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Ek Jhoothi Love Story is a 2020 ZEE5 exclusive and Zindagi Original Pakistani drama web series. The web series stars Bilal Abbas Khan, Syeda Madiha Imam, Kinza Razzak, Kiran Haq, Furqan Qureshi and Mariam Saleem. It has been directed by Mehreen Jabbar and produced by Shailja Mukherjee. The story revolves around two individuals who in order to find their perfect life partner catfish each other and create fake profiles on social media. The series premiered on 30 October 2020 through ZEE5.[1][2][3]

Ek Jhoothi Love Story
Official Poster
Genre	Drama Romance
Written by	Umera Ahmad
Directed by	Mehreen Jabbar
Starring	Bilal Abbas Khan Syeda Madiha Imam Kinza Razzak Kiran Haq Furqan Qureshi Mariam Saleem
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original languages	English Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	18
Production
Producer	Shailja Kejriwal
Running time	Approx. 30 minutes
Distributor	ZEE5
Release
Original network	Zindagi
Original release	30 October 2020 (2020-10-30)

Premise

Salma and Sohail belong to middle-class families but have high expectations for their ideal life partner. So, in the pursuit to find their ideal match and true love, they both create a fake social media profile for themselves and continue on their quest to identify their idea love interest.

Cast

• Bilal Abbas Khan as Sohail
• Syeda Madiha Imam as Salma
• Kinza Razzak as Natalia
• Aliee Shaikh as Professor Jahangir
• Kiran Haq as Shabana
• Furqan Qureshi as Salahuddin
• Mariam Saleem as Shazia
• Syed Mohammad Ahmed
• Beo Raana Zafar as Nusrat Jahan
• Kinza Razzak as Natalia
• Kiran Haq as Shabana
• Srha Asghar as Choti
• Ahmed Zeb as Nofil
• Fawad Khan as Tanzeel ur Rehman Siddiqui

Release

Ek Jhoothi Love Story was released on ZEE5, an Indian streaming platform and was available to audiences across the world. The series started streaming from 30 October 2020.[4][5]

Reception

Tatsam Mukherjee from Firstpost to a major extent shared positive reviews on the web series, he appreciated the strong performances of the cast. However, he was a bit unconvinced that the series wasn’t able to shrug off the daily soap opera.[6]

Archika Khurrana from Times Of India rated the series 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated that the series showcases a refreshing take on modern romance however as the plot progresses it turns into an average romantic tale.[7]

Maliha Rehman from Scroll.in highly appreciated the director Mehreen Jabbar, and stated her direction as perfect and flawless. She further wrote that a well-chosen cast were beautifully able to portray this story, which is true to Pakistan.[8]

References

External links

• Ek Jhoothi Love Story at IMDb
• Ek Jhoothi Love Story on ZEE5

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