''Dear Ishq'' () is an Indian

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-language romantic

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web serial that premiered on 26 January 2023 on the

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, it stars

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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

as Asmita Roy : Abhimanyu's love interest *

as Abhimanyu Razdan : Asmita's love interest

Recurring

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as Maya Costa * Puneet Tejwani as Peter Costa *

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as Raman Razdan * Roma Bali as Nita Razdan * Jyoti B Mukherji as Sharmila Roy *

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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

by Beyond Dreams Entertainment. It is based on Ravinder Singh's ''Write Me A Love Story'' (2021).

and

were signed as the lead. The

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of the series commenced began in January 2023 and wrapped up in April 2023. It was mainly shot at the

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. The promo featuring the leads was released on 17 January 2023.

Reception

Critical reception

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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.

References

External links

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