Rajeev Saxena
The big screen of cinema would not have seen as many phases of change in 125 years as the web chains of OTT platforms have seen in their childhood. In three-four years, apart from underlining almost every aspect related to the world of crime from different angles, after holding for a long time the weak vein of the Indian public like the indecent culture growing with abuses, the family entanglements of the middle class were solved. Also threaded into the plot and now once again a new process of finding stories from the life of the metropolis has been started.
The web series ‘Modern Love Mumbai’ released earlier this week on Amazon Prime. It is in the news as a totally unique and enjoyable experiment from the budding filmmakers, among the enlightened audience. Within six days, this series has been noticed on social media more than anyone else has probably received before.
Produced under the Pritish Nandy Communications banner, the web series ‘Modern Love Mumbai’ features six episodes, six stories and six directors. There was a certain degree of novelty in the stories too. Titled Raatrani, Bai, Ek Cutting Chai, My Beautiful Wrinkles, Mumbai Dragons and I Love Thane, these six stories encapsulate the hustle and bustle of the hustle and bustle of the metropolis in an interesting manner with the fabric of social, family entanglements. has been tried.
Titled ‘Bai’, the story is set about the character of a neglected son of a Muslim family, who is following a new path with homosexual relationship since childhood. The boy, who finds himself alone among all the older members of the traditional family, finds affection from the elder member Bai, who proves to be a comfort in his life, but due to their absence, he finds himself alone again.
‘Mumbai Dragons’.. The story narrates a strange mental conflict between a non-Hindi speaking woman and her son. The protagonist, who grew up in a different culture, falls in love with a dentist while getting a dental treatment, forgets even his mother’s affection and his passion for singing. The beautiful offering of a happy ending to the story through a Sikh character who is a sentimental healer to a widowed mother is commendable.
‘I Love Thane’..The story shows attachment and love with more space than person. A relaxed culmination of the confusion over love and the mental conflict between the new generation of youth takes this story to its climax.
‘Raat Rani’ is the most attractive story of this web series. When the boy and the girl who came to Mumbai from Kashmir, working under the same skyscraper, fell in love and reached the bond of marriage, they themselves did not know. The heroine, separated from her husband at one point, has left no stone unturned to cover up the truth of never being behind a man by denying the perceived drawback of being a girl by cycling the high flyovers of the metropolis.
Titled ‘My Beautiful Wrinkles’, the story is based on the mutual attraction between an elderly but modern woman and a young boy living a lonely life in a metropolis. ‘Ek Cutting Chai’ is the story of a woman and an ambitious man fighting for his survival in the hustle and bustle of life in Mumbai. A woman with a passion for becoming a storyteller is impressed by a meeting with a stranger over the pretext of tea at a book launch event. After marriage, her dreams of writing and publishing a number of books while raising family and children seem to be lost somewhere.