| 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 | Star Plus |
| Release | 17 July 1999 |
Star Bestsellers is an Indian anthology television series which aired on StarPlus from 17 July 1999 to 23 July 2000. [1] [2] [3]
Each episode of the series has a different story, director, and cast. [4]
| Episode # | Title | Directed By | Written By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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]
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