Hostel Daze Explained

Genre:Comedy
Drama
Producer:Arunabh Kumar
Cinematography:Chetan Jagannath Shinde
Ashwin Kadamboor
Bibartan Ghosh
Hari K. Vedantam
Company:The Viral Fever
Runtime:30 minute
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Num Seasons:4
Num Episodes:21
Related:Engga Hostel

Hostel Daze is an Indian Hindi-language comedy drama television series created by Saurabh Khanna and written by Abhishek Yadav. Directed Raghav Subbu, it stars Adarsh Gourav, Luv Vispute, Shubham Gaur, Nikhil Vijay and Ahsaas Channa in lead roles.[1] Hostel Daze premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 13 December 2019. The series contains four seasons, with a total of 21 episodes of approximately 30 minutes each. Season 2 premiered on 23 July 2021, Season 3 premiered on 16 November 2022 and Season 4 premiered on 27 September 2023.[2]

Premise

The series follows four hostel friends in their first year: Jhantoo (Nikhil Vijay), Chirag (Luv), and Jaat (Shubham Gaur) are new students in campus and become roommates.[3]

Characters

The cast include:[4]

Reception

Jessica Xalxo, writing for RollingStone India observed: "Instead of confronting the very real issues that students are faced with, Hostel Daze trivializes them to the point of tradition, normalization and acceptance. And in its portrayal of the truth lies an endorsement that feels both endemic and dangerous, beyond the trappings of the genre."[5]

Remake

Viral Fever remade the series in Tamil as Engga Hostel in January 2023 and in Telugu as Hostel Days in July 2023 which are also available on Amazon Prime Video.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Amazon Prime Video and TVF's Hostel Daze to make one nostalgic about the hostel life experience. 20 November 2020. Mumbai Live. 17 December 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: Hostel Daze season 4: Watch everything that happened before the series finale. 7 October 2023. OTT Play. 26 September 2023. en.
  3. Web site: Engl . India New . 20 December 2019 . Movie Review: Hostel Daze is feel-good fun . 20 November 2020 . INDIA New England News . en.
  4. Web site: Watch the Trailer for Hostel Daze, TVF's Next Series Out This Week. 20 November 2020. NDTV Gadgets 360. 9 December 2019 . en.
  5. Web site: Xalxo . Jessica . 'Hostel Daze' Review: A Show That Could Stand to Grow Up . RollingStone India . 17 December 2019 . 19 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Engaa Hostel Trailer Out: Hostel Daze Gets A Tamil Remake . January 20, 2023 . lehren.com . 20 January 2023 . en.