Modern Love Hyderabad

Modern Love Hyderabad is an Indian Telugu-language romantic anthology television series produced by Elahe Hiptoola and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, Venkatesh Maha, Uday Gurrala and Devika Bahudhanam. It stars Nithya Menen, Abijeet, Aadhi Pinisetty, Ritu Varma, Malvika Nair, Suhasini Maniratnam, Revathi, Naresh, Ulka Gupta, Naresh Agastya, and Komalee Prasad in the lead roles.

Modern Love Hyderabad is set in Hyderabad and is based on the American television series Modern Love which itself is based on the weekly column of the same name published by The New York Times. The series premiered on 8 July 2022 on Amazon Prime Video to positive reviews from critics.

Episodes
The first season of the series has six episodes.

Production
Modern Love Hyderabad was filmed between September and November 2021. Speaking to The Hindu Elahe Hiptoola states that producing an anthology for a digital platform was not very different from producing a film. "Ultimately, it is like organising a baraat every day. No one will tell you that the food is good, but someone will complain namak kam tha (the salt was less). For cinema, my task begins with raising funds and ends with finding distributors. In this case, Prime Video gave me enough freedom and also gently reminded me of regulations when needed. For example, I did not know that we cannot shoot with kids beyond 7p.m. I had not followed such rules during the making of Rockford or Dhanak. This was a learning experience." Director Uday Gurrala told News18: "In my story titled ‘What Clown Wrote This!’, you will see universal themes but from a distinctly Telugu lens and that's what makes it so interesting. We’ve delved deep into the psyche of the Telugu man (and woman) to understand what makes today's generation tick".

Release
The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 8 July 2022.

Reception
Janani K of India Today rated the series 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The show aims to tug at our heartstrings, but settles for more melodrama". Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the series 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Revathy, outstanding as ever, conveys a range of emotions with mere glances and gestures. Nithya Menen is luminous".