''Permanent Roommates'' is an Indian

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produced by

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Media Labs. It was created by

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, the founder of TVF, who also worked as the executive producer of the series. Written and developed by

Biswapati Sarkar Biswapati Sarkar is an Indian script writer, who previously worked as the Executive Creative Director and Writer at The Viral Fever (TVF), and is presently working at Posham Pa Pictures, a new studio he started along with Sameer Saxena, Amit Gol ...

along with Sameer Saxena, the series is directed by Saxena and Deepak Kumar Mishra. Starring

Sumeet Vyas Sumeet Vyas (born 27 July 1983) is an Indian actor and writer of films, web series and theatre. His breakthrough role was Mikesh Chaudhary in TVF's 2014 web series ''Permanent Roommates''. Vyas has since played supporting roles in Bollywood fil ...

and

Nidhi Singh Nidhi Singh is an Indian television and film actress. She is known for her character as Tanya Nagpal in ''Permanent Roommates'', an Indian web series created by The Viral Fever and Biswapati Sarkar in (2014–16). In 2018 she appeared as Ayesha ...

, this series revolves around a young couple, Tanya and Mikesh, who after being in a long distance relationship for three years, face the prospect of marriage. ''Permanent Roommates'' marked India's first web series to be released. The first season consisting of five episodes, had its premiere on

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on 31 October 2014 and ended on 12 December 2014. After the reception of the first season, the makers renewed a second season for the series, which eventually was broadcast on The Viral Fever's premium online video streaming medium, TVF Play, on 14 February 2016 and ended on 24 June 2016.

(TVF) and Aha have jointly produced the remake version of ''Permanent Roommates'' in

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as '' CommitMental''.

Plot

''Permanent Roommates'' follows the story of commitment-wary Tanya, and Mikesh, her overeager long-distance boyfriend who returns to India from the US to surprise Tanya and to ask her to marry him. Acting upon the advice of her roommate and her own reluctance to marry someone who barely knows her, Tanya refuses, but gives in to Mikesh's persistence. The two eventually strike a compromise, opting to move in together first. The subsequent events- a fallout, followed by a conciliation, and Tanya's premarital pregnancy end in the two of them planning their wedding, with unforeseen consequences.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as Mikesh Chaudhary *

as Tanya Nagpal * Rohit Sukhwani as Rohit * Deepak Kumar Mishra as Purushottam *

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as Brijmohan Nagpal, father of Tanya *

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as Subhash Chaudhary, paternal grandfather of Mikesh *

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as Lata Chaudhary, mother of Mikesh *

Darshan Jariwala Darshan Jariwala (born 29 September 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and stage. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Gandhi, My Father''. He is popular for his show in which he was seen as ...

as Mohanlal Chaudhary, father of Mikesh *

Ayesha Raza Mishra Ayesha Raza Mishra (born 26 September 1977) is an Indian actress. Career Ayesha Raza Mishra began her career working in theatre, advertisements, and television shows. She went on to portray motherly roles in several films including Madaari, ...

as Ila, Tanya's maternal aunt *

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as twin Dr. Mudhit, brother of Mikesh's mother * Anandeshwar Dwivedi as Laxman/LLeo

Guests

Introduced in Season 1

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as Pathik, childhood friend of Mikesh. * Akanksha Thakur as Rashmi, fiancé of Pathik. * Sameer Saxena as Bansal, landlord of Ritu and Tanya's house. *

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as Ritu * Sudhir Chobeesy as Atul Choubey, the registrar

Introduced in Season 2

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as Agnivesh Chhabra * Ratnabali Bhattacharjee as Seema Khatri * Maanvi Gagroo as Shivani Chhabra *

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as Hemant *

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as Avantika * Anant Singh as Bulla

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

Season 2 (2016)

Soundtrack

The series' original soundtrack album is composed, written and performed by Vaibhav Bundhoo, which marked their first collaboration with

. Followed by the success of the ''Permanent Roommates'', Bundhoo who worked as the composer and cinematographer of the series was also hired for other projects of TVF, as well as the second season of the series.

Season 1

Season 2

''Permanent Roommates: He Said, She Said''

In March 2020, a 20-episode audio-book series titled ''Permanent Roommates: He Said, She Said'' was made available on ''Audible Suno'' (Indian version of the Amazon-owned ''

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''), with the original lead cast Sumeet Vyas and Nidhi Singh returning to voice their characters. The episodes bridge the story between the two seasons focusing on the lives of Mikesh and Tanya when they moved in together.

Release and reception

''Permanent Roommates'' has been well received by the audience. The first episode, which premiered on 31 October 2014, has more than 4.5 million views. The series hosted on TVF's official

channel, has since gathered over 1 million views for each episode. After the reception of the series, the makers unveiled the second season of the series through TVF's newly launched online platform TVF Play on 14 February 2016, which ended on 24 June 2016. On 6 October 2017, the series' dubbed Tamil version was released through TVF Machi, the media's first regional platform, with the first season being released.

Remake

In 2019,

(TVF) announced their foray into Telugu market, with the remake of this series in the language. It further announced that they will produce the remake along with Aha by naming the web series as '' CommitMental.'' Popular

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Udhbav Raghunanda and film actress Punarnavi Bhupalam were taken as lead actors and the series is directed by Sadineni Pavan. It was released on 13 November 2020.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 4156586 Indian drama web series YouTube original programming 2014 web series debuts Hindi-language web series TVF Play Shows 2010s YouTube series