Imtiaz Ali is returning to long-form storytelling with O Saathi Re, a Netflix romance series about a couple navigating divorce — and it finally has a premiere date. Here are five things to know before it arrives on December 4.
1. It is a love story about a separating couple. O Saathi Re follows a couple working through the emotional complexities of separation and divorce, tracing how affection, personal desires and unequal expectations shape a relationship. Imtiaz Ali has described it as “a modern story with a vintage heart, an enchanted fairy tale set in the fiasco of metropolitan life.”
2. Imtiaz Ali created it — and his brother is directing it. The series is created, written and showrun by Imtiaz Ali, with Arif Ali directing. It is produced under Ali’s Window Seat Films banner alongside Reliance Entertainment, with Mohit Choudhary and Shibasish Sarkar producing, and Amogh Kanaskar and Nidhi Sethia co-writing.
3. The lead trio brings serious pedigree. Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary and Arjun Rampal headline the cast, supported by Ahsaas Channa, Varun Thakur and Ayesha Raza Mirza. Hydari returns to Netflix after Heeramandi, Tiwary follows Sikandar Ka Muqaddar, and Rampal comes off Rana Naidu Season 2.
4. It has been a long time coming. First announced in February 2025, the series wrapped filming in September this year before Netflix locked its December 4 premiere date. The announcement poster shows the three leads together, with Netflix billing it simply as “the love story of a separating couple.”
5. It continues Imtiaz Ali’s Netflix run. The filmmaker’s previous collaborations with the streamer include the series She and the acclaimed Amar Singh Chamkila, and O Saathi Re marks his return to the platform’s long-form slate. Arjun Rampal, speaking about the series, has called Imtiaz Ali one of the finest writers in the country, praising the authenticity with which it examines emotional wounds many viewers will recognise from their own lives.
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