''Metro Park'' is an Indian

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web television series on

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about the Indian Gujarati family living in

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, an Indian-American majority neighborhood in

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, United States, and the funny problems they face.

Cast

Ranvir Shorey Ranvir Shorey is an Indian actor and former VJ who works in Hindi films and television. Since making his debut in ''Ek Chhotisi Love Story'' (2002), he has starred in a number of high-profile films such as '' Jism'' (2003) and '' Lakshya'' (2 ...

as Kalpesh Patel *

Purbi Joshi Purbi Joshi (born 19 August 1974) is an Indian television actress and voice-dubbing actress who speaks Hindi, comedian, performer and anchor of television shows. Biography Purbi Joshi is a daughter of actors Pravin Joshi and Sarita Joshi. Sh ...

as Payal Patel *

Omi Vaidya Omi Vaidya (born January 10, 1982) is an American actor of Indian descent who works in Bollywood films. He is best known for his performance as Chatur Ramalingam or "Silencer" in the 2009 buddy-drama film, ''3 Idiots''. In addition, Vaidya has ...

as Kannan Menon *

Vega Tamotia Vega Tamotia (born 7 May 1985 in Chhattisgarh, India) is an Indian actress and producer, who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her performances as Saroja in the film of the same name, and Sobikannu i ...

as Kinjal Patel, Kannan's wife and Payal's sister *

Pitobash Tripathy Pitobash Tripathy (born 1984), also known simply as Pitobash, is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He is known for his role in the movies ''I Am Kalam'', ''Begum Jaan'', ''Shor in the City'', ''Mom (film), Mom'', the Hollywood (film ...

as Bittu Amritraj , Kalpesh's store assistant *

Arnav Joshi Arnab or Arnav is a first name popular in India, and means "ocean" in Sanskrit. It also means "rabbit" in Arabic. Notable people with the name include: * Arnab Basu, game designer, video-games producer; known for Tomb Raider series * Arnab Chakra ...

as Pankaj Patel, Kalpesh and Payal's son * Aashmi Joshi as Simran (Munni) Patel, Kalpesh & Payal's daughter *

Sarita Joshi Sarita Joshi (''née'' Bhosle) is an Indian stage, television and film actress and is a veteran actress of Gujarati theatre and Marathi theatre and also Marathi cinema. In 2020, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award ...

as Mummy, Payal & Kinjal's Mother, Kalpesh & Kannan's mother-in-law - Season 2 *

Milind Soman Milind Soman (born 4 November 1965) is an Indian actor, supermodel, film producer, and fitness enthusiast. He was a contestant on '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 3''. Early and personal life Soman was born on 4 November 1965 in Glasgow, ...

as Arpit, a dentist, Payal's schoolmate and first crush (cameo) - Season 2 *

Gopal Dutt ''Gopal Datt'' is an Indian actor and writer. Gopal Datt started as theater artist in 1999 until he got first starring role in Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai. He also went on to star in the blockbuster Tere Naam, Samrat & Co. and the National Award-win ...

as Dr. Vivek Saini, a therapist (cameo) - Season 2

Episodes

Season 1

Quarantine Edition

Season 2

Production

''Metro Park'' is a "revamped" version of ''

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'', a

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sitcom aired in 2008–10.

Release

To celebrate the launch of the series, Prem Parameswaran (President of North America Eros), Abi Varghese, Ajayan Venugopalan and Omi Vaidya rang the Opening Bell at the

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on Friday, 1 March. A special "Quarantine Edition" was released in 2020, and Season 2 was released on 29 January 2021.

Reception

The show was nominated in all major categories for the CNN-IBN Ireel awards 2019 including Best Comedy, Best Actor Comedy, Best Actress Comedy. Ranvir Shorey won Gold awards Best Actor(Comedy) for his portrayal of Kalpesh Patel in Metropark. ''

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

'' found the special "Quarantine Edition" released in 2020 to be hilarious. Season 2 was called light-hearted but determinedly middling by ''

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'', also receiving an average review of 3/5 stars from ''

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt9838090
Eros Now Wins Awards at SCREENXX 2020 Awards

Ranvir Shorey starrer Metro Park to return with Season 2

Indian comedy television series