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| name = Star Bestsellers<br />
| image = [[File:sbstar.jpg|150 px|STAR BESTSELLERS]]<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
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| first_aired = {{Start date|df=y|1999|07|17}}<br />
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'''''Star Bestsellers''''' is an [[India]]n [[Anthology series|anthology television series]] which aired on [[Star Plus]] from 17 July 1999 to 23 July 2000.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/all-of-us-who-contributed-to-star-bestsellers-wanted-to-go-on-to-make-films-says-tigmanshu-dhulia/story-3lJII4dWOYEpLqPBqdzXgO.html|title="All of us who contributed to Star Bestsellers wanted to go on to make films," says Tigmanshu Dhulia|last=|first=|date=|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=Scroll/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://starutsav.indya.com/serials/starbestsellers/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040611220439/http://starutsav.indya.com/serials/starbestsellers/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2004|title=indya.com - STAR - STAR Utsav|date=11 June 2004}}</ref><br />
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Writers and directors who worked in creating the episodes of the series include [[Anurag Kashyap (director)|Anurag Kashyap]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]], [[Imtiaz Ali (director)|Imtiaz Ali]], [[Sriram Raghavan]] and [[Hansal Mehta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/section/entertainment/|title=Entertainment News: Latest Hollywood & Bollywood News, Movies Releases & Reviews|website=The Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The series aired different stories with each episode having a different story, directors and cast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.huffingtonpost.in/2017/01/09/star-bestsellers-was-one-of-the-best-shows-on-indian-televisio_a_21650811/|title='Star Bestsellers' Was One Of The Best Shows On Indian Television And We Need It Back|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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|Title=Neeti (The Frog and the Scorpion)<br />
|DirectedBy=[[Hansal Mehta]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/star-bestsellers/s-341/neeti-the-frog-and-the-scorpion/1000072049|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501012343/https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/star-bestsellers/s-341/neeti-the-frog-and-the-scorpion/1000072049|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-05-01|title=Star Bestsellers - Watch Episode 1 - Neeti (The Frog and the Scorpion) on Disney+ Hotstar}}</ref><br />
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|Title=Shuruat<br />
|DirectedBy=[[Rajit Kapoor]]<br />
|WrittenBy=[[Luvleen Mishra]]<br />
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|Title=Prayas<br />
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|Title=First Kill<br />
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|DirectedBy= Shabnam Sukhdev<br />
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|WrittenBy= Based on Gujrati short story by Chandrakant Bakshi<br />
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|Title=Singh Parivar @ Jalandhar.Com<br />
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|Title=Witness<ref name=Scroll>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/916569/star-bestsellers-revisited-the-tv-show-where-anurag-kashyap-sriram-raghavan-and-more-started-out|title=‘Star Bestsellers’ revisited: The TV show where Anurag Kashyap, Sriram Raghavan and more started out|first=Devarsi|last=Ghosh|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.hotstar.com/tv/star-bestsellers/5813 Star Bestsellers] on [[Hotstar]]<br />
{{Star Plus Shows}}<br />
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[[Category:StarPlus original programming]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama television series]]<br />
[[Category:1999 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:2000 Indian television series endings]]<br />
[[Category:Indian anthology television series]]</div>
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