''Star Bestsellers'' is an Indian
anthology television series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a differ ...
which aired on
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...
from 17 July 1999 to 23 July 2000.
[
Writers and directors who worked in creating the episodes of the series include ]Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...
, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Tigmanshu Dhulia (born 3 July 1967) is an Indian film dialogue writer, director, actor, screenwriter, producer and casting director known for his works in Hindi cinema and Television. He wrote the dialogue for the 1998 film '' Dil Se..'', the f ...
, Imtiaz Ali, Sriram Raghavan
Sriram Raghavan (born 22 June 1963) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is primarily considered an auteur of neo-noir action thrillers.
Raghavan made his directorial debut with '' Ek Hasina Thi'' (2004). H ...
and Hansal Mehta
Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show ''Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like ''Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) and ...
.
Plot
The series aired different stories with each episode having a different story, director, and cast.
Episode list
Reception
Devarshi Ghosh of ''Scroll'' found the episodes of varying quality and called it "''a portal into the stories, sensibilities and aesthetics that our best filmmakers were occupied with at the turn of the millennium''"''.''
References
External links
Star Bestsellers
on Hotstar
Disney+ Hotstar (also known as Hotstar) is an Indian brand of subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment of Disney Star and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both di ...
{{Star Plus Shows
StarPlus original programming
Indian drama television series
1999 Indian television series debuts
2000 Indian television series endings
Indian anthology television series