Dear Ishq

Dear Ishq (transl. Dear Love) is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama web serial that premiered on 26 January 2023 on the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service.[1] Produced by Yash A Patnaik and Mamta Patnaik under the banner Beyond Dreams Entertainment and Inspire Films, it stars Sehban Azim and Niyati Fatnani.[2]

Dear Ishq
GenreDrama
Romance
Created byYash A Patnaik
Based onWrite Me A Love Story (2021)
Written byMamta Yash Patnaik
Screenplay byManoj Tripathi
Story by
  • Niranjan Iyengar
  • Jessica Khurana
Directed byAtif Khan
Creative directorMuskan Bajaj
Starring
Theme music composerReenam Jain
ComposerAnish John
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Gaurav Banerjee
  • Dimpi Dey
  • Nilamber Majumdar
  • Namrata Roy
  • Nimai Bali
  • Amit Chandra
Producers
  • Yash A Patnaik
  • Mamta Patnaik
CinematographyNidhin Valanday
Editors
  • Rakesh Lal Das
  • Santosh Patel
Running time20-31 minutes
Production companiesBeyond Dreams Entertainment
Inspire Films
Release
Original networkDisney+ Hotstar
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original release26 January (2023-01-26) –
4 April 2023 (2023-04-04)

Premise

Abhimanyu is a noted romantic fiction writer with a huge female fan following. He is moody, arrogant and rude with his remarks. He gets into an argument with Asmita Roy who is a literary editor, sharing different ideologies about love and fiction. How these two loggerheads fall into love forms the rest of the story!

Cast

Main

Recurring
  • Kishwer Merchant[3] as Maya Costa
  • Puneet Tejwani as Peter Costa
  • Kunal Verma as Rizwan Khan
  • Buneet Kapoor as Shauvik Sen
  • Tanya Nisha Sharma as Shalini Vats
  • Sanjeev Seth as Raman Razdan
  • Roma Bali as Nita Razdan
  • Jyoti B Mukherji as Sharmila Roy
  • Beena Banerjee as Charulata Roy
  • Sugandh Dhindaw as Bani Kapoor
  • Shamikh Abbas as Bijoy Roy
  • Kaveri Ghosh as Bindoo Sen
  • Preetesh Manas as Anirban Das
  • Sandeep Soni as Nannu, Abhimanyu's servant
  • Viyanna Dadwani as Pia Costa
  • Simran Rawal as Arya
  • Gagan Deep as Dev
  • Priya Shukla as Receptionist
  • Shiv Pathak as Peon
  • Kalpesh Rajgor as Cafe Owner
  • Brijesh Mourya as Waiter

Production

The series was announced on Disney+ Hotstar by Beyond Dreams Entertainment.[4][5] It is based on Ravinder Singh's Write Me A Love Story (2021).[6] Sehban Azim and Niyati Fatnani were signed as the lead.[7] The promo featuring the leads was released on 17 January 2023.[8][9]

Reception
Professional reviews
Review scores
Source Rating
The Times of India[10]

Critical reception

OTT Play reviewing the first episodes, "the show was sharply criticized for being cliched, lack of focus, and questionable camera shots. They felt it was more in line with a typical Hindi television show than a web series."[11]

See also

References
  1. "'Dear Ishq' Trailer: Sehban Azim and Niyati Fatnani starrer 'Dear Ishq' Official Trailer". The Times of India.
  2. "'Dear Ishq' trailer promises dramatic romance between an author and an editor - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Kishwer Merchantt, who is part of Dear Ishq on Disney+ Hotstar, talks about the show, OTT & more".
  4. "New show 'Dear Ishq' announced by Disney + Hotstar. All details here". The Economic Times.
  5. "Disney+ Hotstar announces new show 'Dear Ishq'". 21 January 2023.
  6. "From Reading Book To Watching K-Dramas, Sehban Azim Did It All For 'Dear Ishq'".
  7. "Sehban Azim and Niyati Fitnani come together for a new show titled Dear Ishq : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 25 January 2023.
  8. Service, Tribune News. "Disney+ Hotstar drops the trailer of Dear Ishq". Tribuneindia News Service.
  9. "A note to love: Disney+ Hotstar drops trailer of romantic drama, Dear Ishq!".
  10. "Dear Ishq Season 1 Review: Performances and gloss save this predictable love/Hate story". The Times of India.
  11. "Dear Ishq episode 1 review: Bade Acche Lagte Hai deja vu and worse".
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