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From Campus Diaries to Hostel Daze – The best Indian college web series

Relive your college days with some iconic web series. Here are 9 best Indian college web series that will make you feel nostalgic.

Aditi Srivastava
May 08, 2024
From Campus Diaries to Hostel Daze – The best Indian college web series

A still from Aspirants Season 2

College days are one of the most cherished ones of our lives. From that feeling of being independent and carefree to experiencing our first crush and heartbreak and participating in exciting college fests – college days promise it all. While going back to college may not be always possible, watching some entertaining Indian college web series can have you feeling nostalgic. Here are top 9 best Indian college web series to stream today:

Best Indian college web series

Aspirants

IMDb Rating 

9.2/10 

Year of release 

2021 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Amazon Prime Video 

Cast 

Naveen Kasturia, Shivankit Singh Parihar, Abhilash Thapliyal, Sunny Hinduja, Namita Dubey 

Writers 

Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish, Arunabh Kumar, Shreyansh Pandey, Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Pankaj Mavchi 

Director 

Apoorv Singh Karki 

A highly relatable college drama web series produced by The Viral Fever (TVF), Aspirants is the story of three friends—Naveen Kasturia as Abhilash, Shivankit Singh Parihar, aka Gurpreet 'Guri’ Singh, and Abhilash Thapliyal as Shwetketu 'SK' Jha. They are on a quest to crack the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam to become IAS officers. Set in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area, the plot alternates between the trio's past and present lives. It is about how they navigate the ebbs and flows of their routine lives, their personal and professional challenges, and their interpersonal relationships.

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Kota Factory

IMDb Rating 

9.0/10 

Year of release 

2019 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Netflix 

Cast 

Mayur More, Jitendra Kumar, Ranjan Raj, Alam Khan, Ahsaas Channa 

Writers 

Saurabh Khanna, Abhishek Yadav, Puneet Batra, Sandeep Jain, and Manoj Kalwani 

Director 

Raghav Subbu 

Another top-rated series by TVF, Kota Factory delves into the hard-hitting realities faced by IIT-JEE aspirants who move from their hometown to the popular exam preparation hub in Rajasthan's Kota every year. It is about a 16-year-old school student named Mayur More, aka Vaibhav Pandey's, who shifts from Itarsi in Madhya Pradesh to Kota to pursue his IIT dreams. Kota Factory shows the daily pressure and emotional turmoil Vaibhav and his friends face in an extremely competitive environment.

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Campus Diaries

IMDb Rating 

8.8/10 

Year of release 

2022 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

MX Player 

Cast 

Harsh Beniwal, Ritvik Sahore, Srishti Rindani, Saloni Khanna, Abhinav Sharma, Saloni Gaur, Rajesh Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Ranjan Raj, Sameer Rehman 

Writers 

Devanshi Shah, Talha Siddiqui, and Gaganjeet Singh 

Directors 

Prem Mistry, Abhishek Yadav 

Campus Diaries explores the depths of love and friendship, going deeper than what meets the eye to tackle significant issues. This includes drug addiction, toxic relationships, unrequited love, ragging, and societal prejudices.

Hostel Daze

IMDb Rating 

8.5/10 

Year of release 

2019 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Amazon Prime Video 

Cast 

Nikhil Vijay, Shubham Gaur, Adarsh Gourav, Utsav Sarkar, Luv Vispute, Ahsaas Channa 

Writers 

Saurabh Khanna, Harish Peddinti, Suprith Kundar 

Directors 

Raghav Subbu, Amir Musanna, Sangram Naiksatam, Abhinav Anand 

The story of Hostel Daze revolves around four first-year engineering students who share their "firsts" and become roommates. Through hostel corridors, the web series aims to convey the true meaning of friendship while also offering a healthy dose of humour and good times.

College Romance

 
 

IMDb Rating 

8.3/10 

Year of release 

2018 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Sony LIV 

Cast 

Apoorva Arora, Gagan Arora, Keshav Sadhna, Shreya Mehta, Nupur Nagpal, Manjot Singh, Eklavey Kashyap, Jhanvi Rawat, Ankur Pathak, Sanket Shanware 

Writers 

Kunal Aneja, Abhishek Srivastava, Akash Ahuja, Sidhant Mago, Manan Madaan, Pankaj Mavchi, Ashutosh Chaturvedi 

Directors 

Simarpreet Singh, Apoorv Singh Karki, Parijat Joshi 

Yet another gripping Indian college web series from the TVF stable, College Romance is about three best friends, Karan, Naira, and Trippy, who attend college together. The series chronicles their search for love, humour, and enduring memories.

Laakhon Mein Ek

IMDb Rating 

8.2/10 

Year of release 

2017 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Amazon Prime Video 

Cast 

Ritvik Sahore, Shiv Subramanyam, Alam Khan, Jay Thakkar, Ajita Kulkarni, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Mayank Parakh 

Writers 

Biswa Kalyan Rath, Vaspar Dandiwala, Debjita Dhar 

Directors 

Abhishek Sengupta 

The first season of the series centres around Aakash, a 15-year-old boy who wants to record mimicry films and upload them to the internet. His father, however, sends him to an IIT coaching institute, where he is a complete misfit.

Crushed

IMDb Rating 

8.1/10 

Year of release 

2022 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Amazon miniTV 

Cast 

Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Aadhya Anand, Arjun Deswal, Naman Jain, Urvi Singh, Anupriya Caroli, Sachin Singh 

Writers 

Avinash Singh, Vijay Verma, Nishaad Javeri, Tatsat Pandey, Abhinav Vaidya 

Sankalp Raj Tripathi 

Directors 

Heena Dsouza, Mandar Kurundkar 

Samvidhan Sharma (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) and Aadhya Mathur (Aadhya Anand) always lived in the shadow of their well-liked closest friends Prateek (Naman Jain) and Jasmine (Urvi Singh) until a surprisingly effortless friendship started when the two of them eventually discovered each other. Watch two misfits face growing pains, shifting dynamics, and fears.

Girls Hostel

IMDb Rating 

7.8/10 

Year of release 

2018 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Sony LIV 

Cast 

Parul Gulati, Ahsaas Channa, Simran Natekar, Trupti Khamkar, Khushbu Baid, Shreya Mehta, Srishti Shrivastava, Durin Das, Jayati Bhatia 

Writer 

Shreyasi Sharma 

Directors 

Hanish D Kalia 

Girls Hostel focuses on the lives of girls in a medical institute hostel. It is about the difficulties they encounter in gaining access to necessities and promoting inclusivity. It is about roommates, the relationships between seniors and juniors, assigning blame, and sticking by one another through tough times while living in a dorm.

Mismatched

IMDb Rating 

5.9/10 

Year of release 

2020 

Number of seasons 

Streaming platform 

Netflix 

Cast 

Prajakta Koli, Rohit Saraf, Muskkaan Jaferi, Kritika Bharadwaj, Ruturaj Shinde, Rannvijay Singh, Taaruk Raina, Vidya Malvade 

Writer 

Gazal Dhaliwal 

Directors 

Akarsh Khurana, Nipun Dharmadhikari 

Netflix's coming-of-age romance drama series stars Prajakta Koli, Rohit Saraf, Rannvijay Singha, and Vidya Malvade in key roles. It is about Rishi, a traditionalist romantic who falls in love with Dimple, a gamer, and their relationship on campus, which is full of ups and downs.

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