''Four Years Later'', originally titled ''Four Years'' is an eight-part Australian-Indian romance drama, premiering on SBS and SBS on Demand on 2 October 2024. It is created, co-written, and

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by Mithila Gupta, and stars

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, Akshay Ajit Singh,

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, and

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Synopsis

The series follows the love story of two residents from

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, one of them being an aspiring doctor, whose families plan an arranged marriage. The doctor is almost immediately offered a medical traineeship in Australia, while the other resident (Sridevi) stays in India, resulting in the couple being separated for four years.

Production

The series is created, co-written, and

by Mithila Gupta, who has also written on '' The Heights'', ''

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'', '' Doctor Doctor'', ''

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'', and many other successful TV series. She moved with her family from

to Australia when she was four, so understands much about the migrant experience. Writing consultants included Nicole Reddy, of Fijian heritage, and Tamil Sri Lankan writer S. Shakthidharan, creator of the hit stage show ''

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''. Ian Collie, Stephen Corvini, and Rob Gibson are the producers of the series, while Fadia Abboud and Mohini Herse direct the series. Filming of the eight-part romance drama series from Easy Tiger Productions began in the Indian cities of

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and Jaipur in January 2024, before moving to

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in February. It was originally titled ''Four Years''. The series uses both

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and

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Cast

The cast was announced on 4 September 2024: *

as Sridevi * Akshay Ajit Singh as Yash *

as Gabs * Taj Aldeeb as Jamal * Roy Joseph as Arun *

as Matt * Yohan Philip as Rohit *

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as Dr Sandy Green

Broadcast

The series premiered with double episodes on SBS on 2 October 2024, with all episodes streaming on SBS on Demand from that date and screening double episodes each Wednesday for four weeks. The series has been subtitled in seven languages:

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, Hindi, and

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, and all episodes are also available with audio description.

Reception

The first two episodes of the show garnered 115,000 viewers. ''

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'' stated: "The relatively soft launch of this debut by ''Five Bedrooms'' screenwriter Mithila Gupta in this timeslot makes little sense". Sukhmani Khorana, a scholar of migrants' screen media and associate professor at

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, called it "not just an Indian-Australian love story... ut alsoa closeted feminist coming-of-age tale", that would appeal to a diverse TV audience. ''

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'' called it "a great series that tells a specific but universal Australian story". ''ScreenHub Australia'' gave it 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "compulsive viewing", "sharply observed and full of telling details when it comes to love", and "a well-written and eminently watchable modern love story".

Episodes

Accolades

References

External links

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