Monday, December 26, 2022

Modern Love Mumbai Episode 1

I liked Modern Love Hyderabad, so I thought this should be nice too. And this lovely little story of a Kashmiri couple who live together in Mumbai before the man gets bored and leaves the lovely woman who says the most cute Kashmiri Gaalis- Paye Trath and Shikaslad. It's a bit of a post-modern outlook, but it's quite lovely. I like the analogy of biking up the flyover. And once she crosses that. The juxtaposition with the couple at who's home Kali works at who are also getting separated could have been better. The couple look like a caricature, maybe it was deliberate, but it was a little demeaning to their hurt and pain. I also liked how she finally goes with her bicycle on the Sea-Link Road. It's for everyone!
Overall, it's a sweet little episode. The modern art stuff from where she borrows paint for her bicycle and finally the painting on her roof are a little out of place, but then that is life in Mumbai. 
Apparently the actress' mother is a Kashmiri, it's impossibly hard to get that Kashmiri accent otherwise.