Cameras are now rolling on Four Years Later – SBS' first foray into an original scripted series to be filmed across two countries, told in dual languages. A romance that delves into the complex ways love can change over time and distance, the new eight-part series shoots in Mumbai and Jaipur, before moving to Sydney in late February.
Four Years Later explores the love story of Sridevi and Yash, who have to endure four years apart right after their wedding when Yash lands a medical traineeship in Australia.
The series follows Yash and Sridevi’s turbulent time apart and reconnection – two timelines, two worlds, told through dual perspectives. The story explores themes of the changing nature of love, intimacy and belonging as you change within yourself and asks what it takes to find your way back to someone you have deeply loved after so long apart.
Akshay Ajit Singh and Shahana Goswami during filming for 'Four Years Later'. Credit: SBS / Megha Chhattani
Created by Mithila Gupta (Five Bedrooms, Bump) and featuring a writing team all with South Asian heritage – Gupta, Nicole Reddy and S. Shakthidharan – the series is being directed by Mohini Herse (the SBS Digital Original Appetite) and Fadia Abboud (Year Of, Five Bedrooms).
“It has been a dream come true to bring Australian and Indian crews together on this series and tell such a culturally specific story through the universal lens of love, familial expectations, and most of all: belonging. I hope each and every viewer sees reflections of themselves in Sridevi and Yash," Gupta says.
SBS Head of Scripted, Julie Eckersley, describes Four Years Later as "a true romance. It explores modern intimacy and relationships in the context of two countries and two deeply flawed but lovable characters."
Produced by Easy Tiger’s Ian Collie and Rob Gibson (Colin From Accounts, The Twelve), Stephen Corvini (Hungry Ghosts, Safe Harbour) and with the support of Indian production company Suitable Pictures. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with SBS and financed with support from Screen NSW through the Made in NSW Fund. International Sales are being handled by ITV Studios.
