Revathy: ‘Connected with Modern Love Hyderabad because mothers-daughters are rarely portrayed as real’

Veteran actor Revathy says the premise of two opinionated girls, who occur to be mom and daughter, instantly made her board the anthology sequence Modern Love Hyderabad, which she believes presents the connection between the protagonists in a “real” method.

Revathy co-stars with Nithya Menen within the episode titled My Unlikely Pandemic Dream Partner within the Telugu model of the Prime Video present, based mostly on The New York Times’ column.

“I connected with the story immediately because mothers and daughters are very rarely portrayed as real, like the kind of mothers and daughters we all are. Two strong, opinionated women and they happened to be mother and daughter,” the 55-year-old actor instructed PTI in a Zoom interview.

What additionally added to the allure of the anthology sequence for Revathy was co-starring with Menen and being directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, recognized for movies similar to Iqbal and Dor.

“It began with Nagesh connecting with me with reference to a movie and he stated he was making Modern Love Hyderabad. I had watched the unique ‘Modern Love’ and favored a few of them very a lot. For this one, I actually cherished the fact with which he had put the entire script collectively.

“Nithya and I had been trying to work together but somehow things would just not work and then when this happened, it just happened,” she added.

Revathy and Nithya Menen in a nonetheless from Modern Love Hyderabad. (Photo: Amazon Prime Video)

Menen, who additionally loved watching the primary season of Modern Love, stated she needed to do an anthology as the unique sequence was not nearly easy love tales.

“I remember thinking I want to do something like this. So, when this happened, I was like ‘Yay! Finally the franchise is coming here.’ The fact that my film was with Nagesh and Revathy ma’am, very Hyderabadi, and it had an element of indie filmmaking to it… all of that came together really well for this,” the 34-year-old stated.

Working with Kukunoor, who additionally serves because the showrunner, was an fulfilling expertise for the actor duo, they stated.

“The kind of films Nagesh has made, the films he believes in, he continues to do. That is his strong point. He has kept the spirit of that filmmaker alive. That is what is really great about people like him,” added Revathy.

As somebody who tends to gravitate in direction of filmmaking that’s “not very mainstream”, Menen stated having Kukunoor because the director was a great state of affairs for her.

“There is a difference when we work on independent films, like there is no ego or problems. Everybody is friends and everybody is very collaborative. Whether it’s Revathy ma’am, me, Nagesh, Elahe (Hiptoola), who produced the film, we all kind of have a similar work ethic. When we get together, we really not just make something fun and nice but we really enjoy doing that,” she stated.

In February, Prime Video introduced that the streamer will adapt its hit worldwide sequence “Modern Love” in three Indian languages – Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Almost each brief within the Hindi model titled Modern Love Mumbai, which premiered in May, was immediately or not directly related to meals.

“My Unlikely Pandemic Dream Partner” additionally places meals, this time Hyderabadi delicacies, entrance and centre.

According to Menen, since Hyderabad extends “a strong cultural influence in terms of food”, it was certain to seep into the sequence.

“This was perfect because Revathi ma’am’s character is such a good cook and it’s old Hyderabadi cuisine. We got to see all of that and eat all of that as well,” she added.

For Revathy, meals is among the most essential components in our lives.

“We don’t generally talk about it, but when we are denied it is when you realise about it… Hyderabadi cuisine is one of the most talked about cuisines. It is a specific kind of cuisine with a specific way of cooking. I am not a foodie but I love good food. (On the set), we all sat and ate all the fabulous food, except Nagesh who always ate sandwiches,” she quipped.

Kukunoor has additionally directed two shorts — Fuzzy Purple and Full of Thorns and Why Did She Leave Me There…? — in Modern Love Hyderabad, which premiered Friday.

Other three shorts within the anthology sequence are What Clown Wrote This Script by Uday Gurrala, Devika Bahudhanam’s About That Rustle within the Bushes and Finding Your Penguin by Venkatesh Maha.