''Hostel Daze'' is an Indian

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-language

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miniseries created by Saurabh Khanna and written by Abhishek Yadav. Directed Raghav Subbu, it stars

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, Luv, Shubham Gaur, Nikhil Vijay and

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in lead roles. ''Hostel Daze'' premiered on

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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.

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.

Characters

The cast include: * 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 *

/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. *

as Akanksha, Ankit's Girlfriend *

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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) *

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as PhD student 4 (Season 1) and as Cricket Coach (Season 2) * Sameer Saxena as Hostel Manager (Season 1) *

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as Teaching Assistant (Season 1) * Sanat Sawant as Freshie (Season 1) *

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as Dhobi (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."

Remake

Viral Fever remade the series in Tamil as '' Engga Hostel'' which is also available on Amazon Prime Video.{{cite web , title=Engaa Hostel Trailer Out: Hostel Daze Gets A Tamil Remake , url=https://lehren.com/entertainment/ott/hostel-daze-tamil-remake/158193/ , access-date=January 20, 2023 , work=lehren.com , language=en

References

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