Metro Park (web series)
Metro Park is an Indian comedy-drama web television series on Eros Now[1] about the Indian Gujarati family living in Metro Park, an Indian-American majority neigborhood in New Jersey, United States.[2]
| MetroPark | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Written by | Ajayan Venugopalan |
| Directed by | |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jakes Bejoy |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (5 special episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Giju John,Bhuvanesh Shrivastava |
| Cinematography | Sahadev Kelvadi |
| Editor | Shando Uruvath |
| Running time | 20–25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Eros Now |
| Original release | 3 March 2019 |
Cast
- Ranvir Shorey as Kalpesh Patel[3]
- Purbi Joshi as Payal Patel[3]
- Omi Vaidya as Kannan Menon M[3]
- Vega Tamotia as Kinjal Patel, Kannan's wife and Payal's sister[3]
- Pitobash Tripathy as Bittu, Kalpesh's assistant[3]
- Sarita Joshi as Mummy - Season 2
- Milind Soman as Arpit, a dentist (cameo) - Season 2
Episodes
Season 1
| No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | "New Beginnings" |
| 2 | "The Assistant" |
| 3 | "Kalpesh Studies" |
| 4 | "Guerilla Marketing" |
| 5 | "Karoake Nights" |
| 6 | "Unisex" |
| 7 | "Diet and Gadget" |
| 8 | "Pregnancy Class" |
| 9 | "House Falling Apart" |
Quarantine Edition
| No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" |
| 2 | "Episode 2" |
| 3 | "Episode 3" |
| 4 | "Episode 4" |
| 5 | "Episode 5" |
Season 2
| No. | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | "Fresh Prince of Metro Park" |
| 2 | "Parenting" |
| 3 | "Surveillance" |
| 4 | "Mummy returns" |
| 5 | "'Payal Do All'" |
| 6 | "Bollygroove" |
| 7 | "Keep Metropark Great!" |
| 8 | "Biscuit Baba" |
| 9 | "Run Kannan Run!" |
| 10 | "Dinner and Movie" |
| 11 | "Cool! Pre-School!" |
| 12 | "First Birthday" |
Release
To celebrate the launch of the series, Prem Parameswaran( President of North America Eros), Abi Varghese, Ajayan Venugopalan and Omi Vaidya rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, 1 March.[4] A special "Quarantine Edition" was released in 2020,[5] and Season 2 was released on 29 January 2021.[6]
Reception
The show was nominated in all major categories for the CNN-IBN Ireel awards 2019 including Best Comedy, Best Actor Comedy, Best Actress Comedy.[7] Ranvir Shorey won Gold awards Best Actor(Comedy) for his portrayal of Kalpesh Patel in Metropark.[8]
Hindustan Times found the special "Quarantine Edition" released in 2020 to be hilarious.[5]
Season 2 was called light-hearted but determinedly middling by The Indian Express,[9] also receiving a average review of 3/5 stars from The Times of India[10]
References
- Mirani, Sahil. "METRO PARK CAST". GQ. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "MetroPark Amazon". Amazon. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- BingePost, Team (19 November 2019). "'Metro Park' cast: Who plays who in the Eros Now original web series". GQ India. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- "Eros Now Opening bell". businesswire. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- Kaushal, Ruchi (25 May 2020). "Metro Park-Quarantine Edition review: Ranvir Shorey, Omi Vaidya's hilarious take on life during a pandemic". Hindustan Times.
- "Ranvir Shorey, Purbi Joshi's Metro Park season 2 to premiere on January 29". The Indian Express. 22 January 2021.
- "Comedy fierce Battle". news18. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- Srivastava, Anshika (12 October 2019). "Here's The Complete List Of Winners At The Gold Awards 2019! - Fuzion Productions". Fuzion Productions. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- Gupta, Shubhra (29 January 2021). "Metro Park Season 2 review: A light-hearted series". The Indian Express.
- Khurana, Archika (29 January 2021). "Metro Park Season 2 Review: A quirky take on the life of NRIs". The Times of India.