Never Kiss Your Best Friend season 1

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Never Kiss Your Best Friend
Season 1
Starring Nakuul Mehta
Anya Singh
Nikki Walla
Rituraj Singh
No. of episodes18
Release
Original releaseJanuary 2020 (2020-01)
Season chronology
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Season 2

The first season Indian television series was premiered on ZEE5 in January 2020 starring Nakuul Mehta, Anya Singh, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Niki Aneja, Rituraj Singh, and Vivek Mushran. [1] [2] The season was directed by Arif Khan, written by Durjoy Datta and Sumrit Shahi and produced by 11:11 Productions. [3] [4] [5] Never Kiss Your Best Friend was shot in London. [6]

Contents

Cast

Reception

Heer Kothari from The Free Press Journal gave four star stating " A refreshing web series". [7] Shubham Kulkarni from Koimoi wrote " Nakuul Mehta & Anya Singh Starrer Is A Staple Drama With An Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Hangover To It". [8] Ruchita Mishra from Peeping wrote " Kya pyaar dosti hai?' Nakuul Mehta’s and Anya Singh's friendly rom-com is totally relatable". [9] Arushi Jain from Indian Express wrote" An easy-breezy show on love and friendship". [10]

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References

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  9. "Never Kiss Your Best Friend Review: 'Kya pyaar dosti hai?' Nakuul Mehta's and Anya Singh's friendly rom-com is totally relatable!". www.peepingmoon.com/. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  10. "Never Kiss Your Best Friend review: An easy-breezy show on love and friendship". The Indian Express. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2022.