Little Things Review

Little Things is about everything that is there to the life of an urban couple in their 20s. A couple who is both focused and chilled, sure of their bond and cool with the coolness of a live-in, taking each day as it comes. Dhruv Vats (Dhruv Sehgal) and Kavya Kulkarni (Mithila Palkar) live in Mumbai laying out the contours of what a healthy, modern relationship should look and feel like. They have their fights and they have their ways of ironing out differences by speaking out and then by sitting down and listening. Dhurv and Kavya have grown in years since season one and so have their problems. Dhruv is aimless, Kavya is at the top of her game with a promotion and pay hike. Dhruv’s decision to quit his job and Kavya’s choice to submerge herself deeper in work bring with it the expected tiffs and quarrels but there is also maturity in handling the crises before they blow them apart.

Little Things is filled with nuanced details that build an intimate portrait of a relationship that has aged and weathered but is still strong. Having been bombarded for decades with high pitched love stories complete with songs, drama and convenient happily ever afters, it’s lovely to watch a couple celebrate the ordinariness of love and the importance of friendship in sustaining any long term relationship. In a world that’s constantly pulling us in different directions, and telling us about everything we don’t have, it’s the familiarity of the little things we share that truly makes for a great love story.

Little Things is thus nothing but a soft and gentle reminder that nothing really matters, except the little things.