Star Bestsellers is an Indian anthology television series which aired on StarPlus from 17 July 1999 to 23 July 2000.[1][2][3]

Star Bestsellers
Star Bestsellers
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes38
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Original release
NetworkStarPlus
Release17 July 1999 (1999-07-17)

Plot

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Each episode of the series has a different story, director, and cast.[4]

Episode list

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Episode # Title Directed By Written By
01"Neeti (The Frog and the Scorpion)"Hansal Mehta[5]TBA
02"Shuruat"Rajit KapoorLoveleen Mishra
03"Prayas"Rajit Kapoor, Deep DudaniTBA
04"First Kill[6]"Sriram RaghavanTBA
05"Aakhir Kya Hota Hai Pyar"TBATBA
06"Kabaad"Usha DixitTBA
07"Zebra 2"Umesh PadalkarTBA
08"Kagaz Ka Rishta"TBATBA
09"Fat Chance"Parvathi BalagopalanTBA
10"Gulmohar"Niranjan ThadayBrijmohan
11"Vikrut"TBATBA
12"Fursat Mein aka Dayanand Phir Bola[6]"Tigamnshu DhuliaTigamnshu Dhulia
13"Telephone"Shabnam SukhdevShabnam Sukhdev
14"Last Train to Mahakali"Anurag KashyapTBA
15"Govind Aur Ganesh[7]"Indranil Goswami[8]TBA
16"Arth"Sanjay Upadhaya[9]Sanjay Upadhaya
17"Aneko Hitler"Tigmanshu DhuliaTBA
18"C.Z.H.E.K[10]"TBATBA
19"Dead End[11]"TBATBA
20"Abhay"TBATBA
21"Ek Shaam Ki Mulaquat[12]"Tigmanshu DhuliaBased on Gujarati short story by Chandrakant Bakshi
22"Anand[13]"TBATBA
23"The End[14]"TBATBA
24"Singh Parivar @ Jalandhar.Com"Maya Arora[15]TBA
25"Chaudwin Ka Chand"Gaurab PandeyGaurab Pandey
26"Bhoron Ne Khilaya Phool[6]"Tigmanshu DhuliaTBA
27"The Ring"Promod PradhanTBA
28"Masoom"Glen Barretto, Ankush MohlaTBA
29"Dil Se"TBATBA
30"Love On The Net[6]"Vinta NandaTBA
31"Ooncha Kaun"TBATBA
32"Ehsaas"TBATBA
33"Yeh Dil na Hota Bechara"Sameer DandekarSameer Dandekar
34"Kya Yahi Pyaar Hai[6]"Tanuja ChaturvediTBA
35"Witness[7]"Imtiaz AliTBA
36"Tripti"Rajit KapurTBA
37"Sharma v/s State Case No. 1329"Maya RaoTBA
38"Bank Balance"TBATBA

Reception

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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."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Jain, Atisha (9 January 2016). ""All of us who contributed to Star Bestsellers wanted to go on to make films," says Tigmanshu Dhulia". Hindustan Times.
  2. ^ a b Ghosh, Devarsi (24 March 2018). "'Star Bestsellers' revisited: The TV show where Anurag Kashyap, Sriram Raghavan and more started out". Scroll.in. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ "indya.com - STAR - STAR Utsav". 11 June 2004. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004.
  4. ^ Madhukalya, Anwesha (9 January 2017). "'Star Bestsellers' Was One Of The Best Shows On Indian Television And We Need It Back". Huffington Post.
  5. ^ "Star Bestsellers - Watch Episode 1 - Neeti (The Frog and the Scorpion) on Disney+ Hotstar". Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e Singh, Nisha (14 May 2020). "Quarantine Curation: Anurag to Imtiaz, 10 Star Bestsellers episodes directed by Bollywood bigwigs". India Today.
  7. ^ a b Ghosh, Devarsi (24 March 2019). "'Star Bestsellers' revisited: The TV show where Anurag Kashyap, Sriram Raghavan and more started out". Scroll.in.
  8. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  9. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  10. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  11. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  12. ^ "Goodbye, Irrfan: Chandrakanta to Darr, his best TV shows". India Today. 29 April 2020.
  13. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  14. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  15. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
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