Modern Love Chennai

Modern Love Chennai is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language romantic anthology television series directed by Bharathiraja, Balaji Sakthivel, Thiagarajan Kumararaja, Raju Murugan, Krishnakumar Ramakumar and Akshay Sundher. It was produced by Tyler Durden and Kino Fist. It has ensemble cast including Ritu Varma, Sri Gouri Priya, Wamiqa Gabbi, Ashok Selvan, Ramya Nambeesan, Sanjula Sarathi, Vasundhara Kashyap, Vijayalakshmi Feroz, Kishore and others.

Premise

Modern Love Chennai is the Chennai chapter based on the American anthology series Modern Love and published by The New York Times. It streamed on Amazon Prime Video on 18 May 2023.

Cast

Episodes

The first season of the series has six episodes.

Season 1 (2023)

Production

The series was announced by Amazon Prime on 28 April 2022. The creative producer of the series is Thiagarajan Kumararaja. It was produced by Tyler Durden and Kino Fist. Modern Love Chennai is inspired by the American series Modern Love. The trailer for the series was released on 11 May 2023.

Music

The soundtrack of the series was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, G. V. Prakash Kumar and Sean Roldan.

Release

The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 18 May 2023.

Reception

Kirubhakar Purushothaman of Indian Express gave 4 stars out of 5 and stated that " A fantastic sixer!" Latha Srinivasan critic of India Today gave 3.5 stars out of five and wrote that "One of the most important aspects of Modern Love Chennai is the music of Ilaiyaraaja which elevates this series to another level. With a mix of his old and new compositions, the ace music director has shown us that there is really no one comparable to him". A critic from Rediff.com appreciated film and noted that "Whistle Podu!"

Khushboo Ratda of Pinkvilla wrote that "Modern Love Chennai is all about warm, cherry stories, some are quirky and puzzling. A few stories converse with your heart." Logesh Balachandran of Times of india noted that "After Bharathiraja's episode, the one that really work is Thiagarajan Kumararaja's Ninaivo Oru Paravai." Haricharan Pudipeddi critic of Hindustan Times wrote that "The third Indian adaptation of the Modern Love franchise is here. It has stories that are flat, but some that speak to the heart." R Srinivasan of Ananda Vikatan gave mixed reviews. Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu said that "Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s anthology is a phenomenal assortment of captivating love stories".