{ "id": "ep8qgfatxn", "slug": "premala-conditions-apply", "title": "Premala Conditions Apply", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_south_asia", "label": "South and Southeast Asian serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_south_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_south_asia.marathi_bengali_serials", "label": "Marathi and Bengali serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_south_asia.marathi_bengali_serials" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "India · 2021 and later: International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "path": [ { "id": "geo.ind", "label": "India", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021", "label": "India · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Premala Conditions Apply (प्रेमाला कंडिशन्स अप्लाय) is a 2026 Marathi romantic drama ZEE5 web series, directed by Gaurav Patki, starring Siddharth Menon and Janhavi Uday as office lovers Rishi and Ananya in a Mumbai IT firm with a no-dating policy; 50 episodes.", "snippet": "Premala Conditions Apply (प्रेमाला कंडिशन्स अप्लाय) is a 2026 Marathi romantic drama ZEE5 web series, directed by Gaurav Patki, starring Siddharth Menon and Janhavi Uday as office lovers Rishi and Ananya in a Mumbai IT firm with a no-dating policy; 50 episodes.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_south_asia.marathi_bengali_serials", "markdown": "# Premala Conditions Apply\n\n**Premala Conditions Apply** (प्रेमाला कंडिशन्स अप्लाय) is a Marathi-language romantic drama web series that premiered on the streaming platform ZEE5 on 24 June 2026. It follows Ananya and Rishi, two young professionals at a mid-sized IT company in Mumbai whose growing relationship collides with a strict no-dating policy, workplace hierarchy, and their own ambitions.[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) • [2](https://www.zee5.com/gu/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Platform and premiere | ZEE5 original, released 24 June 2026, in Marathi with English subtitles[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) |\n| Genre | Romance and drama; rated U/A 16+[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) |\n| Setting | A mid-sized IT company in Mumbai with a strict no-dating policy[2](https://www.zee5.com/gu/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) |\n| Lead cast | Siddharth Menon as Rishikesh; Janhavi Uday as Ananya[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) |\n| Crew | Directed by Gaurav Patki; story and screenplay by Kalyani Pandit; produced by Sunil Vasant Bhosale[2](https://www.zee5.com/gu/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) |\n| Season length | 50 episodes in season 1, each roughly 19 to 27 minutes[3](https://www.zee5.com/te/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) |\n| Reception | 8.5/10 on IMDb from 49 user ratings[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43593165/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe series is set inside a mid-scale IT company in Mumbai, described by TVmaze as the kind of workplace with a vision statement in the lobby and open-plan seating that mostly serves to keep a watch on rival teams.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/94257/premala-conditions-apply) Ananya, an intern, meets Rishi at a party on the eve of her internship, and in the second episode she discovers that he is her team lead.[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) Their friendship turns into a romance that the two must keep hidden, because the company enforces a no-dating policy and their professional roles place Rishi in a position of authority over Ananya.[2](https://www.zee5.com/gu/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912)\n\nThe Marathi daily TV9 Marathi described the story as an emotional tale of two colleagues caught between corporate rules and their feelings, tracing how casual friendship, shared ambitions, and growing attraction become a relationship that neither can ignore, while workplace expectations, hierarchy, and personal ambition test it.[6](https://www.tv9marathi.com/entertainment/premala-conditions-apply-series-starring-siddharth-menon-janhavi-uday-on-zee5-watch-trailer-1696415.html/amp) Ananya's arc is one of self-discovery and learning to listen to her own voice; Rishi's involves leadership, responsibility, and emotional insecurity.[6](https://www.tv9marathi.com/entertainment/premala-conditions-apply-series-starring-siddharth-menon-janhavi-uday-on-zee5-watch-trailer-1696415.html/amp)\n\n### Cast and characters\n\nSiddharth Menon plays [Rishikesh](https://www.edgepedia.org/rishikesh) (Rishi) and Janhavi Uday plays Ananya. The supporting cast listed by ZEE5 includes Devika Daftardar as Ananya's mother, Chinmayee Sumeet as Rishikesh's mother, and Ganesh Yadav as Rishikesh's father.[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) A longer cast list published alongside the series adds Kadambari Kadam, Meera Velankar, Manmeet Pem, Amruta Bane, Anshuman Joshi, Kapil Redkar, Dhanashree Parag, Samrundhi Agarwal, and Vaishnavi Ambavane.[2](https://www.zee5.com/gu/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912)\n\n**Kadambari Kadam as Meera.** Kadam, an actress known for the ZEE TV series *Teen Bahuraniyaan*, plays Meera, the office boss. In an interview with Filmibeat she described Meera as an empowered, modern woman who is not only a boss with her own ethics and parameters of right and wrong, but also comes from a privileged background, has a supportive husband, already has a child, and is pregnant for the second time. Kadam said the biggest challenge of the role was remembering that her character was pregnant.[7](https://www.filmibeat.com/amphtml/ott/premala-conditions-apply-kadambari-kadam-biggest-challenge-of-playing-a-pregnant-woman-zee5-529145.html)\n\nSources give the lead actress's name differently: ZEE5's cast credits say Janhavi Uday, while the same platform's descriptive text and the Times of India listing say Janhavi Sawant.[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) • [8](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/web-series-details/marathi/premala-conditions-apply/webseriesshow/131838563.cms)\n\n## Release and episodes\n\nSeason 1 comprises 50 episodes, released in weekly batches. The first five episodes appeared on 24 June 2026, episodes 6 through 10 on 1 July, and episodes 11 through 15 on 8 July.[3](https://www.zee5.com/te/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) • [1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) Episode runtimes range from about 19 to 27 minutes, with titles that borrow from workplace and technology vocabulary, including \"Conditions Apply\", \"Game On\", \"Talking Stage\", \"Data Sync\", \"Server Down\", \"System Overload\", and \"Fake Boyfriend\".[1](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912) TVmaze lists the show's schedule as Wednesdays.[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/94257/premala-conditions-apply)\n\nThe series is also available through ZEE5's distribution partners, including Tata Play Binge and Airtel Xstream Play, where eligible Airtel plans bundle access to ZEE5 content.[9](https://www.tataplaybinge.com/watch/shows/premala-conditions-apply/40357) • [10](https://www.airtelxstream.in/tv-shows/premala-conditions-apply/ZEEFIVE_TVSHOW_0-6-4z5979912)\n\n## Reception\n\nOn IMDb the series holds a rating of 8.5/10 based on 49 user ratings, with an unweighted mean of 8.4; the countries with the most ratings are India and the United States.[11](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43593165/ratings/) A Fever FM review of the first five episodes gave the series 3 out of 5 stars, praising the chemistry between Siddharth Menon and Janhavi Uday, the modern feel, and the background score, while finding the corporate world of the show underdeveloped.[12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsxOXtUwtvA)\n\nVR Hema, Chief Channel Officer of Zee Marathi and Business Head of Marathi ZEE5, said at announcement that the intent was to bring to screen a love story that feels deeply real and rooted in today's professional world.[13](https://culturecrossroads.ca/posts/zee5-global-s-new-series-premala-conditions-apply-brings-a-forbidden-love-story/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Premala Conditions Apply, ZEE5](https://www.zee5.com/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912)\n2. [Premala Conditions Apply, ZEE5 (Gujarati interface page with series description)](https://www.zee5.com/gu/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912)\n3. [Premala Conditions Apply, ZEE5 (Telugu interface page, 50 episodes)](https://www.zee5.com/te/global/web-series/details/premala-conditions-apply/0-6-4z5979912)\n4. [Premala Conditions Apply (TV Series 2026) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43593165/)\n5. [Premala Conditions Apply, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/94257/premala-conditions-apply)\n6. [कामाच्या ठिकाणी प्रेम टिकू शकत का? मराठमोळ्या वेब सीरिजने वेधलं लक्ष, TV9 Marathi](https://www.tv9marathi.com/entertainment/premala-conditions-apply-series-starring-siddharth-menon-janhavi-uday-on-zee5-watch-trailer-1696415.html/amp)\n7. [Premala Conditions Apply: Kadambari Kadam On Biggest Challenge Of Playing A Pregnant Woman, Filmibeat](https://www.filmibeat.com/amphtml/ott/premala-conditions-apply-kadambari-kadam-biggest-challenge-of-playing-a-pregnant-woman-zee5-529145.html)\n8. [Premala Conditions Apply Review, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/web-series-details/marathi/premala-conditions-apply/webseriesshow/131838563.cms)\n9. [Watch Premala Conditions Apply Online on Tata Play Binge](https://www.tataplaybinge.com/watch/shows/premala-conditions-apply/40357)\n10. [Premala Conditions Apply TV Show, Airtel Xstream Play](https://www.airtelxstream.in/tv-shows/premala-conditions-apply/ZEEFIVE_TVSHOW_0-6-4z5979912)\n11. [Premala Conditions Apply (TV Series 2026) - Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43593165/ratings/)\n12. [Premala Conditions Apply Review, Fever FM, YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsxOXtUwtvA)\n13. 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