CAST Barkha Singh, Kritika Avasthi, Sejal Kumar
DIRECTOR Himali Shah
BLUF: Barkha Singh is steady and self-assured as the practical-thinking Sabu. Kritika Avasthi is winsome and wins the viewer’s heart as the naive Maggu, aka Meghna. Sejal Kumar, as Kiara, are the three protagonists of the show which is a slice-of-life drama about three girls in the last year of an Engineering college in India.
THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES
ZEE5 acquired The Viral Fever’s “Engineering Girls” Season 2 for streaming on its platform. The first season of the show streamed on YouTube on TVF’s ‘Timeliners’ channel. It was then picked up by Netflix and is still available to stream on the platform. Engineering Girls Season 2, as we mentioned earlier, has been picked up by ZEE5. The new season takes up from where the debut season left off.
The show is a coming-of-age drama that portrays the life of three girls studying in an engineering college. It shows how they navigate the trials and tribulations of career issues in five 20 minute episodes.
IN THE KNOW/ FWAR
The show is written by Manan Maadan, directed by Himali Shah, with Apoorv Singh Karki being the creative director.
Girls in engineering colleges are scarce. And Engineering Girls Season 2 is not about engineering. It is all about the mundane everyday things that could occur with anyone in college.
In their ultimate year of engineering, Maggu wants to be considered for a good job in her college placements so she can escape getting married.
Saabu, on the other hand, is preparing to pitch her startup idea to venture capitalists to raise money for her idea.
Kara’s altercations with another girl over street drama and monologue is kinda out of place but nevertheless, it is a short sequence..
The background score of Engineering Girls is adequate for effect. The signature tune, “Shaitaniyaan”, performed by Jannabi Das and composed by Swaransh Mishra is great. The editing and cinematography are satisfactory.
WHAT WE LOVED
The scene where Maggu makes alcohol in the lab
Short episodes
WHAT WE MISSED
Better plot.
