Crash Course (TV series)

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Crash Course
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Genre Drama
Written byManish Hariprasad
Raina Roy
Directed by Vijay Maurya
Starring
Music byAv Prafullachandra
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
ProducerManish Hariprasad
CinematographyNagaraj Rathinam
EditorChandrashekhar Prajapati
Running time42-47 minutes
Production companyOwlet Films
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video
Release5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)

Crash Course is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series written by Manish Hariprasad and Raina Roy, directed by Vijay Maurya and produced by Owlet Films. Starring Annu Kapoor, Udit Arora, Anvesha Vij, Anushka Kaushik, Bhanu Uday, Hetal Gada, Hridhu Haroon, Pranay Pachauri and others, the series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 5 August 2022. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Plot

The series follows a group of students who, in the midst of preparations for competitive exams to fulfil their parent's expectations, are affected when two rival coaching institutes of Kota (Rajasthan) – the Ratanraj Jindal and Arvind Batra-led centres engage in a power struggle. [5]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [6]
1"Faces on a Billboard"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
2"Wheeler-Dealer"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
3"Covalent Bonding"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
4"The A,B,C,D Game"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
5"Bell Curve"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
6"The Loyalty Tests"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
7"Brothers in Arms"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
8"Red Handed"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
9"Free Falling"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)
10"The End. The Beginning"Vijay MauryaManish Hariprasad, Raina Roy5 August 2022 (2022-08-05)

Release

Crash Course was released on Amazon Prime Video in India and worldwide on 5 August 2022. [7] [8]

Reception

Most of the critics found Crash Course as a spin-off version of Netflix series Kota Factory . Archika Khurana for The Times of India rate 3/5 stars and wrote "'Crash Course' has nothing new to offer in terms of insights. One thing that remains constant throughout the show, if not more, is that you will miss Kota Factory's Jeetu Bhaiya and his words of wisdom..." [9]

Prateek Sur for Outlook rated 2.5/5 stars and wrote "'Crash Course’ is a hard-hitting and realistic view of today's education system. Its heart is in the right place, however, it’s the sloppy writing that kills the fun." [10]

Ruchi Kaushal for Hindustan Times wrote "Crash Course stands far from Kota Factory in realism but does take credit for addressing student suicides, parental pressure, the distractions they face away from home, love angles, teenage pregnancy and even drugs." [11] Deepa Gehlot for Scroll.in wrote "There was nothing new to add to the narrative of avaricious coaching classes, pushy parents and vulnerable students. Thus the Amazon Prime Video series Crash Course, directed by actor-writer Vijay Maurya from a script by Manish Hariprasad and Raina Roy, treads familiar ground." [12]

Pratikshya Mishra for The Quint wrote "Unlike Kota Factory, the show is more gripping when it’s focusing on the business and the politics of education, especially living through Udit Arora as Binny, the ‘real kingpin’ of Kota".[ citation needed ]

Namrata Thakker for Rediff.com wrote "The series has 10 episodes with a runtime of 50-odd minutes per episode, and that's too much. The makers could have squeezed the story in seven or eight episodes, making it crisper." [13]

The Pinkvilla focused some light on the series to Netflix series Kota Factory and wrote "All in all, Crash Course is a distant relative of Kota Factory, which builds some tension in the first episode but lacks the novelty due to an already iconic series in the same space." [14]

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