Jugaadistan

Jugaadistan
Promotional release poster
Genre	comedy drama
Created by	Divya Rao
Written by	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 by	Khamosh Shah
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Sanjeevkumar Nair
Producer	Rohit Jain
Cinematography	Akash Agrawal
Editors	Jitendra Dongare Sanyukta Kaza Vansh Mehta
Production company	Lionsgate India
Original release
Network	Lionsgate Play
Release	4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)

Jugaadistan is a 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

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

External links

• Jugaadistan at IMDb