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Dil Bekaraar is an Indian Romantic Comedy web series adapted from Anuja Chauhan’s hit 2013 book Those Pricey Thakur Girls. Directed by Habib Faisal, starring Akshay Oberoi, Sahher Bambba, Anjali Anand, Raj Babbar, Padmini Kolhapure, Sukhmani Sadana and Poonam Dhillon. The web series premiered on Disney+Hotstar on November 26, 2021.

Plot
Set in the 80s, the 10-episode series Dil Bekaraar revolves around day-to-day shenanigans of Justice LN Thakur (Raj Babbar), his wife Mamta (Poonam Dhillon) and their alphabetically named five daughters Anjini (Sukhmani Sadana), Binodini (Anjali Anand), Chandu, Debjani (Sahher Bambba) and Eshwari (Medha Shankar).

Cast

 * Akshay Oberoi as Daylan Shekhawat
 * Sahher Bambba as Debjani
 * Raj Babbar as LN Thakur
 * Poonam Dhillon as Mamta Thakur
 * Anjali Anand as Binodini Thakur
 * Sukhmani Sadana as Anjini Thakur
 * Medha Shankar as Eshwari Thakur
 * Chandrachur Singh as Hardik Motla (Health Minister)
 * Aditya Kapadia as Gulgul
 * Pankaj Kalra as AN Thakur
 * Padmini Kolhapure as Bhudevi
 * Asif Reja Khan as Sateesh Friend

Release
The web series premiered on Disney+Hotstar on 26 November 2021.

Critical reception
Archika Khurana from The Times Of India rated the series 3 out of 5 and overall praised the story ‘Dil Bekaraar,’ with its family drama and romance set in the era of telegrams, typewriters, Doordarshan, and Campa Cola, will definitely take you down the memory lane while recreating the 80s magic. It’s enjoyable! .

Nandini Ramnath from Scroll.in highly praised the performance of the cast and the story that recall the 80s India.