Love in Messy Shades: Five films exploring modern love

Love in Messy Shades: Five films exploring modern love Here are five films that explore the various shades of love... these days
Love in Messy Shades: Five films exploring modern love

Love stories are making a return in the current era of cinema. Age gaps, societal expectations, lies, and other elements explore the extent of love in the modern era. Here are five films that explore the various shades of love... these days.

1. Hi

Kavin and Nayanthara in Hi
Kavin and Nayanthara in Hi

Directed by Vishnu Edavan, the film follows a pair, who have escaped from their respective homes to escape the pressures of societal convention. When romance starts to blossom, what follows is a comedy of errors that leads to both of them realising their love for each other.

Streamer: Zee 5

2. Premalu

Naslen and Mamitha Baiju in Premalu
Naslen and Mamitha Baiju in Premalu

What comes with true blue love, is true blue awkwardness. Girish AD's romantic comedy follows a boy out-of-luck working through endless hurdles, mostly of his own creation, to unite with the woman of his dreams.

Streamer: Prime Video

3. Lust Stories

A poster for Lust Stories 3
A poster for Lust Stories 3

With three instalments each telling four different tales each, Lust Stories follows the unconventional way with which love can twist, change, and form the lives of people involved.

Streamer: Netflix

4. Geeta Govindam

Rashmika Mandanna (L) and Vijay Devarakonda (R) in Geeta Govindam
Rashmika Mandanna (L) and Vijay Devarakonda (R) in Geeta Govindam

How far will you go to right your wrongs? How far will love push you? In this film the relationship between a man and a woman goes through the highs and lows of lies, with the viewers having to anticipate whether their love succeeds or not.

Streamer: Zee 5

5. Dear Zindagi

Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt in Dear Zindagi
Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt in Dear Zindagi

When a young woman trying to understand herself seeks out the help of a therapist, she realises that she is getting close the therapist. In this coming-of-age film, love is not just something to be realised, it is also something to be found.

Streamer: Netflix

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