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Created by Manu Joseph
Written by Manu Joseph
Directed by Hardik Mehta
Starring
R. Madhavan
Surveen Chawla
Theme music composer Rachita Arora
Country of origin India
Original language English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Production location India
Cinematography Piyush Puty
Editors Parikshhit Jha
Manan Mehta
Running time 26-36 min
Release
Original network Netflix
Picture format
4K (Ultra HD)
High dynamic range
Original release 17 December 2021
Manu Joseph and Hardik Mehta have developed and produced the Netflix comedic web series Decoupled in English. R. Madhavan and Surveen Chawla play the series’ two main characters.
Cast
R. Madhavan as Arya
Surveen Chawla as Shruti
Arista Mehta as Rohini
Chetan Bhagat as himself
Atul Kumar as Agni
Bhavik Kelawala as Jamal Sarif
Aseem Hattangadi as Mayank
Mir Afsar Ali as Dr Basu
Sonia Raathee as Masha
Darren E. Scott as Jean Lee
Dilnaz Irani as Reema
Himanee Bhatia
Akash Khurana as Surinder Sharma
Apara Mehta as Madhu Sharma
Mukesh Bhatt as Ganesh
Nazneen Madan as Bhumika
Salim Siddiqui as Salim Bhai
1 “Shake His Hand” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
Arya and Shruti debate the status of their marriage. Later, Arya’s argumentative impulses land him in trouble at the airport and at a restaurant.
2 “Her Phone Hangs” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
Tasked with pitching a streaming series, Arya takes an idea to his CEO-turned-guru friend. Shruti grapples with telling Rohini about her and Arya.
3 “Champion of Maids” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
Rohini posts a video to Arya’s Twitter account that gains him new fans. Angry that he won’t take it down, Shruti gets payback at a literature festival.
4 “Peak Ovulation” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
Arya attempts to take advantage of a monthly cycle tracking app. Shruti asks him to handle an awkward conversation with her father.
5 “The Ex Returns” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
One of Arya’s ex-flames comes to town, but after meeting in person, his excitement to introduce her to Shruti at a party that evening quickly wanes.
6 “Affairs” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
As he and Shruti consider seeing other people, Arya suggests a party to announce their divorce. Arya visits Ganesh’s home in hopes of bringing him back.
7 “How to Tell Your Daughter About Divorce” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
Arya’s locker room conduct appalls some neighbors. The couple bickers over who will inform Rohini about the divorce. Shruti’s parents visit unexpectedly.
8 “The History of a Marriage” Hardik Mehta Manu Joseph 17 December 2021
Family and friends arrive in Goa for the decoupling party. Arya encounters a familiar face at the resort. Shruti receives a lucrative offer from Mr. Lee.
Review of Decoupled: What It’s About
A wealthy, affluent, and privileged couple is trying to break up. Starting out, the notion of the “decoupling” is presented as an intriguing narrative. Famous novelist R Madhavan, who plays the protagonist character in Arya, is only second to Chetan Bhagat in popularity. He is divorcing his venture capitalist/company creator wife Shruti (Surveen Chawla), but they were unable to easily tell their daughter this information.
They go through this “falling out of love” process by doing things they would do without each other as they take their time telling her. For them, how does it turn out? Wait for season 2 then.
Review of Decoupled: What’s Good and What’s Bad
I’ve previously appreciated Manu Joseph’s writing, and I am aware of the reasons why some people are reacting negatively to his ideas in this particular piece. One of the main reasons is because it exposes the most offensive societal stereotypes in an almost “this is how it is” manner. That is the essence of dark comedy, and people who make comparisons between Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory and Arya from Madhavan are no better than the clumsy braggarts Joseph created for this show’s extras. The hypocrisy of human nature revealed by Arya’s deeds is shocking in some places but gradually wears off in others.
The writing of Manu Joseph is both Decoupled’s greatest asset and its weakest point for a number of reasons. If I had to sum up my overall opinions of the show in one sentence, I would say that I didn’t mind Arya chanting the Gayatri Mantra at random to poke a Muslim character while he is praying the namaz in a public setting, but I didn’t find it funny when the same character was beaten up for praying the namaz on a flight in the very next scene. That is up Joseph’s work in a nutshell; it is logical at times but occasionally deviates into the ludicrous.