Bench Life

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Bench Life
Bench Life.jpg
Promotional release poster
Genre Drama
Written byManasa Sharma
Mahesh Uppala
Directed byManasa Sharma
Starring
Music byPk Dandi
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producerRamesh Manyam
Producer Niharika Konidela
CinematographyDanush Bhaskar
Editor Prawin Pudi
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time39-42 mins
Production companyPink Elephant Pictures
Original release
Network SonyLIV
Release12 September 2024 (2024-09-12)

Bench Life is an Indian Telugu-language drama streaming television series written and directed by Manasa Sharma. [1] Produced by Niharika Konidela under Pink Elephant Pictures, [2] it stars Vaibhav, Charan Peri, Ritika Singh, Aakanksha Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Nayan Sarika, Venkatesh Kakumanu and Tanikella Bharani. [3] [4] The series premiered on SonyLIV on 12 September 2024. [5] [6]

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Cast

Production

The series was announced by Pink Elephant Pictures on SonyLIV. [8] The trailer of the series was released on 26 August 2024. [9]

Reception

Satya Pulagam of ABP Desam awarded the series 3/5 stars. [10] Avad Mohammad from OTTplay rated the series three-and-a-half out of five stars. [11] Sruthi Ganapathy Raman from Scroll.in reviewed the series. [12]

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