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Indori Ishq

Indori Ishq (इंदौरी इश्क) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama web series directed by Samit Kakkad and written by Kunal Marathe, released as an MX Player original on 10 June 2021¹^•². It stars Ritvik Sahore and Vedika Bhandari as teenage sweethearts whose relationship collapses when the boy moves from Indore to Mumbai².

Key fact	Detail
Original release	10 June 2021 on MX Player, free with advertisements¹^•³
Format	9 episodes of roughly 25 to 29 minutes each; Hindi with Telugu and Tamil dubbed versions¹^•⁴
Lead cast	Ritvik Sahore as Kunal, Vedika Bhandari as Tara, with Aashay Kulkarni, Dheer Hira, Donna Munshi, Tithi Raaj, and Meera Joshi³
Key crew	Director Samit Kakkad; writer Kunal Marathe; cinematography Vijay Mishra; music Prashanth Srinivas; production Sumit Kakkad Films¹
Ratings	IMDb 6.9/10 from about 4,600 votes; Times of India critic rating 3.0/5; Gadgets360 user rating 2.7/5⁵^•⁶^•¹
Certificate	16+, with advisories for violence, profanity, sexual content, and depiction of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use¹^•⁷

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Plot

The story opens in Indore, where twelfth-grader Kunal (Ritvik Sahore) makes comic, unsuccessful attempts to woo his classmate Tara (Vedika Bhandari) before finally proposing to her, in one account at an Altaf Raja concert, and beginning a high school romance¹^•⁷.

After school ends, Kunal leaves his hometown and moves to Mumbai to join a naval college, considering himself the happiest man alive: in love, admitted to a top institution, and with proud parents². The turning point comes when Tara leaves him for someone else. Unable to accept her unfaithfulness, Kunal turns to alcohol and chain smoking, skips college, and moves into a rundown room in Darukhana, a neighborhood in Mumbai, spending his days drinking, smoking, and missing Tara while his naval college plans fall away¹^•³. The synopsis adds that later in the series Kunal is again played by Tara¹.

The narrative shifts between the couple's time together in Indore and Kunal's life after the breakup⁸.

Cast and characters

Ritvik Sahore plays Kunal, the Indore teenager whose life unravels in Mumbai, and Vedika Bhandari plays Tara, his schooltime crush and later his former girlfriend³. The supporting cast includes Aashay Kulkarni as Mahesh, Dheer Hira as Hari, Donna Munshi as Reshma, Tithi Raaj as Kamna, and Meera Joshi as Aliya³.

Production and release

The series was produced for MX Player by Sumit Kakkad Films, with producers credited including Gautam Talwar, Amrita Goswami, and Durgesh Ashok Gupta¹^•⁷. It was announced as an MX Player original telling a story of unrequited love, and began streaming free on the platform from 10 June 2021². One aggregator, Digit Binge, lists the release date as 9 June 2021, while most sources, including MX Player's own listings, give 10 June⁴^•¹.

Reception

The Times of India's review gave the season a critic's rating of 3.0 out of 5, describing it as an engaging love-betrayal saga and noting that the series briefly raises the question of whether socially accepted rules of commitment and faithfulness differ drastically for the two sexes⁶. On IMDb the series holds a 6.9/10 rating from about 4,600 users, with an unweighted mean of 7.7; per-episode ratings in season 1 range from 7.2 for the finale to 8.7 for episode 8⁵^•⁹. Gadgets360 lists a user rating of 2.7/5¹.

Availability

The series streams free with advertisements on MX Player, Amazon MX Player, and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads³. Audio is offered in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, with subtitles in Hindi and English⁷.

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › South and Southeast Asian serials › Hindi serials and Indian Hindi-language dramas › Family and social dramas › Romantic dramas › Contemporary romantic serials

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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