Bestseller (TV series)

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Bestseller
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Genre Suspense thriller
Based on Ravi Subramanian's 2015 novel The Bestseller She Wrote
Written by Anvita Dutt
Althea Kaushal
Directed byMukul Abhayankar
Starring
Music byRaju Singh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerSiddharth Malhotra
CinematographySameer Arya
EditorShachindra Vats
Production companyAlchemy Production LLP
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video
Release18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)

Bestseller is an Indian Hindi-language streaming television series based on Ravi Subramanian's 2015 novel The Bestseller She Wrote. It is written by Anvita Dutt, along with Althea Kaushal, directed by Mukul Abhayankar, and produced by Siddharth Malhotra under the Alchemy Production LLP banner. Starring Mithun Chakraborty, Shruti Haasan, Arjan Bajwa, Gauhar Khan, Sonalee Kulkarni and Satyajeet Dubey in main roles, the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 18 February 2022.

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Reception

Bestseller was released to mixed reviews with many criticizing the writing and direction, though the lead actors received a lot of praise for their performance.

Iraa Paul of DNA gave 2 stars and stated "The storyline is good and the execution is decent. Even when it goes into flashback, the series makes sense because of engaging dialogues and connected sequences. The psychological thriller will keep you wanting more every minute giving you a nail-biting experience." [1]

Shefali Deshpande of The Quint gave the movie, a rating of 1.5 out of 5, criticizing the writing and direction "It is slow, boring, looks and feels like multiple short films stitched together, and has character storylines that go nowhere. The show does pick up the story from the book but dilutes it and misses the chance to add visual depth, texture, colour, sound, and direction to make a pulpy piece with juice and ripeness. Even paper-thin stories can be worked on and bettered if used just as a blueprint." [2]

Reviewing the series in NDTV , Saibal Chatterjee wrote "Bestseller, eight chapters of unmitigated ennui, isn't the streaming equivalent of a racy, engrossing bestseller." [3] Rohan Naahar gave the series just half of one star out of five, calling it a pure junk. [4]

Subham Kulkarni of Koimoi gave 2 stars, stating "Bestseller is a show that could have been a brilliant thriller/Revenge drama, but the makers were too confused to shape it into one thing." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Bestseller' review: Shruti Haasan starrer psychological thriller will keep you on tenterhooks". DNA India. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. ↑ Deshpande, Shefali (2022-02-18). "'Bestseller' Review: Gauahar Khan Stands Out in a Drab and Dated Thriller". TheQuint. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Bestseller Review: Eight Chapters Of Unmitigated Ennui". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Bestseller review: Astonishingly inept Amazon show is one of the worst originals Indian streaming has ever produced". The Indian Express. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  5. ↑ Kulkarni, Shubham (2022-02-18). "Bestseller Review: Shruti Haasan Starrer Gets A Bit Interesting Mid Way But It's Too Late By Then". Koimoi. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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