Dear Ishq


Dear Ishq 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.

Cast

Main

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

    Recurring

  • Kishwer Merchant 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. It is based on Ravinder Singh's Write Me A Love Story. 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

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.