RejctX is an Indian
web series
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that revolves around a group of students of an elite school, and millennial issues like
gender fluidity,
body shaming
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,
personality disorder
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s, and
porn addiction, and their rap band. It was first launched for the
ZEE5
ZEE5 is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, run by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on Web, Andro ...
network on 25 July 2019. The series stars
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 fi ...
,
Kubbra Sait
Kubbra Sait (born 27 July 1983) is an Indian actress, TV host and model who has appeared in the films ''Sultan'', ''Ready'' and ''City Of Life''. She gained widespread recognition for her performance as ''Kukoo'' on the First Season of Netfl ...
, Ahmed Masi Wali, Ridhi Khakhar, Anisha Victor, Pooja Shetty and Ayush Khurrana as the primary cast.
Cast
Season 1
*
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 fi ...
as Farhan Hussain
*
Kubbra Sait
Kubbra Sait (born 27 July 1983) is an Indian actress, TV host and model who has appeared in the films ''Sultan'', ''Ready'' and ''City Of Life''. She gained widespread recognition for her performance as ''Kukoo'' on the First Season of Netfl ...
as Anushka Rao
*Ahmed Masi Wali as Aarav Sharma
* Anisha Victor as Kiara Tiwari
* Ridhi Khakhar as Parnomitra Rai
* Talay Sanguandikul as Steve
* Sumeet Vyas
Season 2
*
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 fi ...
as Farhan Hussain
* Ahmed Masi Wali as Aarav Sharma and Jai Krishna/Jackie (dual role)
* Anisha Victor as Kiara Tiwari
* Ridhi Khakhar as Pornomitra Rai
*
Esha Gupta
Esha Gupta (; born 28 November 1985) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss India International title of 2007. She has established a career in Bollywood films.
Gupta entered the Femina Miss India contest in 2007, where she plac ...
as Rene Ray
* Saadhika Syal as Sehmat Ali
* Prabhneet Singh as Harwinder Sandhu
* Ayush Khurana as Maddy
* Pooja Sundar Shetty as Misha Patel
* Tanvi Shinde as Yesha Tiwari
*
Khalid Siddiqui
Khalid Siddiqui ( ur, خالد صدیقی) (born 1 February 1974) is an Indian film and television actor & model.
Siddiqui has worked in a number of television shows and Bollywood films. He had a supporting role in '' Ghajini''. Recently he wo ...
as Prithviraj Sharma
* Shaan Groverr as Sid
Release
RejctX was released on 25 July 2019, and a private screening was also held for the same, which witnessed celebrities like
Sonali Bendre
Sonali Bendre (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She did modelling assignments prior to making her acting debut with '' Aag'' (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for N ...
,
Sussanne Khan,
Kunal Kapoor Kunal Kapoor may refer to:
* Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1959), Indian film actor
* Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977), Indian actor, writer and entrepreneur
* Kunal Kapoor (cricketer) (born 1987), Indian cricketer
* Kunal Karan Kapoor (born 1982), In ...
among others, upon release RejctX was received positively and became a quick hit.
Season 2
In late 2019, ZEE5 renewed the show for Season 2 with
Goldie Behl
Goldie Behl is an Indian filmmaker and entrepreneur belonging to the List_of_Hindi_film_families#Behl_family, Behl family of Hindi films. He is married to Sonali Bendre.
Career
As student of Mayo College, Behl trained within the Mumbai Film I ...
set to return as the show runner. The season 2 of RejctX was released on 14 May 2020, but the web series is leaked on the piracy giants like
Tamil Rockers
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on the very next day of release.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
References
External links
*
Hindi-language web series
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