Star Bestsellers

1999 Indian TV series or programme

Star Bestsellers

Country of origin| India
Original language| Hindi
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 38
Production
Camera setup| Multi-camera
Original release
Network| StarPlus
Release| 17 July 1999 (1999-07-17)

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

## 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

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

## 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.

## External links

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* Star Bestsellers on Hotstar

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