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Films And Series To Watch if you loved Kota Factory. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Every year, lakhs of students head to Kota, dreaming of cracking their chosen competitive exam. Some succeed in doing so, while others face setbacks. Kota Factory’s story revolves around a 16-year-old Vaibhav (Mayur More) who moves to Kota from Itarsi to prepare for the Iit-jee exam.

Initially released in 2019, Kota Factory received much appreciation from the audience for realistically portraying the ever-challenging field of these competitive exams. The show, which also features Ahsaas Channa, Alam Khan, Ranjan Raj, Revathi Pillai, and Urvi Singh in pivotal roles, released its third season on Netflix recently.

If you are impressed by Kota Factory’s storyline, here’s a list of other web series and movies centered on competitive exams in India and the students’ struggles that you must watch.

Aspirants (2021-2023)

Tvf’s Aspirants follows the story of three...

From the time she made her debut in Hindi cinema with the film ‘ Masaan’ and eventually projects like ‘Mirzapur’, ‘Made in Heaven’, ‘Laakhon Mein Ek’, ‘Raat Akeli Hai’, ‘Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein’ and more – actress Shweta Tripathi earned her space as a credible performer. Now that she makes her debut as a voice […]...

Mumbai, Nov 14 (Ians) Actress Shweta Tripathi Sharma is now focussing on her new project Escaype Live after the release of her much-hyped series Mirzapur 2. She says process of preparation for her next, amidst the pandemic, has been completely different from what it used to be in normal times.

Escaype Live follows the lives of five young Indians grappling with their mundane existences. Finding quick fame on a massively popular live-streaming app, these youngsters explore the suspended reality of the internet and its impact on an emerging Digital Bharat.

Shweta runs a beauty parlour in the show.

"The show has an enticing premise and I can't wait to start working with Abhishek Sengupta, my 'Laakhon Mein Ek' director. Ordinarily, prepping for this part would've meant spending time at a beauty parlour seeing their way of life. But prep in times of Covid are drastically different," she said.

"I am...

Mumbai, Oct 16 (Ians) Actress Shweta Tripathi Sharma feels the popular crime drama Mirzapur has broken her girl-next-door image.

"My main reason to do 'Mirzapur' was that I wanted to be seen as a credible actor more than a cute heroine. The world and the character was so far away, which is what drew me to this show. After 'Haramkhor', in which I played a teenager, I became synonymous with these young cutesy parts. But a performer has to be able to do all sorts of things. I consciously made a choice to do stories and films where I am not playing a soft part," she shared.

In "Mirzapur", she plays the role of Golu Gupta. In the upcoming season, she will be seen as a headstrong girl.

"Both 'Laakhon Mein Ek' season 2 and 'Mirzapur' changed how I was seen. These were both...

EntertainmentNamed ostensibly after the game almost every kid in India played on the back pages of notebooks, the show is soaked in nostalgia and the memories of a bygone era.Saraswati DatarYou know you have clearly crossed a life stage when you start getting more interested in the parents on a show than its innocent, charming young cast. I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of parent I would turn out to be as I watched the brand new episodes of Tvf’s Flames, Season 2, all 5 episodes now streaming on TVFPlay and Mx player. Season 2 takes off from where the first season ended. Rajat (Ritvik Sahore), Ishita (Tanya Maniktala), Anusha (Sunakshi Grover) and Pandu (Shivam Kakkar) are still students at Sunshine coaching classes getting the additional help they need for chemistry and mathematics. Rajat and Ishita are now dating and are in the proverbial haze of first love, while...

Actress Taapsee Pannu has given a new name and face to girl power, thanks to her strong roles in films like Naam Shabana and Pink. The actress, who has introduced the teaser of series "Laakhon Mein Ek" Season 2, believes that women are equally, if not more, as courageous as men. In the teaser video of Prime Exclusive series "Laakhon Mein Ek", Taapsee asks some tough questions on the visual and verbal language used to describe courage, read a statement.?

"The phrase I have often heard... used to project courage on screen or in real life is 'be a man', which often disturbs me because I believe women are equally, if not more, courageous," said Taapsee.

"'Laakhon Mein Ek' Season 2 is a series where through Dr. Shreya - the protagonist of the show, we see the fearlessness of a woman as she bravely fights against the system and proves that courage...

Indian studio, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures has launched a digital content division called Tipping Point to create web series and short films.

Upcoming web series include “X Ray – Selected Satyajit Ray Shorts” based on stories by the late lifetime achievement Oscar winner, and directed by Srijit Mukherji (“Autograph”); an untitled crime thriller from Imtiaz Ali (“Rockstar”); “Jamtara”, a story about India’s phishing capital by Soumendra Padhi (“Budhia Singh: Born to Run”) and psychological thriller “Best Days” by Abhishek Sengupta (“Laakhon Mein Ek”).

The content will initially be available on Viacom 18’s Ott channel Voot and Reliance’s Jio platform. “We are not looking at ourselves just as movie makers but as content makers in the digital ecosystem as well,” Viacom 18 Motion Pictures COO Ajit Andhare told Variety in March. “Our ability to tell stories in film and working with top filmmakers translates very well to produce content in the digital world.