Series synopsis
Bestseller is a drama television series that premiered on Prime Video on February 18, 2022. It ended on February 18, 2022. It was created by Sapna Malhotra, Siddharth P. Malhotra. It stars Shruti Haasan, Mithun Chakraborty, Arjan Bajwa and Gauahar Khan.
A novelist who is facing writer's block, meets a budding writer. Desperate, he decides to use her story for his next novel. At the same time, a film assistant is planning something vicious to destroy him and his close ones.
Premise
A novelist who is facing writer's block, meets a budding writer. Desperate, he decides to use her story for his next novel. At the same time, a film assistant is planning something vicious to destroy him and his close ones.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shruti Haasan as Meetu Mathur
- Mithun Chakraborty as Lokesh Pramanik
- Arjan Bajwa as Tahir Wazir
- Gauahar Khan as Mayanka Kapoor
- Sonalee Kulkarni as Urmila Ranade
- Satyajeet Dubey as Parth Acharya
- Suchitra Pillai as Sukanya
- Vaishnavi Karmarkar as Shalu
Supporting cast
- Mandar Gokhale as Main Cop
- Lalita Amrutkar as Savita
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 8 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | February 18, 2022 | February 18, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A bestseller, an author and two fans! Tahir Wazir, a bestselling novelist is hit by a writer’s block. Meetu Mathur, a budding writer and a huge fan of Tahir Wazir manages to meet him and pleads him to be her mentor. Does Meetu’s writing have an impact on Tahir? Parth Acharya joins Mayanka Kapoor, a celebrated ad film director as an intern. Is he there just to assist her or do something more? |
February 18, 2022 |
| 2 |
Story behind the scars. Tahir starts writing his new novel plagiarizing Meetu’s story and her narration of the story behind two of her scars. Meetu seems to fall for Tahir and Tahir seems to be obsessed by her, or rather her as a character in his story. Parth clones Tahir’s laptop, stalks him, wages a war of words on social media site on him. Does war of words cross boundary of 280 characters? |
February 18, 2022 |
| 3 |
Wazir is dead! War of words between Tahir and Meetu’s attacker reaches crescendo. ACP Lokesh makes a grand entry leaving an impact on all the concerned. Trap is set to catch the attacker. A night of glory at one place and a disaster at another. |
February 18, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Prime Video |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 18, 2022 |
| Last aired | February 18, 2022 |
| Runtime | 35 minutes |
| Status | ended |