School Friends (TV series)

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School Friends
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Genre Romance comedy
Developed byAlka Shukla, Apeksha Galundia, Siddharth Saini
Screenplay byApeksha Galundia
Directed bySahil Verma
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes39
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 | MXPlayer, formerly known as 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

Archika Khurana from The Times of India rated the series 3/5 stars. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Navika Kotia: Sridevi's daughter in English Vinglish makes OTT debut with Amazon miniTV's School Friends".
  3. 1 2 "Anandibaa Aur Emily fame actor Manav Soneji to play a comic role in Amazon Mini Tv's series 'School Friend'". 24 May 2023.
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  6. "School Friends Season 1 Review : A binge-able high school drama with an ordinary premise". The Times of India.Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg