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Dr. Arora

Dr. Arora (डॉ. अरोड़ा), also released as Dr. Arora – Gupt Rog Visheshagya, is an Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama web series created by Imtiaz Ali for the streaming platform SonyLIV. Set in 1999, it follows Dr. Vishesh Arora, a traveling sex consultant (gupt rog visheshagya, a specialist in "hidden" ailments), and his patients in the small towns of Jhansi, Morena, and Sawai Madhopur, whose encounters with him lead to unexpected enmities and unlikely friendships.¹ Kumud Mishra plays the title role.²

Key fact	Detail
Format	Hindi-language comedy-drama web series, 1 season of 8 episodes, average runtime about 37 minutes³
Setting	Year 1999, in the towns of Jhansi, Morena, and Sawai Madhopur¹
Creator and directors	Created by Imtiaz Ali; directed by Sajid Ali and Archit Kumar⁴
Lead cast	Kumud Mishra as Dr. Vishesh Arora, with Vidya Malvade, Vivek Mushran, Gaurav Parajuli, Sandeepa Dhar, Pitobash, Raj Arjun, and Shekhar Suman²
Release	Premiered on SonyLIV on 22 July 2022 (some listings give 21 July)⁴^•⁵
Production	A Window Seat Films and Reliance Entertainment production, produced by Mohit Choudhary⁶
Ratings	Indian Express 1.5/5; Times of India 3/5; IMDb 7.1/10⁷^•⁸^•²

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Premise and setting

The series is set in 1999, when the concept of a sex doctor is alien to the towns it depicts.⁹ Dr. Vishesh Arora runs clinics in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, and Jhansi and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, traveling between them by train and treating patients for problems including erectile dysfunction, nightfall, premature ejaculation, and gonorrhea.⁸ The Times of India review described the show as underlining how sex remains a taboo subject in India, and as a look at toxic masculinity, with men going to great lengths to prove they are "manly enough" to not have problems.⁸

Arora's backstory drives the personal plot: his ex-wife Vaishali (Vidya Malvade) left him because he could not satisfy her in bed, and this experience inspired him to run the sex clinic and help others with similar problems. Even after 17 years of separation he still has feelings for her, and the story moves between his past and present.⁸

Imtiaz Ali said the idea came from his train journeys between Jamshedpur and Delhi, where he noticed that the most advertised service in small north Indian towns was that of local sex doctors, and wondered what it would be like inside such clinics.¹⁰

Cast and production

Kumud Mishra heads the cast as Dr. Vishesh Arora. The principal supporting cast includes Vidya Malvade as Vaishali Jagota, Gaurav Parajuli as Devendar Thakur, Vivek Mushran as newspaper proprietor Dinkar Bagla, Sandeepa Dhar as Mithu Tomar, Ajitesh Gupta as SP Tej Pratap Singh Tomar, Pitobash as Singhada, Raj Arjun as Firangi Baba, Himani Shivpuri as Arora's mother, and Shekhar Suman as Dharamveer Kulshreshtha.²

The series is a Window Seat Films and Reliance Entertainment production for SonyLIV, produced by Mohit Choudhary, with cinematography by Rajesh Shukla and writing credited to Imtiaz Ali, Arif Ali, Divya Johry, and Divya Prakash Dubey.⁶^•⁴ The teaser released in April 2022 withheld the doctor's face, with the logline "Stree ho ya purush, sab ko kare durust" (whether woman or man, he sets everyone right).¹¹

Reception

Reviews were mixed, with critics praising Kumud Mishra's performance while faulting the writing. The Indian Express gave the series 1.5 out of 5, calling the plotting bizarre and objecting to an opening storyline involving a sexual assault and a false accusation, while crediting Mishra with a sensitive performance.⁷ The Hindustan Times similarly wrote that the show was undone by insensitive writing but was partly salvaged by Mishra and a competent supporting cast.¹² The Times of India gave 3 out of 5, calling it an earnest attempt to bring sexual well-being into debate but a complex and uneven story whose conclusion to the love story was a letdown.⁸ OTTplay also rated it 3 out of 5.¹³ On IMDb the series holds a 7.1/10 rating from about 2,000 users.²

The season ends on a cliffhanger that the Indian Express read as a setup for a second season; no second season has been listed, and the series is recorded as concluded after its single 2022 season.⁷^•¹⁴

Music

The series features several songs, which the Outlook India review noted as unusual for a web series. The track "Mehram," composed by Niladri Kumar and sung by Arijit Singh, was singled out for praise.¹⁵ Music credits also include Anand Bhaskar and Ajay Jayanthi.⁴

Availability

Dr. Arora streams on SonyLIV, and in India is also available through VI movies and tv and, free with ads, on SonyLIV.² Apple TV lists audio in Hindi plus Bangla, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs, with English subtitles, and an adults-only (A) rating for language and sexual content.¹⁶

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Web-native and streaming-original series › Indian and South Asian web series › Premiered 2021 to 2025

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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