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Kota Factory
If your whole life right now is a rank and a rank list, this one's for you: your worth was never a number. 📚
Who it's for
Set in Kota, India's exam-coaching hub, the show makes the pressure behind competitive entrance exams visible: crowded batches, constant ranking, homesickness and parents' sacrifices.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Kota Factory is an Indian drama series created by Saurabh Khanna for The Viral Fever (TVF), first released on YouTube and TVFPlay in 2019, with Seasons 2 and 3 released on Netflix in 2021 and 2024. Set in Kota, Rajasthan, the country's exam-coaching hub, it follows 16-year-old Vaibhav from Itarsi as he prepares for the IIT-JEE entrance exam alongside his friends.
Where to find it
Season 1 premiered on TVF's platforms/YouTube; the series now streams on Netflix. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A student's death by suicide.
Age: TV-14 per Netflix (suggested 14+)
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, “Self-Reliance”
