Did you ever think there’d come a time where you’d miss going to school or college? Although, that desire starts and ends with sleeping on hard, woody desks. Lockdown has definitely opened doors for an alternate universe, one where you’d be up way before five minutes to class.
We’ve got you covered with seven school and college life web series with just as many, or more, antics that you’re used to seeing in classes, canteens and corridors.
Kota Factory
Available on: TVFPlay
Directed by Raghav Subbu for The Viral Fever, Kota Factory, the first-ever black and white show, unveils the aspects of Kota and its coaching centres.
The web series, available on TVFPlay and YouTube, is a bittersweet and blatant attempt at busting and changing perspectives on exam preparations.
Kota Factory features Vaibhav Pandey (Mayur More) as a 16-year-old IIT aspirant who moves from Itarsi to Kota.
College Romance
Available on: Netflix
Starring three best friends, Karan (Keshav Sadhna), Trippy (Manjot Singh) and Naira (Apoorva Arora), College Romance is the epitome of how quickly college romances take off and how equally as quickly make a crash landing.
Watch this light-hearted, college romedy to prep for a make-up break-up season for when you get back to college.
Class of 2020
Available on: ALTBalaji
Created by Vikas Kapoor, Class of 2020 features an erratic school life. It stars Rohan Mehra and Joyita Chatterjee.
The web series highlights a group of school students on an experimental roller-coster of sex, drugs, peer pressure and anxiety.
Flames
Available on: TVFPlay
You know that innocent childhood romance that each of us would give anything to go back to? Flames has got us covered and is set to transform us back to explore our favourite, or not-so-favourite, subject: Chemistry.
The web series, starring Ritvik Sahore and Tanya Maniktala in the lead roles, features love in tuition centres of Delhi over a span of two seasons.
ImMature
Available on: MX Player
Bad (apparently) boys falling in love with front-bencher, intelligent girls. ImMature stars innocent and inquisitive school-goers, wanting to come first in the race of maturity.
The web series features Rashmi Agdekar, Chinamay Chandraunshush, Visshesh Tiwari and Omkar Kulkarni in lead roles.
Laakhon Mein Ek
Available on: Amazon Prime Video
Created by Biswa Kalyan Rath, Laakhon Mein Ek is a story of an average student, Aakash, caught up in the race of making it to the IITs.
The web series magnifies the struggles of someone who hasn’t prepared for IIT entrances since childhood.
In season one the plot centres on Ritvik Sahore and in the second it focusses on Shweta Tripathi.
Mismatched
Available on: Netflix
Featuring Prajakta Koli, Rohit Saraf and a host of promising young actors, Mismatched revolves around students in a three-month app development course in Jaipur.
When their professor announces a competition for creating the best app, the road ahead seems far from smooth.
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