''Aspirants'' is an Indian

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web series produced by The Viral Fever (TVF) and created by

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and Shreyansh Pandey, written by Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish and directed by Apoorv Singh Karki. It stars

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, Shivankit Parihar,

Abhilash Thapliyal Abhilash Thapliyal (born 24 November) is an Indian film actor, radio jockey and TV host. He is known for his prominent roles in ' Aspirants (2021)' as Shwetketu (SK), ' Kennedy (2023)' as Chandan, 'TVF Inmates (2017)' as Sukesh, ' Faadu - A Love ...

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and Sunny Hinduja. The story follows three friends, Abhilash, Guri and SK who are preparing for the UPSC exam at Rajinder Nagar, Delhi. The series began streaming on 7 April 2021, with five episodes have been premiered online on TVF's YouTube Channel and TVF Play. The season finale aired on 8 May 2021. In October 2023, TVF announced the second season of the series, which premiered on

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on 25 October 2023. Aspirants is one of the highest rated web series in Hindi and is considered by many to be one of the best web series in the language.

Premise

''TVF Aspirants'' is about the past and present of three friends, ''Abhilash'', ''Guri'' and ''SK'', who are UPSC aspirants. The past explains their UPSC aspirant life in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi and their struggle to crack the examination, while the present examines their lives outside

Rajinder Nagar Rajendra Nagar (often spelled unofficially as 'Rajender Nagar' or 'Rajinder Nagar'
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as Abhilash Sharma IAS,

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of Rampur; Guri and SK's best friend; Dhairya's ex-boyfriend *Shivankit Singh Parihar as Gurpreet "Guri" Singh, Abhilash and SK's best friend; Dhairya's husband *

as Shwetketu "SK" Jha, Abhilash and Guri's best friend; UPSC coach at

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Rajinder Nagar Rajendra Nagar (often spelled unofficially as 'Rajender Nagar' or 'Rajinder Nagar'
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as Sandeep Ohlan "Sandeep Bhaiya", ALC (Assistant Labour Commissioner) of Rampur *

as Dhairya Singh, Guri's wife and Abhilash's ex-girlfriend; an NGO worker

Recurring

*Kuljeet Singh as Walia Uncle, Abhilash's landlord in Rajinder Nagar *

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as Pema Rijiju, SK's friend and a rapper *Neetu Jhanjhi as Walia Aunty, Abhilash's landlord in Rajinder Nagar *Nupur Nagpal as Pragati, Guri's ex-girlfriend; a PSC officer *Tengam Celine as Deepa Nabam IPS; Abhilash's friend *Abhishekh Sonpaliya as Abhilash's PA *Darius Chinoy as Abhilash's former boss *Preeti Agarwal Mehta as Anuradha Tiwari IAS *Sandeep Sharma as Manohar Prakash, Abhilash's former UPSC coach in Rajinder Nagar *Jaspal Sharma as S. Chandrakant, Head of Accounting at Abhilash's former UPSC coaching center in Rajinder Nagar *Salim Siddiqui as Xen Officer

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1

Season 2

Soundtrack

The series' soundtrack features 11 songs composed by

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, Tushar Mallek, and Nilotpal Bora and written by Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish, Avinash Chouhan, and

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. The track "Dhaaga" which is originally from TVF's previous series ''

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'' (2018) was reused in the series.

Spin-offs

''SK Sir Ki Class''

* The trailer of the first

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named ''SK Sir Ki Class'' was released on 16 February 2023. It focuses on SK, his life as UPSC teacher in Old Rajinder Nagar and his struggles to make one of his students Ashish Arora (

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) prepare for the UPSC exams, even though Ashish doesn't want to.

''Sandeep Bhaiya''

* The second spin-off ''Sandeep Bhaiya'' was premiered on Youtube on 30 June 2023. It follows the early life struggles and passion of Sandeep Singh Ohlan (Sandeep Bhaiya) and his life after becoming a PCS officer.

''Guri-Dhairya Ki Love Story''

The third spin-off ''Guri Dhairya Ki Love Story'', written by Abhinandan Sridhar, Gunjan Saxena and Sonal Sheopori, was released on

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with the first episode aired on 25 March 2025. The series focuses on the period after quitting preparation for UPSC, Guri returns to his hometown to join his father's dairy firm and by chance, he meets Dhairya in his town, and later how they develop a love relationship between them.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt14392248 Hindi-language web series TVF Play Shows Indian comedy web series Indian drama web series Civil Services of India Union Public Service Commission YouTube original programming 2010s YouTube series