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Aspirants

2021 · 3 seasons

A quietly earnest, slow-building look at friendship and ambition that lingers on the ache of striving and the weight of what comes after.

Created by
Shreyansh Pandey, Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish
Genres
Drama
Starring
Naveen Kasturia, Shivankit Singh Parihar, Abhilash Thapliyal
Tagline
PRE… MAINS… AUR LIFE
Overview
Aspirants is a story of 3 friends - Abhilash, SK, and Guri. The story takes place in the past and the present where the past captures the struggle and the drama behind the making of UPSC CSE aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar of Delhi, while the present talks about the aftermath. It is the story of three UPSC aspirants journey.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Shreyansh Pandey, Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish
Genres
Drama
Starring
Naveen Kasturia, Shivankit Singh Parihar, Abhilash Thapliyal
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • identity
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Shreyansh Pandey, Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish, Arunabh Kumar
Written by
Anurag Shukla, Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish, Ashutosh Pankaj, Anurag Goswami
Starring
Naveen Kasturia, Shivankit Singh Parihar, Abhilash Thapliyal, Sunny Hinduja, Namita Dubey, Jatin Goswami, Kuljeet Singh, Neeta Jhanjhi
Cinematography
Georgy John, Shiv Parkash
Length
3 seasons, 15 episodes
Network
YouTube, Prime Video, TVFPlay
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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