Indian soap opera
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. Produced by Yash A Patnaik and Mamta Patnaik under the banner Beyond Dreams Entertainment and Inspire Films, it stars Sehban Azim and Niyati Fatnani.
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.
Production.
The series was announced on Disney+ Hotstar by Beyond Dreams Entertainment. It is based on Ravinder Singh's "Write Me A Love Story" (2021). Sehban Azim and Niyati Fatnani were signed as the lead. The principal photography of the series commenced began in January 2023 and wrapped up in April 2023. It was mainly shot at the Film City, Mumbai. The promo featuring the leads was released on 17 January 2023.
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.
Dhaval Roy of "The Times of India" rated the series 3/5 stars.
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