'Modern Love Hyderabad' offers a refreshing take on contemporary relationships

In an imperfect world, love cannot be perfect, the show reiterates

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Cinderella’s fate was decided by a pair of glass slippers. For Renu, it is a pair of purple heels. When Renu—the protagonist of ‘Fuzzy, Purple and Full of Thorns’, a segment of Modern Love Hyderabad—discovers the heels of her live-in partner’s ex in their home, she is livid.... Which begs the question, is keeping the belonging of an ex acceptable in a modern relationship? Unlike in Cinderella’s time, love is not so clear-cut today. You have to navigate choppy waters to reach your happily-ever-after

It is in such grey zones—where right and wrong are fuzzy notions—that Modern Love Hyderabad dwells. Its stories explore the cracks in the concept of love today. There is the mother-daughter relationship in ‘My Unlikely Pandemic Dream Partner’, where Mehernussia begins to reconcile with her daughter Noorie, who married a man from a different community. .

In ‘About That Rustle in the Bushes’, Sneha strives to escape the overprotective gaze of her father. As she goes on a date, her mother Jyothika tunes in to a religious channel and prays hard: ‘Dear God, make it work this time’. The segment makes one think about happiness in a relationship. Can it ever be predicted? Or is it all a game of chance? A right swipe that might go wrong or a left swipe that might go right?

The series is reminiscent of Modern Love Mumbai in some ways, exploring refreshing aspects of love in the modern age, whether it was a queer relationship in the Mumbai version or a microbiologist’s unusual quest in this one. In an imperfect world, love cannot be perfect, the show reiterates. We are all damaged goods. And Prince Charmings are overrated.

Modern Love Hyderabad

on Amazon Prime Video