''Doctors'' is an Indian

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-language

medical drama A medical drama is a Television film, television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, a paramedic, or any other medical topic or environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic progra ...

television series written by

Siddharth P. Malhotra Siddharth P. Malhotra is an Indian film director who works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has directed the films ''We Are Family (2010 film), We Are Family'' (2010), ''Hichki'' (2018) and ''Maharaj (2024 film), Maharaj'' (2024). Personal li ...

and directed by Sahir Raza. Produced by

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and Sapna Malhotra under Alchemy Films Pvt Ltd and Jio Studios, it stars Sharad Kelkar, Harleen Sethi,

Aamir Ali Aamir Ali Malik (born 1 September 1981), known as Aamir Ali, is an Indian actor and model. Career and personal life Ali's first commercial break was a commercial for Bajaj Scooters. He appeared in advertising campaigns for Bajaj Bravo Scoot ...

and Viraf Patel. It premiered on JioCinema on 27 December 2024.

Synopsis

The series delves into the lives of newly appointed resident doctors, surgeons, nurses, and terminally ill patients at the Elizabeth Blackwell Medical Centre in Mumbai. At the centre of it all are two lead characters—resident doctor Nitya Vasu ( Harleen Sethi), who has joined with a motive for revenge, defined in the opening episode, and neurosurgeon Dr Ishaan Ahuja ( Sharad Kelkar), whom Nitya believes is responsible for her brother Dhawal’s (

) botched surgery that left him with permanent damage.

Cast

* Sharad Kelkar as Dr. Ishaan Ahuja * Harleen Sethi as Dr. Nitya Vasu *

as Dr. Dhaval Vasu * Viraf Patel as Dr. Abhijat Gupta *

Vivaan Shah Vivaan Shah (born 11 January 1990) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He made his film debut with ''Saat Khoon Maaf'' (2011) as Arun Kumar. Thereafter, he signed a three-film deal with director Vishal Bhardwaj. In 2014, he was given ...

as Dr. Roy Saldanha * Abhishekh Khan as Dr. Ridhun Sethi * Niharika Lyra Dutt as Dr. Keyuri "Kay" Patel *

Sarah Hashmi Sarah Hashmi is an Indian actress known for her award-winning role in the short film Bebaak (2019) and for her performance as Huma in the Dice Media web series Operation MBBS (2020–present). Early life and background Hashmi was born in De ...

as Dr. Nahida Jaffri * Vansh Sethi as Dr. Neil Shastri

Production

The series was announced on JioCinema.

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of the series began in September 2022. The trailer of the series was released in 16 December 2024.

Reception

Mayur Sanap of ''

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'' rated the series 3.5/5 stars.

Shubhra Gupta Shubhra Gupta is an Indian film critic who writes for ''The Indian Express''. She received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Writing on Cinema in 2012. She was a member of the Central Board of Film Certification from 2012 to 2015. She is the au ...

of ''

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'' gave the series 3.5 out of 5. Abhimanyu Mathur writing for ''

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'' reviewed the series as a palatable and binge-worthy drama.

References

External links

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