Mumbai, March 6 (Ians) The streaming show ‘Class’, has been officially renewed by the makers for a second season.
The first season of the series followed the journey of students at Hampton High, an elite school in Delhi and their dynamics when three scholarship students, from the other side of the track join the school.
The first season showcased the collision of two different worlds, conflicts and deepening secrets. The show explores a wide range of social issues affecting modern youth, including casteism, child neglect, corruption, homophobia, religious discrimination, and income inequality in India.
It featured Gurfateh Pirzada, Anjali Sivaraman, Ayesha Kanga, Chayan Chopra, Cyaawal Singh, Chintan Rach, Madhyama Segal, Moses Koul, Naina Bhan, Piyush Khati and Zeyn Shaw in leading roles.
‘Class’ received appreciation as it started multiple conversations about differing socio-economic backgrounds, mental health, love and representation.
The show which consists of 8 episodes was released on February 3, 2023 on Netflix.
The first season of the series followed the journey of students at Hampton High, an elite school in Delhi and their dynamics when three scholarship students, from the other side of the track join the school.
The first season showcased the collision of two different worlds, conflicts and deepening secrets. The show explores a wide range of social issues affecting modern youth, including casteism, child neglect, corruption, homophobia, religious discrimination, and income inequality in India.
It featured Gurfateh Pirzada, Anjali Sivaraman, Ayesha Kanga, Chayan Chopra, Cyaawal Singh, Chintan Rach, Madhyama Segal, Moses Koul, Naina Bhan, Piyush Khati and Zeyn Shaw in leading roles.
‘Class’ received appreciation as it started multiple conversations about differing socio-economic backgrounds, mental health, love and representation.
The show which consists of 8 episodes was released on February 3, 2023 on Netflix.
- 3/6/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Film director and screenwriter Ashim Ahluwalia spoke about the challenges of adapting Spanish drama ‘Elite’ for an Indian audience and making the web series ‘Class’. He said the biggest responsibility was retaining the characters from the original story.
He shared: “‘Class’ is an Indian adaptation of the global series ‘Elite’, and is something I was very excited about. Rather than just making a localised copy, I used the Spanish show in the way that one would use a source novel as a starting point for something altogether new. It’s not just about recreating a show for Indian audiences, but also about bringing a unique perspective and cultural context to the story.”
Ashim is a well-known film director, screenwriter, and producer. The National Award winner is best known for his critically acclaimed films, ‘Daddy’, ‘Thin Air’, and ‘Miss Lovely’, among others.
He elaborated more about his recent web series and...
He shared: “‘Class’ is an Indian adaptation of the global series ‘Elite’, and is something I was very excited about. Rather than just making a localised copy, I used the Spanish show in the way that one would use a source novel as a starting point for something altogether new. It’s not just about recreating a show for Indian audiences, but also about bringing a unique perspective and cultural context to the story.”
Ashim is a well-known film director, screenwriter, and producer. The National Award winner is best known for his critically acclaimed films, ‘Daddy’, ‘Thin Air’, and ‘Miss Lovely’, among others.
He elaborated more about his recent web series and...
- 2/28/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
An Indian adaptation of a Spanish drama series exploring societal hierarchy in the intersection of caste, class and privilege among students in a fictional school set in the heart of capital Delhi has kicked up a buzz on social media.
Netflix India’s Cla, the Hindi adaptation of the hit Spanish series Elite, follows the lives of three working-class students – Neeraj, Sabha, and Balli – who win scholarships to attend one of New Delhi’s most prestigious schools.
After the murder of a wealthy child named Suhani, excitement quickly turns to dread as they find themselves caught in a web of class warfare, secrets, and betrayal.
While the series is familiar to Elite, it addresses a variety of controversial issues that students in urban India face. From the get-go, Cla dives into the issues of Islamophobia, queer repression, abortion, bigotry, religious dogma, and the socioeconomic and cultural differences between people from different caste structures.
Netflix India’s Cla, the Hindi adaptation of the hit Spanish series Elite, follows the lives of three working-class students – Neeraj, Sabha, and Balli – who win scholarships to attend one of New Delhi’s most prestigious schools.
After the murder of a wealthy child named Suhani, excitement quickly turns to dread as they find themselves caught in a web of class warfare, secrets, and betrayal.
While the series is familiar to Elite, it addresses a variety of controversial issues that students in urban India face. From the get-go, Cla dives into the issues of Islamophobia, queer repression, abortion, bigotry, religious dogma, and the socioeconomic and cultural differences between people from different caste structures.
- 2/11/2023
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - TV
When the category is “rich horny teens,” television rarely fails.
From the dawn of “Beverly Hills 90210” to the heyday of “The O.C.” to our current era of “Euphoria” and more, filmmakers are clearly enamored with the lifestyles of the rich, famous, and too-young-to-know-better. Netflix’s latest addition to this glut of raunchy rebellion is “Class,” a Hindi adaptation of the streamer’s Spanish-language original series “Elite” from producer Ashim Ahluwalia.
Set at a wealthy private school in New Delhi, “Class” chronicles the unraveling of a delicately balanced coterie of upperclassmen after the addition of three new scholarship students. Dheeraj (Piyush Khati), Saba (Madhyama Segal), and Balli (Cwaayal Singh) throw Hampton International into freefall, forcing the supercilious student body to face down their most unsettling desires, biases, and foibles. Months after their arrival, a student has been murdered, and everyone is a suspect.
Though taken from “Elite,” the premise of...
From the dawn of “Beverly Hills 90210” to the heyday of “The O.C.” to our current era of “Euphoria” and more, filmmakers are clearly enamored with the lifestyles of the rich, famous, and too-young-to-know-better. Netflix’s latest addition to this glut of raunchy rebellion is “Class,” a Hindi adaptation of the streamer’s Spanish-language original series “Elite” from producer Ashim Ahluwalia.
Set at a wealthy private school in New Delhi, “Class” chronicles the unraveling of a delicately balanced coterie of upperclassmen after the addition of three new scholarship students. Dheeraj (Piyush Khati), Saba (Madhyama Segal), and Balli (Cwaayal Singh) throw Hampton International into freefall, forcing the supercilious student body to face down their most unsettling desires, biases, and foibles. Months after their arrival, a student has been murdered, and everyone is a suspect.
Though taken from “Elite,” the premise of...
- 2/6/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Netflix’s new show Class is receiving rave reviews from audiences.
The show, which is dubbed as the Indian version of the Spanish drama series Elite, is set in the fictional Hampton International School in New Delhi.
The show explores themes such as the wealth gap, gender, sexuality, priviledge, and caste.
It follows three underpriviledged students named Dheeraj, Saba, and Balli, who are transferred to Hampton when their own school burns down in a suspicious accident.
For Hampton’s trustees, this is a great PR opportunity to show how they’re giving back to society by coming to the aid of the less-privileged. But Dheeraj, Saba, and Balli know that there’s something fishy going on the moment they set foot in their new school.
As soon as the new show was released earlier this month, everyone’s first reaction was how similar the storyline is to Elite.
“Just finished watching Class on Netflix.
The show, which is dubbed as the Indian version of the Spanish drama series Elite, is set in the fictional Hampton International School in New Delhi.
The show explores themes such as the wealth gap, gender, sexuality, priviledge, and caste.
It follows three underpriviledged students named Dheeraj, Saba, and Balli, who are transferred to Hampton when their own school burns down in a suspicious accident.
For Hampton’s trustees, this is a great PR opportunity to show how they’re giving back to society by coming to the aid of the less-privileged. But Dheeraj, Saba, and Balli know that there’s something fishy going on the moment they set foot in their new school.
As soon as the new show was released earlier this month, everyone’s first reaction was how similar the storyline is to Elite.
“Just finished watching Class on Netflix.
- 2/6/2023
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - TV
The Spanish series Elite has its remake, in this case, from India with Class, a series directed by Ashim Ahluwalia who tells us the story of three students from a poor district in Delhi who go to study in an elitistic high school in town, with the subsequent conflicts, adventures and murders.
It comes with the same structure and in the telling of the story the same premise. It justifies its change (a fire that makes the three students go to the expensive high school) and transports the Spanish Class to India.
Lots of you might say that plot-wise, you would rather settle for the original version and as for boldness, you would surely settle for the original which knew how to make use of its sexier side. In Class we have more social inequalities, less thriller and intrigue and more social discourse.
As always, it is a matter of...
It comes with the same structure and in the telling of the story the same premise. It justifies its change (a fire that makes the three students go to the expensive high school) and transports the Spanish Class to India.
Lots of you might say that plot-wise, you would rather settle for the original version and as for boldness, you would surely settle for the original which knew how to make use of its sexier side. In Class we have more social inequalities, less thriller and intrigue and more social discourse.
As always, it is a matter of...
- 2/3/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
The trailer of the young adult streaming series ‘Class’ presents a tale of mishaps, mayhem, ideological clash and sentiments running high at Hampton International school. Adapted from the global hit Spanish series, ‘Elite’, the Indian counterpart promises an engaging, edgy, coming-of-age thriller – a whodunnit piece of audio-visual content.
The trailer gives the impression that it is ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’, ‘Student of the Year’ and ‘Josh’ put together.
Talking about the series, director Ashim Ahluwalia said: “It was quite a task to adapt a show that has had enormous love globally, particularly because I wanted to rework its cinematic language and set it in New Delhi. I was keen to make something real and intense, something that charts the heightened emotions of teenage life. I also wanted to explore class, something we engage with daily but rarely see authentically depicted on screen.”
The show features a dynamic, young ensemble cast that includes Gurfateh Pirzada,...
The trailer gives the impression that it is ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’, ‘Student of the Year’ and ‘Josh’ put together.
Talking about the series, director Ashim Ahluwalia said: “It was quite a task to adapt a show that has had enormous love globally, particularly because I wanted to rework its cinematic language and set it in New Delhi. I was keen to make something real and intense, something that charts the heightened emotions of teenage life. I also wanted to explore class, something we engage with daily but rarely see authentically depicted on screen.”
The show features a dynamic, young ensemble cast that includes Gurfateh Pirzada,...
- 1/18/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
From ‘The Family Man’ hitmakers Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D K unspooling the small-town dark comedy ‘Guns & Gulabs’ set in the 1990s, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Rajkummar Rao, to a soup-slurping Manoj Bajpayee in ‘Soup’, to Nayanthara’s fairytale wedding and the uncle-nephew duo Venkatesh and Rana Daggubati uniting on screen as father and son in ‘Rana Naidu’, Netflix unveiled quite a formidable lineup for its Indian subscribers at a global fan event on Saturday.
Presented by comedian Zakir Khan and popular actress Prajakta Koli, Tudum India showcased the series and films lined up for release in the coming weeks and months. These included:
Monica, O My Darling
With a title that pays tribute to the unforgettable R.D. Burman-Asha Bhosale number picturised on a unctuous Helen, the Vasant Bala-directed neo-noir movie with Huma Qureshi and Rajkummar Rao is a whodunit that wades through lust, blackmail, betrayal, blood, and...
Presented by comedian Zakir Khan and popular actress Prajakta Koli, Tudum India showcased the series and films lined up for release in the coming weeks and months. These included:
Monica, O My Darling
With a title that pays tribute to the unforgettable R.D. Burman-Asha Bhosale number picturised on a unctuous Helen, the Vasant Bala-directed neo-noir movie with Huma Qureshi and Rajkummar Rao is a whodunit that wades through lust, blackmail, betrayal, blood, and...
- 9/24/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The India leg of Netflix’s annual fan event Tudum on Saturday showcased several big ticket films and shows including Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Khufiya,” starring Tabu, Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.’s “Guns & Gulaabs,” with Dulquer Salmaan, and Hansal Mehta’s “Scoop.” Tudum India was hosted by comedian Zakir Khan and actor Prajakta Koli.
“Class,” set in an expensive Delhi school, is an adaptation of hit Spanish series “Elite.” It stars Gurfateh Pirzada, Chintan Rachh, Naina Bhan, Chayan Chopra, Ciyawal, Anjali Sivarman, Madhyama Segal, Piyush Khati, Ayesha Kanga, Chandan Singh, Moses Koul and Zeyn Shaw.
For “Guns & Gulaabs,” starring Dulquer Salmaan, “The Family Man” creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. team with Netflix for their first series for the streamer after their indie film “Cinema Bandi.” The series is a crime thriller that depicts love and innocence against the backdrop of crime, and blends the romance of the 90s with humor.
“Class,” set in an expensive Delhi school, is an adaptation of hit Spanish series “Elite.” It stars Gurfateh Pirzada, Chintan Rachh, Naina Bhan, Chayan Chopra, Ciyawal, Anjali Sivarman, Madhyama Segal, Piyush Khati, Ayesha Kanga, Chandan Singh, Moses Koul and Zeyn Shaw.
For “Guns & Gulaabs,” starring Dulquer Salmaan, “The Family Man” creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. team with Netflix for their first series for the streamer after their indie film “Cinema Bandi.” The series is a crime thriller that depicts love and innocence against the backdrop of crime, and blends the romance of the 90s with humor.
- 9/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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