Bebaakee

Premise

The series centers on Sufiyaan and Imtiaz, two men who are like brothers and together run one of the biggest media houses in Manali; the drama begins when both fall for the same woman, Kainaat, and she must choose between a good friend and a "bebaak" lover.³ ZEE5's own description names the three leads Kaiynaat Sahani, Sufiyaan Abdullah, and Imtiaz Alqazi, whose lives take a drastic turn when the trio falls into a twisted love triangle.⁵

The two families at the heart of the story, the Alqaazis and the Abdullahs, live together in one large house; the heads of the two families, Farhad and Adil, are best friends who run a digital media company, and their sons are likewise close friends before the rivalry over Kainaat begins.² Reviews place the household in the hill town of Shimla, where it runs a successful newspaper called United India,⁸ while the JustWatch synopsis locates the media house in Manali.³

Cast and characters

Kushal Tandon plays Sufiyaan, Shivjyoti Rajput plays Kaiynaat, and Karan Jotwani plays Imtiaz, the second lead of the triangle.^{1 • 9} The supporting cast includes Suchitra Pillai as Dana Alqaazi, the strong-willed wife of Farhad Alqazi, a character Pillai described as filled with shades of gray and determined to see everything go to her son Imtiaz rather than Sufiyaan.² Sameer Malhotra appears as Adil Abdullah, and the wider credited cast includes Ananya Bellos, Ishaan Dhawan, Indraneel Bhattacharya, Mahir Pandhi, Pubali Sanyal, Krutika Desai, and Pratik Sehajpal.^{5 • 10}

Episodes and release pattern

The first ten episodes were released together on 30 August 2020, with titles such as "Jab We Met", "Hate at First Sight", and "Breaking News"; a further block followed on 12 October 2020, and the remaining episodes arrived on 11 December 2020.⁵ TVmaze records the season as 31 episodes scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with the finale "Do or Die" airing on 11 December 2020.⁴ The season is listed as ended.⁴