totally refreshing and unique storytelling like 'Mumbai Dragon'.

This series not only celebrates the new age romance but also portrays the repurcussions that love can have when that love is set in a cosmopolitan setup like Mumbai.

My absolute favourites are 'I Love Thane' for its simplistic approach to love, it is a signature Dhruv Sehgal romance, and Vishal Bharadwaj's 'Mumbai Dragon' for telling such a different story from the rest.

Episode 1 : Raat Rani, Fatima Sana Shaikh nails it, we can feel her freedom and happiness Episode 2 : Baai - Such a beautiful chemistry between Tanuja and Pratik Gandhi. Ranjveer Brar is brilliant too. The lovemaking scenes were a bit awkward.

Episode 3 : Mumbai Dragon . The best Episode according to me. So different and unique in its storytelling with such brilliant performances by Nasseruddin Shah, Meiyang Chang, Wamiqa Gabbi and Yann Yann Yeo. Vishal Bharadwaj directs beautifully and Anurag Kashyap cameo is the icing on the cake Episode 4 : Sarika and her exuberance of youth She looks effortlessly beautiful at this age and such a bold subject has been handled so gracefully by Alankrita Shrivastava.

Episode 5: Masaba Gupta is so natural in front of the camera and the story is so breezy and sweet.

Episode 6 : Arshad Warsi exudes such charm and he is so natural in this role. The chemistry he shares with Chitaraganda Singh is awesome. It's a relatable and practical story of a couple that carries on irrespective of their differences.

Such a beautiful show and I'm surprised no one is talking about it.

Liked all the episodes, refreshing tale of love portrayed beautifully.

Cutting chai is probably the best among all of these. Raat Rani, Mumbai Dragon and I Love Thane also very nice.

Nice stories.

Realistic and very relatable.

All stories are unique, some a little offbeat but worth watching Individual stories, woven together at the end.

Would love to watch more of these.

All stores in this series start with good subject but slowly looses the plot. Except for the peppy and hilarious Mumbai Dragon & a bold but realistic My Beautiful Wrinkles, there's nothing much going on in the rest of the stories.

Vishal Bhardwaj does an awesome job with the age old subject the relationship between a mother her son and the son's partner.

Alankrita Shrivastava also beautifully handles the topic of love and romance and the expectations around it especially when there is a big age gap between the participating couple.

All actors have tried to give their best but its the writing and the overall treatment that a let down.

I would say its an honest attempt to show something fresh but still lacks the emotional punch.