Web series are the in-thing these days with the major players being MX Player, Zee 5 and Amazon Prime. Knowing well that there is a good market for Hindi, Tamil and Telugu web series, MX Player has come out with the newest series titled Lots of Love (LOL).
It went online on February 20th to positive reviews and is gaining popularity among the netizens. LOL is a comedy that also has oodles of romance, emotions, relationships, etc. This web series, which comprises of eight episodes, is about a set of friends and the relationship tangles involved. The story begins in Chennai and moves over to Goa.
Srushti Dange, Ishara Nair, Priya Lal and Aravind Krishna play the lead roles in LOL. Its technical crew comprises Lalgudi Ilayaraja who has handled the production designing. He is the National Award winning art director. Also, Maya and Suresh are in charge of editing.
Recently, Amazon Prime released its first web series in Tamil titled Vella Raja. A drug-world drama starring Bobby Simha and Parvati Nair in lead roles, it was bankrolled by SR Prabhu under his banner Dream Warrior Pictures.
It may be mentioned here that Tollywood actor and filmmaker, Lakshmi Manchu is also foraying into the web series with Mrs Subbalakshmi. This web series will be telecast on Zee5 on March 8th to commemorate the International Women’s Day this year.
Reports are that Mrs Subbalakshmi will be based on a married couple. On the storyline, we hear that it is about a husband who neglects his wife and even forgets their wedding anniversary. How the wife reacts to it and ends up celebrating the day all alone forms the crux of the story.
Mrs Subbalakshmi will have Lakshmi Manchu play the title role with Srinivas Avasarala as her husband. Written by Balabhadrapatruni Ramani, it is directed by Vamsi.
Lakshmi Manchu is an actress, producer and television presenter well-known in the Telugu film industry. She is the daughter of veteran Tollywood actor Mohan Babu.
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