TVF - The Viral Fever is a pioneer in Indian Web Series world. Most of their Web Series have a message and their content is across various fields like,

  • Kota Factory  -  Talks about what the Students go through when they come to Kota to prepare for JEE, NEET
  • Aspirants -  Talks about the journey of UPSC (public service competitive exams in India) 
  • Gullak - is a collection of disarming and relatable tales of the Mishra family based in small town in the heart of North India
  • Panchayat - Presents the life of rural India and its politics through various characters

Let me list down the best of the web series from TVF which you should watch (if you have not already done so) and not miss out on these.

TVF Pitchers

Release Date: June, 2015
Streaming Platform - TVFPlay
Number of Episodes: 5
Number of Seasons : 1
IMDB Rating: 9.1/10
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Naveen Kasturia, Jitendra Kumar


TVF Pitchers is probably the first web series in India and released back in 2015. The story is about four guys quit their jobs to start their own company and the struggle they go through with it. Very relatable story for the people in IT. For some reason Season 2 was never made on this. 

Yeh Meri Family

Release Date: July, 2018
Streaming Platform - TVFPlay (earlier was also used to be available in Netflix)
Number of Episodes: 7
Number of Seasons : 1
IMDB Rating: 9/10
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Mona Singh, Akarsh Khurana



The series follows the life of a 12-year-old Harshu Guptain Jaipur, Rajasthan in the late 1990s. Since the series is set in 1990, there is no mobile, no vidoe games etc. It is good old days and the series is really refreshing to watch how kids used to enjoy those days without these gadgets.

Must watch for families with kids.

Kota Factory

Release Date: April, 2019
Streaming Platform - Season 1 on YouTube, Season 2 on Netflix
Number of Episodes: 10
Number of Seasons : 1
IMDB Rating: 9.1/10
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Jitendra Kumar


The story is set in Kota, Rajasthan, an educational hub famous for its coaching centres. The show follows the life of 16-year-old Vaibhav who moves to Kota from Itarsi. It shows the life of students in the city, and Vaibhav's efforts to get into IIT by cracking the JEE Advanced examination. 

Season 1 was released in April 2019, and Season 2 after much delay was released in September 2021 on Netflix.

Must watch this to understand the challenges associated with Students who go through family and peer pressure to crack the JEE, NEET examinations.

Gullak

Release Date: July, 2019
Streaming Platform - All seasons on Sony Liv
Number of Episodes: 15
Number of Seasons : 3
IMDB Rating: 9.1/10
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Jameel Khan, Geetanjali Kulkarni,Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Harsh Mayar



The series revolves around the Mishra family, comprising Santosh and Shanti Mishra and their sons Anand "Annu" Mishra and Aman Mishra. Each episode is nicely done and since each episode has almost its own story even if one skip a episode, they can watch the next episode afresh.

Season 1 was released in July 2019, Season 2 in Jan 2021, and Season 3 in April 2022

Looking forward to the next season hopefully early next year.

Cubicles

Release Date: December 2019
Streaming Platform - Youtube (Season 1), Sony Liv (Season 2)
Number of Episodes: 10
Number of Seasons : 1
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Nidhi Bisht, Arnav Bhasin



The show is about the (mis)adventures of a 22-year-old professional Piyush Prajapati. Freshly out of college, Piyush finds himself working for an IT company.

Panchayat

Release Date: April, 2020
Streaming Platform - Amazon Prime
Number of Episodes: 16
Number of Seasons : 2
IMDB Rating: 8.9/10
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy, Faisal Malik



The series deals with the experiences of a engineering graduate boy from a city who is not familiar with village cultures, completing his graduation gets a low salary job of a Secretary of a Gram panchayat in a remote village called Phulera in Uttar Pradesh.

Each of the main characters Secretary (Jintendra Kumar),  Pradhan-Pati (Raghubir Yadav), Pradhan (Neena Gutpa),  Upa-Pradhan (Faisal Malik), Office Assistant (Chandan Roy) have been characterized and played very well by these characters.

In Season 2, they also introduced new characters like Rinky (Pradhan's daughter), Kranti Devi, MLA etc.

One might at times the episodes are slow faced, I feel since this is rural based theme and each character has been given its own space to develop, one would't mind this slow nature.

There was much wide gap between Season 1 and Season2 (was released in May 2022), due to Covid pandemic. 

Hopefully Season 3 should get released next year

Aspirants

Release Date: April, 2021
Streaming Platform - Youtube
Number of Episodes: 5
Number of Seasons : 1
IMDB Rating: 9.3/10
Genre: Comedy
Main Cast: Naveen Kasturia, Shivankit Parihar, Abhilash Thapliyal, Sunny Hinduja, Namita Dubey


Kota Factory was all about JEE,NEET, and this is about UPSC examination set in Rajinder Nagar.
The main theme is about the past and present of three friends, Abhilash, Guri and SK, who are UPSC aspirants. The past explains their UPSC Aspirant life in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi and their struggle to crack the examination, while the present examines their lives outside the Rajinder Nagar as adults.

While I was ware about educational institutes  in Kota before watching Kota Factory, I was not at aware about UPSC entrance exam institutes  in Rajinder Nagar,Delhi. All thanks to TVF for brining such stories out in the form of Web series.

Hopefully like Kota Factory, there will be next season for Aspirants.