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*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 –; 4 April 2023

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]