Genre: Comedy, Drama
Directors: Raghav Subu
Rating: 4/5
Dedicated to Shrimati SL Loney ji, Shri Irodov ji and Maanniya HC Verma ji, 'Kota Factory' is TVF's latest original. India's first 'Black and White' show highlights the problems present day IIT-JEE aspirants face in their day-to-day lives.
I have always felt the story of 3 friends will be always special, fascinating, and unbeatable. For instance: Dil Chahta Hai, 3 Idiots, Zindagi Na Milegi Dubara and now Kota Factory. What an outstanding masterpiece. It took me to my college days (Golden Days), and I am sure most of them felt the same.
Kota Factory is an excellent take on the competitive world of post-school education and coaching in India. It nails every single aspect of being a 10th pass out looking to enter a college. But what makes the 5-episode mini-series a worthwhile watch is not the description of the life of such a student but the freshness and partial didactic approach that aims to educate the viewer about the real goal.
Kota Factory is a story set in Kota, where
a number of students come every year to study for JEE Advanced. Everyone comes
over there only with the hopes that they are going to become an IITian one day.
In the scene where Vaibhav is caught cheating from a book and Jeetu Bhaiya
scolds him, I actually felt it right through my heart.
There are so many things that feel really relatable in this web series. The way
Vaibhav adjusts to the PG life, the entire character of Meena, the teachers at
the coaching centre and how they try to look as enthusiastic as possible to
keep the students engaged; it's all just like how we get to see people in 11th
and 12th class.
Kota Factory is a social commentary that belongs to something I like to call the 'era-defining entertainment', something that people from the future can watch to understand what life was like in our times, and the fact that we actually wanted to change them. I use this term to define films and shows like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Zootopia, Watchmen etc. I really appreciate the fact that TVF Play is a free streaming service, so this masterpiece will be available to everyone without having to spend money.
The only problem I had with this series is how it was made in black and white.
There's no problem with making a black and white show, but in this series, they
just slapped a greyscale filter on this. There was no contrast, the camera
quality was very bad and the certain areas that need to be given special
application for greyscale effect was not done at all (if you've watched Logan:
Noir or Zack Snyder's Justice League: Justice is Gray you'll know exactly what
I'm talking about). Anyways it’s still a must-watch for both students and parents.
Let me speak about every individual who has acted in this web series.
@Mayur More as Vaibhav Pandey
Choosing career over girl in the end which is quite remarkable thought by the director. You have great future buddy. I can visualize you in the bigger screen soon. You have got the potential to be a good actor.
@Ranjan Raj as Balmukund Meena
Felt like you are typical South Indian, you have unconditional dialogue delivery which makes me and all the viewers to love your character wholeheartedly.
@Alam Khan as Uday Gupta
Boy oh boy that last episode your one take shot.!
@Jitendra Kumar as Jeetu Bhaiya
You are undoubtedly fabulous actor, human-being, such a conviction in acting.
@Ahsaas Channa as Shivangi
You are born actor. Acting is in your blood. Mark my words you will bang many awards in the future.
@Urvi Singh as Meena Parekh
Complete justice to the role what they have offered to you. Girl you got a great smile. It's your smile which made Vaibhav to fell in love.
Last but not the least to the director @Saurabh Khanna, hats off to you Sir. Thanks a lot for taking us to such a beautiful journey. I wish tons of success to you for the upcoming projects.
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