Pawan & Pooja

Pawan & Pooja is a relationship-drama web series which is directed by Ajay Bhuyan and Shaad Ali. The show features Mahesh Manjrekar, Deepti Naval, Sharman Joshi, Gul Panag, Taaruk Raina and Natasha Bharadwaj.^[1] The series is available for streaming on MX Player and Season 1 was aired on 14 February 2020.^[2][3][4]

Pawan & Pooja
Genre	Relationship drama
Screenplay by	Agrim Joshi Debojit Das Purkayastha Abhishek Chatterjee
Directed by	Ajay Bhuyan Shaad Ali
Starring	Mahesh Manjrekar Deepti Naval Sharman Joshi Gul Panag Taaruk Raina Natasha Bharadwaj
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Siddharth Malhotra Sapna Malhotra
Production location	India
Editor	Dharmesh Patel
Running time	40 mins
Production company	Alchemy Films PVT.LTD
Original release
Network	MX Player
Release	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)

Cast

Main

Couple 1

• Mahesh Manjrekar^[5] as Pawan Kalra
• Deepti Naval as Pooja Kalra

Couple 2

• Sharman Joshi as Pawan Mehra
• Gul Panag as Pooja Mehra^[6]

Couple 3

• Taaruk Raina as Pawan Srivastav
• Natasha Bharadwaj as Pooja Maheshwari

Recurring

• Mrinal Dutt as Raj^[7]
• Geetika Vidya Ohlyan as Mehak

Release

The official trailer of the web series was launched on 5 February 2020, by MX Player on YouTube.^[8] Pawan & Pooja was made available for free streaming on MX Player from 14 February 2020.^[9][10]

Reception

Deccan Chronicle wrote about the series in their newspaper, "All three couples have sufficient meat in the plot to chew  on, and they make the best of it. The series maintains an emotional equilibrium, never going overboard in its quest of eyeballs. Three pairs of actors take care of the rest."^[11]

The Free Press Journal rated it 3 out of 5 and published a review saying, "The series treads an explorative path allowing the couples to exploit their hidden desires, stretching them to the extreme ends of their endurance before bringing them back from the brink. These are trends of love that are believable and immediately relatable. This series is sure to keep you interested and is the most appropriate Valentine's Day watch."^[12]