Crushed (TV series)

Crushed  is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television series produced under the banner of Dice Media and Pocket Aces Pictures. The series features Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Aadhya Anand, Anupriya Caroli, Arjun Deswal, Naman Jain, Urvi Singh and Chirag Katrecha. It premiered on Amazon miniTV on 12 January 2022. The final and fourth season released on 9 February 2024.

At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Crushed received 3 nominations – Best Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Aadhya Anand), Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Naman Jain).

Plot
Samvidhan Sharma a.k.a Sam (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) and Aadhya Mathur (Aadhya Anand), two sidekicks, have always lived in the shadows of their popular best friends Prateek (Naman jain) and Jasmine aka Jazz (Urvi Singh) gone completely unnoticed in Lucknow Central Convent school. Until the two of them finally take notice of each other, albeit under awkward and unusual circumstances, and a surprisingly easy friendship begins. For the first time in their lives, they feel like they belong. But will falling in love be as easy, and for how long can two sidekicks remain heroes of their own love story, before insecurities, changing dynamics and growing pains get the better of them?

Main

 * Rudhraksh Jaiswal as Samvidhan "Sam" Sharma
 * Aadhya Anand as Aadhya Mathur
 * Arjun Deswal as Sahil Thakur
 * Naman Jain as Prateek
 * Urvi Singh as Jasmine "Jazz"
 * Anupriya Caroli as Zoya
 * Sachin Singh as Rajat

Recurring

 * Chirag Katrecha as Samarth "Sam"
 * Tanya Sharma as Tanya Lekhi
 * Preeti Chavan as Vandita Mathur, Aadhya's mother

Production
The series was announced for Amazon miniTV. Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Aadhya Anand, Anupriya Caroli, Arjun Deswal, Naman Jain, Urvi Singh and Chirag Katrecha were approached to star in the series. The principal photography of the series commenced from September 2022. The trailer of the series was released on 7 January 2022 and 28 November 2022. The final and fourth season will be released on 9 February 2024.

Reception
The first three episode of Season 1 was reviewed by Akhila Damodaran for OTT Play who rated the series 3.5/5 stars.

Sunidhi Prajapat of OTT Play reviewed the Season 2 and awarded the series 3.5/5 stars. Archika Khurana of The Times of India reviewed the Season 2 and gave the series 3/5 stars.

Sonal Pandya of Times Now reviewed the Season 4 and rated the series 2.5/5 stars.