The Royals (2025 TV series)

The Royals is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama television series directed by Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana. Produced under Pritish Nandy Communications, it stars Bhumi Pednekar and Ishaan Khatter. The series premiered on Netflix on 9 May 2025.

 Cast 
 Bhumi Pednekar as Sophia Shekhar
 Ishaan Khatter as Aviraaj Singh
 Sakshi Tanwar as Padmaja
 Zeenat Aman
 Nora Fatehi as Ayesha
 Vihaan Samat as Digvijay Singh
 Dino Morea
 Milind Soman
 Chunky Panday
 Lisa Mishra
 Sumukhi Suresh
 Luke Kenny
 Kavya Trehan as Divyaranjini Singh
 Udit Arora as Kunal Mehta

 Production 
 Development 
The series was officially commissioned by Netflix, with Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana serving as director, while Pritish Nandy Communications managed the production.

 Casting 
Bhumi Pednekar and Ishaan Khatter were cast to appear in the series. Due to creative differences, Mallika Sherawat was replaced with Sakshi Tanwar.

 Filming 
Principal photography of the series commenced in February 2024 and filming ended in May 2024. The filming took place primarily in locations around Jaipur and Mumbai.

 Soundtrack 

The song "Tu Tu Hai Wahi", from the 1982 film Yeh Vaada Raha, sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle is recreated for the series. On 8 May 2025, Netflix cancelled the song launch event scheduled to be held in Juhu, due to the 2025 India–Pakistan strikes.

 Release 
The teaser was released on 3 February 2025 and the trailer was released on 22 April 2025.

The series was made available for streaming on Netflix on 9 May 2025.

 Reception 
Sukanya Verma of Rediff awarded the series 2 out of 5 stars. Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express rated the series 3/5 stars. Abhimanyu Mathur writing for Hindustan Times gave the series 3 out of 5 stars. Pallavi Keswani of The Hindu criticized the storyline.

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 References 

Category:2020s romantic comedy television series
Category:2020s Indian drama television series
Category:2025 Indian television series debuts
Category:2025 Indian television series endings
Category:Hindi-language television series
Category:Indian romantic comedy television series
Category:Indian drama television series
Category:Netflix original series