The Baker and the Beauty (Indian TV series)

The Baker and the Beauty is an Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy-drama web series directed by Jonathan Edwards.^[1] An adaptation of Israeli television series Beauty and the Baker,^[2] it is produced by Supriya Yarlagadda and stars Santosh Sobhan, Tina Shilparaj, Venkat, Rajiv Kumar Aneja and Vishnu Priya in the lead roles. Season 1 of the series was premiered on 10 September 2021 on Aha.^[3]

The Baker and the Beauty
Genre	Romantic comedy drama
Based on	Beauty and the Baker by Assi Azar
Directed by	Jonathan Edwards
Starring	Santosh Sobhan Tina Shilparaj Venkat Vishnu Priya Rajiv Kumar Aneja
Composer	Prashanth R Vihari
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Anand Reddy Karnati
Producer	Supriya Yarlagadda
Cinematography	Suresh Ragutu
Editor	Nageswara Reddy Bonthala
Running time	30-45 minutes
Production company	Annapurna Studios
Original release
Network	Aha
Release	10 September 2021 (2021-09-10)

Synopsis

Cast

• Santosh Sobhan as Vijay "Vijju" Krishna Dasaripalle
• Tina Shilparaj as Aira Vasireddy
• Venkat as Lakshmi
• Rajiv Kumar Aneja as Gogo Katyal
• Vishnu Priya as Maheswari
• Jhansi as Padma Dasaripalle, Vijay, Vikram, and Meera's mother
• Sai Swetha as Meera Dasaripalle, Vijay's younger sister
• Sangeeth Sobhan as Vikram Krishna Dasaripalle, Vijay's younger brother
• Srikanth Iyyengar as Venkateshwarlu Dasaripalle, Vijay, Vikram, and Meera's father
• Tarusha Saxena as Suseela Aunty
• Kamakshi Bhaskarla as Smrithi
• Pavani as Melissa D'Souza
• Sonakshi as Soumya
• Sai Kiran as Madhu
• Zainil as Kabir
• Avinash as Gourav
• Abhishek Maharshi as Govardhan
• Priyansha as Priya
• Siri Raasi as Divya
• Rakesh as Chanti

Episodes

Season 1

Episode	Title	Directed by	Date of Broadcast
1	"Wild-Mushroom Soup"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
2	"Jubilee hills Superman"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
3	"Aira's Fan Part 1"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
4	"Aira's Fan Part 2"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
5	"Festival of Lies"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
6	"Over? Not Over!"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
7	"Meet Vijay"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
8	"Lakshmi Almighty"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
9	"Goa here we come"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
10	"The Finale"	Jonathan Edwards	September 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)

Reception

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu called it as a "faithful adaptation" of its original. She compared it with 2018 Telugu film Sammohanam and 1999 American film Notting Hill.^[4] Another citic of 123Telugu gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote that "The Baker And The Beauty banks on the subtle emotions that are evoked through the unlikely love track between the lead pair. But the emotional connect subdues towards the end, which doesn’t help the cause. Nevertheless, the series can make for a decent one-time watch."^[5]