Love and Shukla

Love and Shukla
Directed byJatla Siddartha
Written byAmanda Mooney
Jatla Siddartha
Produced byAmanda Mooney
Jatla Siddartha
Starring
Sahaarsh Shuklaa

Taneea Rajawat

CinematographyJatla Siddartha
Edited bySrijan Chaurasia
Amanda Mooney
Jatla Siddartha
Music byKarl Heortweard
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Love and Shukla is a 2017 Hindi-language drama film directed Jatla Siddartha and produced by Amanda Mooney and Jatla Siddartha starrng Sahaarsh Shuklaa and Taneea Rajawat as lead prime rule.[1]

The movie was screened at Busan International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Film Festival.[2]

Cast

  • Sahaarsh Shuklaa as Manu Shukla
  • Taneea Rajawat as Lakshmi
  • Hima Singh as Rupa
  • Aparna Upadhyay as Manu's mother
  • Loknath Tiwari as Manu's father
  • Sambhaji Sasane as Rupa's husband

Critical Reception

Wendy Ide for Screen Daily reviewed the movie and stated "Shukla’s mother is overbearing to the point of cliché."[3]

Suktara Ghosh for The Quint rated the movie 3.5/5 stars, praised Saharsh Kumar Shukla's performance and wrote "He might be little educated and lack “heroic” qualities, but he has his heart in the right place."[4]

Award

Award Year Result Note
NETPAC Award 2017 Won [5]

References

  1. ^ "Love and Shukla". Palm Springs International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  2. ^ Nathan, Archana (13 January 2018). "In 'Love and Shukla', a search for a bed of one's own in space-starved Mumbai". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  3. ^ Ide, Wendy (12 October 2017). "'Love and Shukla': Busan Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  4. ^ Ghosh, Suktara (12 September 2018). "No Place for Love (Or a Good Man) in Netflix's 'Love and Shukla'". The Quint. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Love and Shukla". Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.