Four Years Later is a sympathetically crafted and emotionally dense Indo-Australian show that explores the fragility of love stretched across distance and time. Created by Mithila Gupta, who co-directs with Mohini Herse and Fadia Abboud, the Lionsgate Play series follows a long-distance marriage that quietly frays under the pressures of migration and cultural displacement.

The English-Hindi language show centres on Sridevi (Shahana Goswami) and Yash (Akshay Ajit Singh). Their story begins in Jaipur. A traditional arranged marriage introduction develops into mutual attraction. Almost immediately after the wedding, Yash departs for Sydney to pursue a medical traineeship, leaving Sri behind to live with his conservative family.

The previously free-spirited Sri is compelled to sacrifice her personal aspirations, while Yash struggles to adjust to a new culture while driven to meet the high expectations set by his domineering, unbending father. The relationship survives through voice messages and video calls, as Sri waits for the day she can join Yash in Australia.

When Sri finally moves to Sydney, she finds a partner consumed by the pressures of work, cultural alienation and mounting debt. As Yash becomes increasingly absorbed in his responsibilities, Sri begins to explore Sydney, forging a friendship with cafe owner Gabs (Kate Box). In the midst of this,...

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