A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend is an Indian drama-mystery, digital science fiction thriller streaming television series by Arré.[2] The series revolves around the story of a relationship between Sam (Harman Singha),[3] a genius app developer, and a woman. Only, the woman is the first-of-its-kind Artificial Intelligence Simulated Humanoid Assistant (A.I.SHA). Things take a turn for the worse when A.I.SHA (Nimisha Mehta) develops a mind of her own.[4][5]
| A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Science fiction Drama Thriller Mystery |
| Written by | Harman Singha Raghu Ram Shiv Singh |
| Screenplay by | Abhash Singh (Dialogues) |
| Directed by | Sahir Raza Ajay Bhuyan (Season 3) |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Hindi (main language) English telugu (one season) |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Producers | B. Saikumar Ravi Luthria Rajiv Laxman Raghu Ram[1] |
| Production locations | India, Mumbai |
| Cinematography | Sidhant Chowdhry (Season 3) |
| Editors | Abhimanyu Sengupta (Season 1) Shlok Bhandari (Season 2) Abhishek Shekhawat (Season 3) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Arre (brand) |
| Release | April 9, 2016 – April 9, 2019 |
The first season consists of seven episodes. In July 2016, it was announced the series had been renewed for a second season [6][7] and premiered on March 23, 2017.[8] The First episode of the third season was premiered on March 4, 2019, and streamed on arre.co.in, the Arré app, and MX Player.[9]
Plot
editSam is a 26-year-old genius app developer working at Future Lens. He is a loner, who falls hopelessly in love with a colleague Kriti (Auritra Ghosh), he can't bring himself to even talk to. Sid (Raghu Ram), his boss, is an out-and-out megalomaniac who makes Sam's life a living hell. With both his work and social life unsteady, Sam puts all his effort into the creation of a true artificial intelligence program, an autonomous virtual assistant whom he calls ‘Aisha’. He's out to prove to the world that he is the greatest Artificial Intelligence app developer but things take a turn for the worse when Siddhu, his only friend, threatens him about A.I.SHA (Nimisha Mehta) and everything hits rock bottom when AISHA falls madly in love with Sam.[4]
Cast and characters
edit- Harman Singha/Ruslaan Mumtaz as Sameer Luthra
- Nimisha Mehta as A.I.SHA
- Raghu Ram as Siddharth Babbar
- Aahana Kumra as Shivi Malhotra
- Auritra Ghosh as Kriti
- Flora Saini as Mariyam James
- Adesh Sidhu as Siddhu and Cyrus
- Sameer Sharma as Adil Sheikh
- Manav Kaul as Professor Kishore Saraswat
- Rashi Mal as Abby
- Meherzan Mazda as Faiz
- Bhavin Bhanushali as Rishi
- Aman Bhagat as Raj
- Nasir Abdullah as Kulkarni
Reception
editThe series has received critical acclaim for the authenticity is maintains when it comes to portraying cybercrime.
The second season premiered across Arre's Android and iOS app, on its website and its partner platforms including Facebook, YouTube, SonyLIV, YuppTV, Vodafone Play and now, even on a Jet Airways flight. A French TV channel TF1 Xtra has picked up the show and does frequent reruns. The show has also found a platform in Vodafone Play and Ola Play and has been translated into Tamil and Telugu to reach a wider audience.[8]
Accolades
editA.I.SHA has won the best overall web series and best suspense/thriller at South Florida WebFest in Miami. The show had been selected from among a selected screening of the best 27 global web series and short films that were shortlisted.[10]
Arré's first web series A.I.SHA | My Virtual Girlfriend won five awards at the recently held LA Web Festival for Best Series, Best Editing, Best Direction, Best Actress and Best Overall Premise within the Drama Category, from among a selected shortlist of 35 web series across the world. The series was also nominated for Best Sound Design, Visual Effects, Outstanding Score, Cinematography, Supporting Actor, Best Actor and Writing.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Arre to launch new series 'A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend'". www.indiantelevision.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "6 'desi' web series that created a buzz in 2016". Economic Times. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Meet actor Harman Singha, VJ Rannvijay's younger brother". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ a b "A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend". www.arre.co.in. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend & India's Online Serials". www.desiblitz.com/content. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Arré strengthens its content strategy". bestmediainfo.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- ^ "Arré's cult and award winning web series A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend is back with a season two". www.indiantelevision.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- ^ a b "India's answer to Black Mirror: A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend is coming back for a second season". www.gizmodo.in. Archived from the original on June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "A.I.SHA My Virtual Girlfriend Season 3". Arre. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Arré's AISHA My Virtual Girlfriend wins at WebFest". www.indiantelevision.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Arres AISHA My Virtual Girlfriend wins 5 awards at LA Web Festival". www.exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.