Hostel Daze

Hostel Daze is an Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama streaming television miniseries created by Saurabh Khanna and written by Abhishek Yadav. Directed Raghav Subbu, it stars Adarsh Gourav, Luv, Shubham Gaur, Nikhil Vijay and Ahsaas Channa in lead roles.[1] Hostel Daze premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 13 December 2019. The series contains three seasons, with a total of 15 episodes of approximately 30 minutes each. Season 2 premiered on 23 July 2021 and season 3 premiered on 16 November 2022.[2]

Hostel Daze
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GenreAdult comedy-drama
Created by
  • Saurabh Khanna
  • Abhishek Yadav
Screenplay by
  • Saurabh Khanna
  • Harish Peddinti
  • Suprith Kundar
Directed by
  • Raghav Subbu (S 1)
  • Amir Musanna (S 2)
  • Sangram Naiksatam (S 2)
  • Abhinav Anand (S 3)
  • Sachin Negi (S 3)
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducerArunabh Kumar
Running time30 minute
Production companyThe Viral Fever
Release
Original release13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
Related
Engga Hostel

Premise

The series follows four hostel friends in their first year: Jhantoo (Nikhil Vijay), Chirag (Luv), and Jaat (Shubham Gaur) are new students in campus and become roommates.[3]

Characters

The cast include:[4]

  • Nikhil Vijay as Jatin "Jhantoo" who has been in college since very long time
  • Shubham Gaur as Rupesh Bhati "Jaat", who got admission in college by the large donation from his father
  • Adarsh Gourav/Utsav Sarkar (Season 3) as Ankit Pandey, Akanksha's Boyfriend and "DOPA" of the college
  • Luv as Chirag Bansal, a shy and over-eager kid, who prefers cleanliness in contrast to his roommates.
  • Ahsaas Channa as Akanksha, Ankit's Girlfriend
  • Harsha Chemudu as Ravi Teja
  • Ayushi Gupta as Nabomita Bharadwaj, Ankit's lab partner
  • Sahil Verma as Rakhi, Jhantoo's sidekick
  • Ranjan Raj as Lolly (Season 1)
  • Shivankit Singh Parihar as PhD student 4 (Season 1) and as Cricket Coach (Season 2)
  • Sameer Saxena as Hostel Manager (Season 1)
  • Nidhi Bisht as Teaching Assistant (Season 1)
  • Sanat Sawant as Freshie (Season 1)
  • Chandan Roy as Dhobi[5] (Season 2)

Reception

Jessica Xalxo, writing for RollingStone India observed: "Instead of confronting the very real issues that students are faced with, Hostel Daze trivializes them to the point of tradition, normalization and acceptance. And in its portrayal of the truth lies an endorsement that feels both endemic and dangerous, beyond the trappings of the genre."[6]

Remake

Viral Fever remade the series in Tamil as Engga Hostel which is also available on Amazon Prime Video.[7]

References
  1. "Amazon Prime Video and TVF's Hostel Daze to make one nostalgic about the hostel life experience". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. "'Hostel Daze' review: College comedy soaked in nostalgia". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. Engl, India New; News (20 December 2019). "Movie Review: Hostel Daze is feel-good fun". INDIA New England News. Retrieved 20 November 2020. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  4. "Watch the Trailer for Hostel Daze, TVF's Next Series Out This Week". NDTV Gadgets 360. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15000840/
  6. Xalxo, Jessica (17 December 2019). "'Hostel Daze' Review: A Show That Could Stand to Grow Up". RollingStone India. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. "Engaa Hostel Trailer Out: Hostel Daze Gets A Tamil Remake". lehren.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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