By Ayesha Khan 
New Delhi, November 8: The trailer for Ziddi Ishq has finally dropped, and it doesn’t pretend to be pretty. It’s love, grief, and rage twisted together in the kind of mix that leaves you uneasy long after the last frame.
Raj Chakraborty directs. The cast is solid, Aaditi Pohankar, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Sumeet Vyas, Riya Sen.. Set in Bengal. Everything about it feels damp, tired, and real.
The Story Starts With Love. Ends Somewhere Else.
Mehul loves Shekhar Da. That’s the core. Then he dies. Suicide, they say. She doesn’t believe it.
The trailer opens slowly sunlight, laughter, maybe a bit of hope. Then everything tilts. The light goes cold. The camera starts following Mehul like a shadow she can’t shake. By the end, you can tell she’s past the point of no return.
There’s no screaming, no background moral lecture. Just the silence of someone breaking down and calling it purpose.
Bengal Gives It A Pulse
The city doesn’t just appear; it lingers. The trams, the rain, the washed-out walls are all familiar, but used differently. Chakraborty lets the city breathe like a witness.
It’s not stylized. It’s damp realism. The kind that sticks.
The Faces That Hold It Together
Aaditi Pohankar looks haunted. She carries grief like muscle memory, no theatrics, no need to explain it. Parambrata has that deceptive calm; he’s warm and distant at the same time. The chemistry isn’t about sweetness. It’s about history and things left unsaid.
Sumeet Vyas and Riya Sen come in quietly, but they add the right kind of tension. You can sense hidden loyalties, half-truths.
Early Reactions
The trailer’s only been out for a few hours. OTTplay called it “a darker, sharper spin on Parineeta.” Mint picked up Chakraborty’s line about “emotions people hide behind calm faces.”
Online chatter is still small, but curious. A few posts call it “haunting.” Others compare it to Aashram because of the mood, not the plot. Nobody seems sure what it is yet. That’s good. Curiosity is currency.
Why It Feels Different
Most shows chase shock. This one starts with pain and doesn’t rush to fix it. That’s rare.
It’s not trying to be glossy. It’s not even trying to be fast. If anything, it dares you to stay uncomfortable. Maybe that’s what will work for it emotion without noise.
What Happens Next
Ziddi Ishq starts streaming November 21 on JioCinema and JioHotstar. The trailer’s already doing enough moody visuals, slow pacing, and a story that looks more about obsession than closure.
If the show keeps that honesty, it’ll cut through the crowd quietly. And if not, at least it won’t be forgettable.
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