Starring: Prajakta Koli, Rohit Saraf, Vihaan Samat, Taaruk Raina, Vidya Malavade, Kritika Bharadwaj, Rannvijay Singh, Muskkaan Jaferi, Devyani Shorey, Suhasini Mulay, Abhinav Sharma, Ravin Makhija
Creator: Akarsh Khurana
BLUF
Definitely a coming of age series worth a watch. A 17-year-old girl from Ambala who wants to be an app developer and a sweet traditionalist 18 year old from Jaipur are bought together by their parents. Where the girl is not interested in courtship, the boy is more than ready to fall in love. And here starts the plot.
THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES
Akarsh Khurana and Nipun Dharmadhikari pick a breezy method of execution of this cliché of a plot.
Dimple Ahuja (Prajakta Koli), a nerd gamer from Ambala wants to develop an app. Despite a domineeringly irritating mom and a softie of a father, she gets an opportunity to go to learn at a school in Jaipur where chocolate boy Rishi Singh Shekhawat (Rohit Saraf) whose grandmother prods him to check Dimple out for an arranged marriage lands up to meet with her.
His best friend, a closeted lesbian, Namrata Bidasaria (Devyani Shorey) goes with him to help him The elite 100-year-old school has a lot of rich alum who are more into Instagram lives, vlogging, and obviously harassing freshmen. While Rishi and Dimpy try to make a working relationship. There are other sub-plots. A widow Zeenat Karim (Vidya Malavade) and Celina Matthews (Muskkaan Jafari) a daughter of an army subedar who pretends to be a daughter of a Colonel.. Then the life stories of the mean domineering jerks Anmol Malhotra (Taaruk Raina), Krish Katyal (Abhinav Sharma), and Simran Malhotra (Kritika Bharadwaj). Professor Siddharth Sinha (Rannvijay Singha)
As Dimple and Rishi get closer to each other, the other very interesting parallel stories seamlessly set up circumstances to complicate their union
IN THE ZONE
Akarsh Khurana and Nipun Dharmadhikari make a breezy story super interesting. The direction, the cinematography, and the Netflix’ed modified version of Bollywood style Karan Joharish college films have been made before, but this one is more engaging, palpable, and less dramatic. Each actor is well cast and delivers the millennial saga in perfect harmony.
Written by Gazal Dhaliwal the series is well adapted and the screenplay is appropriately colloquial. You will watch the story with a smile on your face, as the multiple stories play their vision and the protagonists create their evolution into their characters.
FWAR
A light breezy story of personal aspirations, the narrative of the story makes for an easy binge.
The actors, the small-town feel, the new millennial India, and the journey of the protagonists present compelling series binge.
WHAT WE LOVED
The actors, the story, and the screenplay. Perfect Binge
WHAT WE MISSED
Nada. Just goes perfectly with the age group it is intended for. Wish the gamer angle was a deeper dive.
