Modern Love Mumbai

Late to the party but finally watched Modern Love Mumbai. An anthology of beautiful love stories that are refreshing to watch.

What a scene stealing performance by Fatima Sana Shaikh in Raat Rani. My favourite of the lot.

Baai directed by Hansal Mehta is another lovely story with such a sensitive performance by Pratik Gandhi. Not to forget some gorgeous tunes.

Mumbai Dragon has Vishal Bhardwaj's stamp all over.

Sarika looks ageless in My Beautiful Wrinkles and delivers an excellent performance.

The weakest of the lot for me was I Love Thane despite a delightful Masaba.

The last one Cutting Chai is immensely watchable thanks to Arshad Warsi & Chitrangada Singh.

Overall in 5 out of 6 stories women steal the show.

A perfect ode to the city of Mumbai with all the stories culminating together neatly.

This series could have been any city. Why did they name it Modern love mumbai ? Nothing mumbai about the series. Good attempt . But if you are naming it mumbai - expected more of the city in stories.

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.

Modern love:mumbai is a comedy romance show consisting of 6 different stories. Here are the positives and negatives.

Raatrani: it is directed by shonali bose. Fatima sana sheikh has given an outstanding performance. She got a sweet and naive kashmiri character and did full justice to it. Her accent was well worked upon and she didn't miss a beat in the runtime. The metaphor of crossing a bridge and moving on is so beautifully and artistically done. And if you are stressing upon the title watch it and you will get to know.

Baai:it is directed by hansal mehta. Who wouldn't want to see the jodi of pratik and hansal together again?(laughs) they have done it again together. Pratik gandhi has touched upon the nuances of a gay character beautifully. Does not come as stereotypical or cliche but just genuine. Ranveer brar too as his partner is so so good. The dialogues are so well written. The one shot sequence of the 1992 bombay riot was excellently done.

Mumbai dragon:this is directed by vishal bhardwaj. Yeo yann yann is so brilliant man. Such a pure character and she has played it beautifully. Meiyang chang and wamiqa gabbi do their roles as given. The humour was on point in this episode. Also it has given such a poke on the racism that is present towards the mongolian face-cut people. This is a brilliant story with an ever so brilliant ending. Just keep your brain working towards vishal sir's craft.

My beautiful wrinkles:it is directed by alankrita shrivastava. Such a mature take on the sexual desires of two individuals from two different age groups. Brilliantly acted by sarika as well. Danesh razvi also did his best portraying a nervous yet bold character. There are some problems in the screenplay though, it stretches a bit.

I love thane:-this is directed by dhruv sehgal. Masaba gupta is growing and growing as an actor. Such an understated performance. Ritwick bhowmick is just brilliant all along. He can be a star in the upcoming years. But the story here looks a bit superficial i would say.

Cutting chai:this is directed by nupur asthana. Arshad warsi and chitrangada singh do a fine job here no doubt but the story lacks the punch. There is a brilliant conglomeration too between all the leads from all the stories but still is not enough. This needed some more good writing tbh.

This is altogether a wonderful show. I rate it 8 out of 10.

What an ensemble of talented actors and directors! Heartily created stories...beautifully rendered. Many moments from the series touch a nerve...many scenes take us back to the fond memories lived in the lanes of Mumbai. Do watch once.