Metro_Park_(web_series)

<i>Metro Park</i> (web series)

Metro Park (web series)

Indian sitcom web television series

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.

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Cast

  • Ranvir Shorey as Kalpesh Patel[2]
  • Purbi Joshi as Payal Patel[2]
  • Omi Vaidya as Kannan Menon [2]
  • Vega Tamotia as Kinjal Patel, Kannan's wife and Payal's sister[2]
  • Pitobash Tripathy as Bittu Amritraj , Kalpesh's store assistant[2]
  • 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 1

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Quarantine Edition

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Season 2

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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.[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][failed verification] 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 an average review of 3/5 stars from The Times of India[10]

See also

References

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    Mirani, Sahil. "METRO PARK CAST". GQ. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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    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.
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    "'Metro Park is Akkarakazhchakal made for a larger audience' - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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    "Eros Now Opening bell". businesswire. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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    Kaushal, Ruchi (25 May 2020). "Metro Park-Quarantine Edition review: Ranvir Shorey, Omi Vaidya's hilarious take on life during a pandemic". Hindustan Times.
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    "Ranvir Shorey, Purbi Joshi's Metro Park season 2 to premiere on January 29". The Indian Express. 22 January 2021.
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    "Comedy fierce Battle". news18. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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    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.
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    Gupta, Shubhra (29 January 2021). "Metro Park Season 2 review: A light-hearted series". The Indian Express.
  10. [10]
    Khurana, Archika (29 January 2021). "Metro Park Season 2 Review: A quirky take on the life of NRIs". The Times of India.
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