Explore 6 unique yet universal stories of human connection and love in its varied forms – romantic, platonic, parental, sexual, familial, marital, self-love.
WritersPinky Poonawala, Neel Adhikari, Ginny Diwan, Ankur Tewari, Vishal Bhardwaj, Tanishk Nabar
Raat Rani
May 13, 2022
Lali is a cook, and her husband Lutfi a security guard, in an upscale apartment in Mumbai, far from their native Kashmir. Long days end with ice cream - one cup, two spoons - until suddenly he dumps her, breaking her heart and shattering her dreams. All he leaves behind is his old bicycle. Together, can Lali and her cycle cross the bridge to a better life?
Baai
May 13, 2022
Manzu, a gay man who grew up in a conservative household, is torn between the love for his partner and Baai, his ailing and ever-doting grandmother. When he visits her in their ancestral home, the past catches up with him as the pain and pangs of his childhood take him back to a reality he had long left behind. After all these years, will Manzu find the strength to tell his truth to Baai?
Mumbai Dragon
May 13, 2022
Mumbai Dragon, set against the backdrop of the Indian Chinese community, tells the tale of Sui's overbearing love for her son which is threatened when he shares his portion of love with his girlfriend.
My Beautiful Wrinkles
May 13, 2022
A young man in his late 20s confesses to a woman in her 60s, that he is sexually attracted to her. My Beautiful Wrinkles chronicles a few days in the life of Dilbar Sodhi, when she has to grapple with a young man’s declaration of sexual interest in her. She is rattled. But it sets her on a path of dealing with the baggage from her past, and re-discovering the joy of life. Wrinkles notwithstanding.
I Love Thane
May 13, 2022
I Love Thane is Saiba's journey of finding the right modern man amidst the plethora of men on dating apps. However, life has other plans for her when she meets someone who isn't the 'modern man' she had set out to find and is instead, timeless! This is Saiba's Modern Love with not a Modern Man.
Cutting Chai
May 13, 2022
In her 40s, Latika is caught in the humdrum of marriage & motherhood and regrets not having fulfilled her dream of being a novelist. One eventful day she finds herself re-evaluating all her choices in life thus far, even her marriage. As bittersweet memories & 'what if' fantasies run parallel in her mind, she understands that questioning her past is futile, the answers all lie within her.
Sarthak Bharad
@maybesarthak
I think this was quite a fun watch. all the stories atleast had enough heart for me to latch onto some elements of the plot and some of them were genuinely great. I don't think they needed to give us that crossing over of all the stories at the end, I think that felt a bit forceful and out of place and even the placement of the crossover came at such a pivotal moment in the final story that I was pulled out of it for a good chunk of 5 minutes. if they had just completed the final story first and then gone back exactly the way they began, it would've felt like a much more natural progression but I think they just wanted to have that final shot of Arshad Warsi and Chitrangada dancing on Shuru Se Shuruaat which definitely was wholesome not going to lie. I also think each episode was quite well directed with every one of them having a distinct enough visual style and flavor to it that you never get that sense of repetition. the best performances were from Yeo Yann Yann, Arshad Warsi, Fatima Sana Sheikh and surprisingly, Wamiqa Gabbi. these people absolutely stole the show for me and I couldn't be more happier seeing Arshad Warsi actually doing what he does best i.e. being a wholesome guy and people starting to recognise him for that. Fatima Sana Sheikh as Lalzari is such a mood and Yeo Yann Yann's cantonese accent on the marathi phrase aai ga! has a seperate fanbase. I also have to confess that Wamiqa Gabbi is just breathtaking and I might have just developed a minor crush on her. however, I also do think that background scores in most of the episodes have been utilized way too much, with the only exception being Bhardwaj's directed episode which would've been almost perfect if it wasn't for that cheesy and out-of-place balloon exposition. some of the concepts that the show tries to introduce to the audience are quite half-assed in their execution but I also do think that everyone perceives a love story differently and that might just be my own thing. my episode ranking is as below: **_3 > 5 > 6 > 2 > 1 > 4_** following is a list of small reviews which I've posted on serializd which gives the option for individual episode ranking and I just wanted to keep them here: * **Episode 1 (Raat Rani): 3.5/5** from the inky black night I have seized the light where the road ended there my journey began there is no curfew on my heart no restrictions on my dreams breaking all the restrictions of the night I bloomed like a flower I am the Jasmine * **Episode 2 (Baai): 4/5** music doesn't care who you are. whether you're straight, gay, or whatever. music equalizes everything. * **Episode 3 (Mumbai Dragon): 4.5/5** the simplest and most honest way to show love is through food * **Episode 4 (My Beautiful Wrinkles): 3/5** moving on? I don't think an alien concept like that is catered to me * **Episode 5 (I Love Thane): 4.5/5** Ritvik Bhowmik you’re literally me (except for the book weeb part) * **Episode 6 (Cutting Chai): 4/5** chai lovers… gotta be one of my favourite kind of people
