College Romance

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College Romance
Genre Drama
Comedy
Written by
  • Kunal Aneja
  • Abhishek Srivastava
  • Akash Ahuja
  • Sidhant Mago
  • Manan Madaan
  • Pankaj Mavchi
  • Ashutosh Chaturvedi
Directed by
  • Simarpreet Singh
  • Apoorv Singh Karki
  • Parijat Josh
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producersArun Kumar
Vijay Koshy
Shreyansh Pandey
Producer Arunabh Kumar
Production companyThe Viral Fever Media Labs
Original release
Network
  • TVFPlay, YouTube (season 1)
  • SonyLIV (seasons 2-4)
Release7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 
14 July 2023 (2023-07-14)

College Romance is an Indian Hindi-language web series created by The Viral Fever and developed by Arunabh Kumar. It stars Keshav Sadhna, Apoorva Arora, Manjot Singh, Gagan Arora and Shreya Mehta. It follows three best friends Karan, Naira, and Trippy's look for love, laughs, and some lifelong memories while attending college together. [1]

Contents

College Romance Season 1 directed by Simarpreet Singh, premiered simultaneously on the company's media streaming platform TVF Play and in YouTube, on 7 August 2018 and it received a positive response from the audience. [2] Following the success of the first season, the makers renewed for a second season directed by Apoorv Singh Karki, that aired through Sony LIV on 29 January 2021.

The third season directed by Parijat Joshi released on Sony LIV on 16 September 2022. [3] The 4th and final season of the series released on 14 July 2023 [4]

Cast

CharacterPortrayed byDescriptionAppearances
Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4
KaranKeshav SadhnaDeepika's ex-boyfriend, Naira and Trippy's best friend, Dhatrapriya's boyfriendMain
Naira Apoorva Arora Bagga's girlfriend, Karan, and Trippy's best friendMain
Trippy Manjot Singh Raveena's ex-boyfriend, Karan, and Naira's best friendMainDoes not appearGuest
Bagga Gagan Arora Naira's boyfriendMain
DeepikaShreya MehtaKaran's ex-girlfriendMain
Raveena PatelHira AsharTrippy's ex-girlfriendMainDoes not appear
DhatrapriyaNupur NagpalKaran's girlfriendDoes not appearRecurringMain
HarryEklavey KashyapKaran and Bagga's roommateDoes not appearMain
RawiJahnvi RawatBagga's sisterDoes not appearMain
AnshumanAmbrish VermaRaveena's ex-boyfriendRecurringDoes not appear
NainaGeetika BudhirajaRecurringDoes not appear
BirjuAnkit MotghareRecurringDoes not appear
Sahil VermaBagga's friendRecurringRecurringDoes not appearRecurring
AnikaShreya SinghRecurringDoes not appear
Munjal SirShiva KumarKaran, Naira, and Trippy's teacherRecurringDoes not appearRecurring
Karishma Samriddhi Mehra Does not appearRecurringDoes not appear
Raveena Mishra Surabhi Mehra Trippy's second girlfriendDoes not appearRecurringDoes not appearGuest
BhatiAnkur PathakBagga's enemy turned accompliceDoes not appearRecurringGuest
Pauranik KathaShivankit Singh PariharDoes not appearRecurringDoes not appear
HippyAishwarya ChaudharyDoes not appearRecurringDoes not appear
ManagerLucky GuptaBagga's friendDoes not appearRecurringDoes not appear

Series overview

SeasonNo. of episodesOriginally broadcast (India)
First airedLast aired
157 August 20187 September 2018
2529 January 2021
3516 September 2022
4514 July 2023

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2021 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Comedy Series Arunabh Kumar Nominated [5]

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