The Other Love Story

The Other Love Story
GenreDrama
Created byRoopa Rao
Written byRoopa Rao
Directed byRoopa Rao
Starring
  • Shweta Gupta
  • Spoorthi Gumaste
  • Archana Mittal
  • Kalpana Rao
  • Chandrashekar Pavlur
  • Gayatri Shankar
  • Meenu Garg
  • Manjunath
  • Nidhi Dinesh
  • Prerna Chintamani
  • Naveen
  • Guru
  • Nikhita
  • Ini
Music byAparajith Sris
Country of originIndia
Production
ProducerHarini Daddala
CinematographyVijayan Muthu
EditorBharath M.C
Production companyJLT Films
Original release
Release27 August 2016 (2016-08-27)
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The 'Other' Love Story is India's first televised same-sex love story, broadcast as a web series consisting of 12 episodes. The plot, set in the late 1990s/early 2000s, involves two girls in an era when there were no cell phones or internet. The series is written and directed by Roopa Rao, and produced by Harini Daddala for JLT Films. The main characters are played by Shweta Gupta and Spoorthi Gumaste.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The 'Other' Love Story premiered on 27 August 2016.[8]

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