Dear Ishq

Dear Ishq
Genre	Drama Romance
Created by	Yash A Patnaik
Based on	Write Me A Love Story (2021)
Written by	Mamta Yash Patnaik
Screenplay by	Manoj Tripathi
Story by	Niranjan Iyengar Jessica Khurana
Directed by	Atif Khan
Creative director	Muskan Baraja
Starring	Sehban Azim Niyati Fatnani
Theme music composer	Reenam Jain
Composer	Anish John
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Gaurav Banerjee Dimpi Dey Nilamber Majumdar Namrata Roy Nimai Bali Amit Chandra
Producers	Yash A Patnaik Mamta Patnaik
Cinematography	Nidhin Valanday
Editors	Rakesh Lal Das Santosh Patel
Running time	20-31 minutes
Production companies	Beyond Dreams Entertainment Inspire Films
Original release
Network	Disney+ Hotstar
Release	26 January (2023-01-26) – 4 April 2023 (2023-04-04)

Dear Ishq (transl. Dear Love) is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television 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]

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!

The season one end with Abhimanyu getting falsely accused for a murder and feels betrayed by his girlfriend Asmita due to a misunderstanding. He's shown starting to write a new story titled "Killer Ishq" in vengeance.

Cast

Main

• Niyati Fatnani as Asmita Roy : Abhimanyu's love interest
• Sehban Azim as Abhimanyu Razdan : Asmita's love interest

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 principal photography of the series commenced began in January 2023 and wrapped up in April 2023.^[8][9] It was mainly shot at the Film City, Mumbai. The promo featuring the leads was released on 17 January 2023.^[10][11]

Reception

OTT Play reviewed the first episodes, where it sharply criticized the show for being cliched, having lack of focus, and questionable camera shots. They felt it was more in line with a typical Hindi television show than a web series.^[12]

Dhaval Roy of The Times of India rated the series 3/5 stars.^[13]

See also

• List of Disney+ Hotstar original programming

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. 17 January 2023.
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'". 25 January 2023.
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. "Sehban Azim Shares How He Was Convinced to Shoot an Intimate Scene in Dear Ishq". 22 February 2023.
9. "OTT show 'Dear Ishq' wraps up its shoot, leaves cast emotional". Cinema Express. April 2023.
10. Service, Tribune News. "Disney+ Hotstar drops the trailer of Dear Ishq". Tribuneindia News Service.
11. "A note to love: Disney+ Hotstar drops trailer of romantic drama, Dear Ishq!". 18 January 2023.
12. "Dear Ishq episode 1 review: Bade Acche Lagte Hai deja vu and worse".
13. "Dear Ishq Season 1 Review: Performances and gloss save this predictable love/Hate story". The Times of India.

External links

• Dear Ishq on Disney+ Hotstar
• Dear Ishq at IMDb