Eternally Confused and Eager for Love

Eternally Confused and Eager for Love is an Indian comedy-drama streaming television series created and directed by Rahul Nair. Produced by Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti under the banner of Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby Films.[1] It stars Vihaan Samat, Dalai, Ankur Rathee, Rahul Bose and Suchitra Pillai in supporting roles.[2] The series premiered on Netflix on 18 March 2022.[3]

Eternally Confused and Eager for Love
GenreComedy
Created byRahul Nair
Directed byRahul Nair
Starring
ComposerSid Shirodkar
Country of originIndia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerZoya Parvin
Producers
CinematographyKrish Makhija
EditorManan Ashwin Mehta
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesExcel Entertainment
Tiger Baby Films
Release
Original networkNetflix
Picture formatHDTV
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseMarch 18, 2022 (2022-03-18)

Plot

Ray is a young adult navigating through his adulthood. Following his inner voice, 'Wiz', Ray embarked on his journey to understand if he wants sex, love, or a relationship.

Ray struggles to speak comfortably. He is always confused and talks something to himself and answers exactly opposite of what he thought. In the process he always puts himself in awkward situations. He is only child of his parents and lives with them along with a maid named Umesh.

In office he gels with Varun and is always scolded by his boss Pushpa. He has a childhood friend named Riya with whom he vents out all his confusion and talks with no holding back.

Riya is quite a social girl and is equally confused as Ray is but she is not awkward. Varun has proposed to a girl he met on a dating app and plans to marry. He often encourages Ray to talk to girls.

On the other hand Ray gets himself into difficult position with each girl he meets or wants to see future with. The story unfolds and leaves us with plot twist that Ray finally sleeps with Komal (a friend of Riya who he always has words exchange with) and she being clingy enough to let Ray's parents know of this.

Cast and characters
  • Vihaan Samat as Ray
  • Jim Sarbh as Wiz (voiceover)
  • Dalai Mulchandani as Riya
  • Devika Vatsa as Komal
  • Tanya Katyal as Naina
  • Kajol Chugh as Sonali
  • Namrata Sheth as Pari
  • Aaliyah Qureishi as Jia
  • Larissa Dsa as Priyanka
  • Niharika Lyra Dutt as Ruchika
  • Ankur Rathee as Varun
  • Rahul Bose as Ray's father
  • Suchitra Pillai as Ray's mother
  • Faezeh Jalali as Pushpa
  • Swati Bakshi as Girl at bar counter
  • Himanee Bhatia
  • Ayana Gaziz as Miyu Kibishi

Production

Development

The series was announced in December 2020[4] and a teaser of the series was released on 17 February 2022.[5]

Release

The trailer of the series was released on 18 February 2022[6] consisting of eight episodes premiered on Netflix on 18 March 2022.[7]

Casting

Vihaan Samat was cast in the titular role, and was joined by Dalai, Jim Sarbh and Ankur Rathee as the leads. The cast also included Rahul Bose and Suchitra Pillai as Ray's mother.[8]

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byOriginal release date [9]
1"Origin Story"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
2"Blind Date"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
3"Stag Entry"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
4"Second Chance"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
5"Foolproof"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
6"Homecoming"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
7"Double Trouble"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)
8"Ray + Who? = Love"Rahul Nair18 March 2022 (2022-03-18)

Reception

Kusumita Das of Firstpost stated that "The show is a zeitgeist of the times we live in, but do not go looking for emotional complexities and nuance, On the other side it keeps you occupied but makes you feel empty."[10]

References
  1. "Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar open up about their OTT project 'Eternally Confused and Eager for Love'". The Times of India. 15 March 2022.
  2. "Watch: In 'Eternally Confused and Eager for Love', a young man has an unlikely advisor". Scroll.in. 18 February 2022.
  3. Roy, Tanushree (2022-02-28). "Eternally Confused and Eager for Love to Rudra, films and shows to watch on OTT in March 2022". India Today. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  4. Rajesh, Srividya (December 5, 2020). "Rahul Bose, Suchitra Pillai, Vihaan Samat in Netflix India series Eternally Confused And Eager For Love". IWMBuzz.
  5. "Eternally Confused and Eager for Love teaser: Rahul Bose returns with Farhan and Zoya Akhtar's 'wacky' web series". Hindustan Times. February 17, 2022.
  6. "Eternally Confused and Eager for Love trailer reveals Netflix's quirky coming-of-age story starring Vihaan Samat, Rahul Bose". Indian Express. February 18, 2022.
  7. "Young adult dramedy series 'Eternally Confused and Eager for Love' to debut on Netflix in March". The Hindu. February 17, 2022.
  8. "Of navigating adulthood and romance: Eternally Confused and Eager for Love team decode coming-of-age series". Firstpost. March 16, 2022.
  9. "Eternally Confused and Eager for Love (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  10. "Eternally Confused and Eager For Love review: Yet another addition to the list of emotionally vacant high-aesthetic shows". Firstpost. March 18, 2022.
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