Bench Life

Bench Life is an Indian Telugu-language drama streaming television series written and directed by Manasa Sharma.^[1] Produced by Niharika Konidela under Pink Elephant Pictures,^[2] it stars Vaibhav, Charan Peri, Ritika Singh, Aakanksha Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Nayan Sarika, Venkatesh Kakumanu and Tanikella Bharani.^[3][4] The series premiered on SonyLIV on 12 September 2024.^[5][6]

Bench Life
Promotional release poster
Genre	Drama
Written by	Manasa Sharma Mahesh Uppala
Directed by	Manasa Sharma
Starring	Vaibhav Charan Peri Ritika Singh Aakanksha Singh Rajendra Prasad Nayan Sarika Venkatesh Kakumanu Tanikella Bharani
Music by	Pk Dandi
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producer	Ramesh Manyam
Producer	Niharika Konidela
Cinematography	Danush Bhaskar
Editor	Prawin Pudi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	39-42 mins
Production company	Pink Elephant Pictures
Original release
Network	SonyLIV
Release	12 September 2024 (2024-09-12)

Cast

• Vaibhav^[7] as G. Balram "Balu"
• Charan Peri^[7] as Ravi Kumar
• Ritika Singh^[7] as Meenakshi Sharma
• Aakanksha Singh^[7] as Jagadiswari "Isha"
• Rajendra Prasad^[7] as Prasad, an ex-IPS officer; Isha's father
• Nayan Sarika as Gayathri, Ravi's wife
• Venkatesh Kakumanu as Kishore Kumar
• Sasha Singh as Monica, Kishore's colleague later wife.
• Tanikella Bharani as Ramanatham
• Tulasi as Meenakshi's mother
• Niharika Konidela as Pooja (Cameo Appearance).

Production

The series was announced by Pink Elephant Pictures on SonyLIV.^[8] The trailer of the series was released on 26 August 2024.^[9]

Reception

Satya Pulagam of ABP Desam awarded the series 3/5 stars.^[10] Avad Mohammad from OTTplay rated the series three-and-a-half out of five stars.^[11] Sruthi Ganapathy Raman from Scroll.in reviewed the series.^[12]