School Friends (TV series)

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School Friends
Genre Romance comedy
Developed byAlka Shukla, Apeksha Galundia, Siddharth Saini
Screenplay byApeksha Galundia
Directed bySahil Verma
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes19
Production
CinematographyChirayush Bhanushali
Editors
  • Shaikh Pervez
  • Waseem Ali
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companyRusk Studios
Original release
Network Amazon miniTV
Release23 August 2023 (2023-08-23)

School Friends is an Indian Hindi-language romance comedy television series produced by Rusk Studios. [1] The series features Navika Kotia, Aaditya Gupta, Manav Soneji, Alisha Parveen and Ansh Pandey. [2] [3] It premiered on Amazon miniTV on 23 August 2023. [4]

Contents

Cast

Production

The series was announced by Rusk Studios for Amazon miniTV. [5] Navika Kotia, Aaditya Gupta, Manav Soneji, Alisha Parveen and Ansh Pandey were signed as the lead. [2] [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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References

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