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Ishq In The Air

Ishq In The Air is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama mini-series about a chance meeting on a flight between two strangers from very different worlds, Naman and Kavya, whose encounter grows into an unexpected love story.¹ It was created by Deepali Handa, written by Akshay Jhunjhunwala, Riya Poojary, and Rajat Tiwari, directed by Tanmai Rastogi, and produced by Sameer Gogate for BBC Studios India.² The series premiered on 20 September 2024 on Amazon MX Player, Amazon's free video streaming service in India.³

Key fact	Detail
Format	Hindi-language mini-series, 1 season of 5 episodes, each about 34 to 35 minutes¹
Premiere	20 September 2024, with all five episodes released that day on Amazon MX Player³
Leads	Shantanu Maheshwari as Naman Kothari and Medha Rana as Kavya Mehra⁴
Premise	A chance meeting during a flight delay leads Naman, a shy aspiring photographer from Indore, and Kavya, a spirited Mumbai hairstylist, into a romance across their contrasting backgrounds⁵
Production	Directed by Tanmai Rastogi; created by Deepali Handa; produced by Sameer Gogate; studio BBC Studios India²
Reception	IMDb rating 8.1/10 from about 830 votes; Times of India critic rating 3.0/5⁶^•⁷
Availability	Free with ads on MX Player and Amazon MX Player in India¹

Spoilers

Premise and characters

The story follows Kavya Mehra (Medha Rana), a vibrant, outgoing, and successful hairstylist from Mumbai, and Naman Kothari (Shantanu Maheshwari), a shy, introverted aspiring photographer from Indore who is caught up in his family's namkeen business.⁵ A chance encounter on a flight collides their fates and propels them on an unforeseen journey of love, in which they must overcome the obstacles posed by their differing backgrounds and contrasting worlds.¹

The supporting cast includes Neela Mulherkar as Amma, Vandana Joshi as Reema, Meherzan Mazda as Arjun, Ritwik Sahore as Kartik, Gayatri Bhardwaj as Inaaya, Sanjeeva Vats as Naman's father, and Sanjay Gurbaxani as Kavya's father.⁸

Episodes

Season 1 consists of five episodes, all released on 20 September 2024: "Connecting", "Following", "Free Fall", "Excess Baggage", and "Last and Final Call".⁹

Reception

The Times of India reviewer Archika Khurana gave the season 3.0 out of 5, writing that the series brings a familiar romantic formula with fresh vibrancy and praising the chemistry between Maheshwari and Rana, while noting that the airport meeting premise resembles director Tanmai Rastogi's earlier work Ishq Express, in which the strangers met on a train.¹⁰ On IMDb the series holds a rating of 8.1/10 from roughly 830 users, with the most ratings coming from India, the United States, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan.⁶

Distribution and status

In India the series streams free with ads on MX Player and Amazon MX Player, and it is also carried through services such as Airtel Xstream Play and JioTV.¹^•¹¹ Listings disagree on its current status: TVmaze marks it as ended after its single 2024 season, Next Episode lists it as on hiatus, and Moviefone lists it as a returning series, and no second season has been announced.³^•¹²^•¹³

References

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