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TVF Aspirants is a superb Web series, which tells the stories of countless UPSC aspirants struggling to make it big while attending coaching classes in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar. We all have appreciated performances by Naveen Kasturia and gang, and we simply can’t get enough of it. If you too are not over the Aspirants hangover, we have gathered this list of Web series like Aspirants that will give you the same feel-good and endearing emotions. Read on.

List of shows like Aspirants: streaming platform and IMDb rating

SK Sir Ki Class

A spinoff to TVF Aspirants, SK Sir Ki Class is the latest TVF Web series to premiere on YouTube. The series is set after the events of Aspirants as it shows SK Sir, one of the trio, continuing his popular UPSC coaching classes in Old Rajinder Nagar. Things take a serious turn when IAS Rajesh Jais calls in for a favour – to help his directionless son crack the exam. Will SK Sir be able to convince him into it or fail like everyone else? Watch this super inspiring and feel-good series, which is now streaming on YouTube with new episodes every week.

• SK Sir Ki Class IMDb rating: 8.7
• SK Sir Ki Class cast: Abhilash Thapliyal, Gagan Arora, Rajesh Jais
  
• Where to watch: YouTube

Laakhon Mein Ek

Conceptualised by Biswa Kalyan Rath, this 2017 Amazon Prime Video series follows the story of a young boy named Aakash who is forced by his parents to join an IIT JEE coaching institute by his father, despite having a passion for music. It shows his journey into the coaching institute, struggling to blend in with the other aspirants who have similar stories, and finally carving out a niche for himself to make himself unique in the crowd of thousands appearing for the examination. The series is set in Kota, a city in Rajasthan known for its IIT coaching institutes. Biswa perfectly captures the student life in the chaos of the city.

• Laakhon Mein Ek IMDb rating: 8.2
• Laakhon Mein Ek cast: Biswa Kalyan Rath, Shweta Tripathi, Sandeep Mehta
  
• Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

Kota Factory

Another one of TVF’s superhit Web series, Kota Factory is also set in the Rajasthani city of Kota. It shows similar journeys of students preparing for the competitive IIT-JEE exam to get into India’s top engineering colleges, while studying in the coaching hub of Kota, Rajasthan. It is appreciated by audiences to be a rather realistic portrayal of the events that take place in this place where young kids face immense pressure to succeed in an exam that has a miniscule probability of success. It shows how the kids deal with relationships, staying alone, and mental health, all while preparing for the biggest task of their life.

• Kota Factory IMDb rating: 9.0
• Kota Factory cast: Mayur More, Jitendra Kumar, Ranjan Raj
  
• Where to watch: Netflix

Panchayat

While not related to student coaching classes, Panchayat by TVF is an equally endearing and feel-good series. It shows the story of an engineering graduate who takes up an offbeat job in rural India, where he wishes to relax and study for his upcoming entrance exams. But fate has something else in mind for him as he goes deeper into the political and social developments that take place in the village. His job as a secretary in a local Panchayat reveals how complex these jobs are, despite how simple they might look from an urban viewpoint. The addition of humour through realistic portrayals of customs and rituals is the added bonus.

• Panchayat IMDb rating: 8.9
• Panchayat cast: Jitendra Kumar, Raghuvir Yadav, Chandan Roy
  
• Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

Pitchers

One of the most unique Web series of its time, 2015’s Pitchers is about four friends who decide to quit their respective professions and build a startup of their own. This raw portrayal explores the challenges and opportunities that come with entrepreneurship and the struggles they face in securing funding, building a team, and navigating the corporate world. Their encounter with investor sharks and prospective employees, clashes with their personal life issues like tackling love relationships and their own mental health. This was one of the first and only TV shows to depict India’s startup culture, especially at a time when it was coming of age.

• Pitchers IMDb rating: 9.1
• Pitchers cast: Naveen Kasturia, Arunabh Kumar, Abhay Mahajan
  
• Where to watch: Zee5

Thinkistan

N. Padmakumar’s creation on MX Player, Thinkistan set in the world of advertising and revolves around two copywriters, Hema and Amit, working for an advertising agency in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The show is set in the advertising world and depicts how competitive and political it can get to grab clients and be successful in the industry. Further, it also delves into the personal lives of these two copywriters and how they balance both worlds. The show, with Naveen Kasturia in the lead, has been appreciated for its modernistic visuals.

• Thinkistan IMDb rating: 8.1
• Thinkistan cast: Shravan Reddy, Naveen Kasturia, Mandira Bedi
  
• Where to watch: MX Player

Selection Day

Based on the book of the same name by Aravind Adiga, Selection Day is an inspiring watch-through and through. The Netflix Web series shows the story of brothers, Radha and Manju, and their obsessive father who wants to realise his age-old dream of seeing his kids become cricketers. It shows their journey from nothing to eventually finding their route towards becoming what their father always dreamt of.

• Selection Day IMDb rating: 7.3
• Selection Day cast: Mahesh Manjrekar, Rajesh Tailang, Ratna Pathak Shah
  
• Where to watch: Netflix