Jugaadistan

Indian comedy drama television series

Anant Tripathi
Parijat Joshi
Tarun Dudeja
Unaiza Merchant

Directed by

Akarsh Khurana
Adhaar Khurana

Starring

Sumeet Vyas
Arjun Mathur
Parambrata Chattopadhyay
Rukshar Dhillon
Taaruk Raina
Gopal Datt
Ahsaas Channa

Music byKhamosh ShahCountry of originIndiaOriginal languageHindiNo. of seasons1No. of episodes8ProductionExecutive producerSanjeevkumar NairProducerRohit JainCinematographyAkash AgrawalEditors

Jitendra Dongare
Sanyukta Kaza
Vansh Mehta

Production companyLionsgate IndiaOriginal releaseNetworkLionsgate PlayRelease4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)

Jugaadistan is an 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama television series produced under the banner of Lionsgate India.^[1] The series stars Sumeet Vyas, Arjun Mathur, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Rukshar Dhillon, Taaruk Raina, Gopal Datt and Ahsaas Channa.^[2] It premiered on Lionsgate Play on 4 March 2022.^[3]

Cast

Sumeet Vyas as Gaurav Bhati
Arjun Mathur as Tarush Khetrapal
Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Bijoy Das
Rukshar Dhillon as Ruhi Sada
Taaruk Raina as Lucky Kohli
Gopal Datt as Nadeem Dalvi
Ahsaas Channa as Ayesha Rehman
Tanvi Azmi as Kamala Reddy
Himika Bose as Aarti Chatterjee
Lukram Smil as Kenny Laishram
Aamir Mallick as Prashant Bharti
Priyank Tiwari as Nishant Kumar
Akash Khurana as Dharmaesh Mistry
Adhir Bhat as Bobby Nagra

Production

The series was announced by Lionsgate India, consisting of eight episodes.^[4] Sumeet Vyas, Arjun Mathur, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Rukshar Dhillon, Taaruk Raina, Gopal Datt and Ahsaas Channa joined the cast.^[2] The principal photography of the series commenced during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was primarily shot in Delhi, Daryaganj and Paharganj.^[5]^[6] The cast promoted the series on Kshitij 2022.^[7]

Reception

The series was reviewed by Manik Sharma for Firstpost,^[8] Abhimanyu Mathur for Hindustan Times^[9] and Sonil Dedhia of News18.^[10]

Sunidhi Prajapat of OTT Play rated the series 2/5 stars.^[11] Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated the series 3/5 stars.^[12] Prateek Sur of Outlook India gave it a rating of 3.5/5 stars.^[13]

References

^ "'Jugaadistan' director Akarsh Khurana peeps into college life, politics in new web series".
^ ^a ^b "Cast of 'Jugaadistan' opens up about unveiling the darker side of student life". Lokmattimes.
^ "Jugaadistan to Deadlock: What to watch on Lionsgate Play in March 2022".
^ "Sumeet Vyas and Arjun Mathur get together for Jugaadistan, a Lionsgate Play original".
^ "Character's scenes, ensemble cast drew me towards 'Jugaadistan': Arjun Mathur".
^ "Interesting life lessons by Akarsh Khurana in 'Jugaadistan'". The Times of India. 7 March 2022.
^ "Actors and director tell the Jugaadistan story at Kshitij 2022 hosted by IIT Kharagpur".
^ "Jugaadistaan review: Sumeet Vyas, Arjun Mathur's political drama is marred by mishmash of genres, passable performances". 4 March 2022.
^ "Jugaadistan review: Scam 1992 meets Dil Dosti Etc in enjoyable but flawed show". 5 March 2022.
^ "Jugaadistan Review: Sumeet Vyas, Arjun Mathur's Show Reflects Realities of Today's Youth and Campus Life". 4 March 2022.
^ "Jugaadistan review: Ahsaas Channa and Sumeet Vyas' show does not hit the spot".
^ "Jugaadistan Season 1 Review : An interesting campus drama that suffers from problem of plenty". The Times of India.
^ "Jugaadistan Review: Engaging Portrayal Of Student Life Ethics And Ethos But Suffers From A Hotchpotch Storyline". Outlook India. India. 5 March 2022.