Amazon Prime Video Presents India special event took place at the JW Marriott in Mumbai on Thursday, with Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar turning host. Nearly 40 new project titles were announced as part of the campaign and that also included several Tamil originals. Among them, director Thiagarajan Kumararaja of Aaranya Kaandam and Super Deluxe fame, has turned creative producer for the Tamil version of the Modern Love series. According to the makers, the upcoming anthology titled Modern Love Chennai, which is an adaptation of the hit US series, will "explores six diverse yet universal stories of different facets, shades, and moods of love, all set in the city’s many unique milieus." 

Produced under Thiagarajan's Tyler Durden and Kino Fist banner, Modern Love Chennai will have its episodes directed by legendary filmmaker Bharathiraja, Kaadhal fame Balaji Sakthivel, Joker and Gypsy filmmaker Raju Murugan, Krishnakumar Ramakumar otherwise known as 'Five Star' Krishna, and ad filmmaker Akshay Sundher. The cast of the series will feature notable Tamil cinema names like Kishore, Ramya Nambeesan, Ashok Selvan, Ritu Varma, Vijayalakshmi, TJ Banu, Gouri Reddy, Samyuktha Vishwanathan, Vasudevan Murali, Chu Khoy Sheng, Sanjula S, while Balaji Tharaneetharan, Rajumurugan, Reshma Ghatala, Pratheep Kumar and Thiagarajan Kumararaja are on board as the writers. No official announcement has been made on the streaming date for Modern Love Chennai, which is being made in Hindi and Telugu as well. 

Modern Love Chennai is Thiagarajan Kumararaja's next after he directed Super Deluxe in 2019, which went on to earn massive critical acclaim. The neo-noir dark comedy crime film saw 'Makkal Selvan' Vijay Sethupathi win the Best Supporting Actor at the 67th National Film Awards, with the rest of the cast featuring Fahadh Faasil, Samantha, Ramya Krishnan, Mysskin, Gayathrie, Bagavathi Perumal and Ashwanth Ashokkumar receive massive praise from fans and critics alike. Although Thiagarajan is yet to announce his next directorial venture, the filmmaker coming on board Modern Love Chennai as the producer and writer will no doubt raise plenty of curiosity among his fans.