Metro Park (web series) explained
| Country: | India |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 21 (5 special episodes) |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Network: | Eros Now |
| Music: | Jakes Bejoy
Rohit Gopalakrishnan (season 2) |
| Cinematography: | Sahadev Kelvadi |
| Editor: | Shando Uruvath |
| Runtime: | 20–25 minutes |
| Executive Producer: | Giju John,Bhuvanesh Shrivastava, Raaj Rahhi |
| Genre: | Sitcom |
Metro Park is an Indian sitcom web television series on Eros Now[1] about the Indian Gujarati family living in Metro Park, an Indian-American majority neighborhood in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, and the funny problems they face.
Cast
- Ranvir Shorey as Kalpesh Patel[2]
- Purbi Joshi as Payal Patel
- Omi Vaidya as Kannan Menon
- Vega Tamotia as Kinjal Patel, Kannan's wife and Payal's sister
- Pitobash Tripathy as Bittu Amritraj, Kalpesh's store assistant
- Arnav Joshi as Pankaj Patel, Kalpesh and Payal's son
- Aashmi Joshi as Simran (Munni) Patel, Kalpesh & Payal's daughter
- Sarita Joshi as Mummy, Payal & Kinjal's Mother, Kalpesh & Kannan's mother-in-law - Season 2
- Milind Soman as Arpit, a dentist, Payal's schoolmate and first crush (cameo) - Season 2
- Gopal Dutt as Dr. Vivek Saini, a therapist (cameo) - Season 2
Episodes
Season 2
Production
Metro Park is a "revamped" version of Akkara Kazhchakal, a Malayali sitcom aired in 2008–10.[3]
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 2019.[4] A special "Quarantine Edition" was released in 2020, and Season 2 was released on 29 January 2021.[5]
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.[6] Ranvir Shorey won Gold awards Best Actor(Comedy) for his portrayal of Kalpesh Patel in Metropark.[7]
Hindustan Times found the special "Quarantine Edition" released in 2020 to be hilarious.[8]
Season 2 was called light-hearted but determinedly middling by The Indian Express,[9] also receiving an average review of 3/5 stars from The Times of India[10]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mirani . Sahil . METRO PARK CAST . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200819230119/https://www.gqindia.com/content/metro-park-cast-who-plays-which-character-in-eros-now-web-series-metro-park-full-cast-ranvir-shorey-as-kalpesh-patel-purbi-joshi-omi-vaidya-set-in-new-jersey-watch-metro-park-official-trailer . 19 August 2020 . 11 March 2019 . GQ . en.
- Web site: BingePost . Team . 19 November 2019 . 'Metro Park' cast: Who plays who in the Eros Now original web series . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200819230119/https://www.gqindia.com/content/metro-park-cast-who-plays-which-character-in-eros-now-web-series-metro-park-full-cast-ranvir-shorey-as-kalpesh-patel-purbi-joshi-omi-vaidya-set-in-new-jersey-watch-metro-park-official-trailer . 19 August 2020 . 18 April 2020 . GQ India . en-US.
- Web site: 'Metro Park is Akkarakazhchakal made for a larger audience' - The New Indian Express. 2021-03-27. www.newindianexpress.com.
- Web site: Eros Now Opening bell . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191225124210/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190228005947/en/Eros-International-Ring-Opening-Bell-New-York . 25 December 2019 . 1 March 2019 . businesswire . en.
- News: Ranvir Shorey, Purbi Joshi's Metro Park season 2 to premiere on January 29 . . 22 January 2021 . en.
- Web site: Comedy fierce Battle . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190915150105/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/news18-ireel-awards-2019-best-show-comedy-a-fierce-battle-2295607.html . 15 September 2019 . 16 August 2019 . news18 . en.
- Web site: Srivastava . Anshika . 12 October 2019 . Here's The Complete List Of Winners At The Gold Awards 2019! - Fuzion Productions . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803181856/https://www.fuzionproductions.com/heres-the-complete-list-of-winners-at-the-gold-awards-2019/ . 3 August 2020 . 2021-01-29 . Fuzion Productions . en-US.
- News: Kaushal . Ruchi . Metro Park-Quarantine Edition review: Ranvir Shorey, Omi Vaidya's hilarious take on life during a pandemic . . 25 May 2020 . en.
- News: Gupta . Shubhra . Metro Park Season 2 review: A light-hearted series . . 29 January 2021 . en.
- News: Khurana . Archika . Metro Park Season 2 Review: A quirky take on the life of NRIs . . 29 January 2021.
