Kota Factory information

*Kota Factory*
Kota Factory
	Official release poster
Genre	Drama; Comedy;
Created by	Saurabh Khanna; Arunabh Kumar;
Written by	Tamojit Das
Directed by	Raghav Subbu
Starring	Mayur More; Ranjan Raj; Alam Khan; Jitendra Kumar; Revathi Pillai; Urvi Singh; Ahsaas Channa;
Composers	Karthik Rao; Simran Hora;
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producer	Sameer Saxena
Cinematography	Jerin Paul
Editor	Gourav Gopal Jha
Running time	30 – 45 minutes
Production company	The Viral Fever
Original release
Network	TVFPlay; YouTube; (season 1); Netflix; (season 2);
Release	16 April 2019 –; present
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Kota Factory is an Indian Hindi-language television series created by Saurabh Khanna, directed by Raghav Subbu and produced by Arunabh Kumar for The Viral Fever. The story is set in Kota, Rajasthan, an educational hub famous for its coaching centres. The show follows the life of 16-year-old Vaibhav (Mayur More) who moves to Kota from Itarsi. It shows the life of students in the city, and Vaibhav's efforts to get into an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) by cracking the Joint Entrance Examination. It also stars Jitendra Kumar, Ahsaas Channa, Alam Khan, Ranjan Raj, Revathi Pillai and Urvi Singh in prominent roles.^[1]

Saurabh Khanna, the creator of the show, said that he aims to change the popular narrative surrounding Kota and preparation for IIT-JEE & NEET in Indian pop culture to a more positive one via the show.^[2] The series premiered simultaneously on TVFPlay and YouTube from 16 April to 14 May 2019. The series received a generally positive response from critics, praising its black & white setting, realism, and the major technical aspects of the series.^[3]

On 30 August 2021, Netflix announced that the series would be renewed for a second season, which was released on 24 September 2021.^[4] On 26 September 2021, Raghav Subbu confirmed that the third season was in the works.^[5] It was confirmed in Feb 2024 when Netflix dropped a first look teaser on their Instagram page.^[6]

^ "'Aranyak', 'Bombay Begums', 'Decoupled', 'Finding Anamika', 'Mai', 'Ray': Series to stream on Netflix in 2021". DNA India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Ghosh, Devarsi (21 April 2019). "TVF's 'Kota Factory' rallies against 'one-sided representation' of Kota's coaching class culture". Scroll.in. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "The Viral Fever's Black and White Original, Kota Factory gains impressive response". Indiantelevision.com. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Kota Factory Season 2 teaser: As Jeetu bhaiya goes missing, can IIT aspirants crack the code?". The Indian Express. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^ "Kota Factory director Raghav Subbu confirms Season 3 in works: 'We know who gets into IIT and who doesn't'". The Indian Express. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "Kota Factory Season 3 first look". The Indian Express. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[DNA-cast-1] "'Aranyak', 'Bombay Begums', 'Decoupled', 'Finding Anamika', 'Mai', 'Ray': Series to stream on Netflix in 2021". DNA India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[:22-2] Ghosh, Devarsi (21 April 2019). "TVF's 'Kota Factory' rallies against 'one-sided representation' of Kota's coaching class culture". Scroll.in. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[:1-3] "The Viral Fever's Black and White Original, Kota Factory gains impressive response". Indiantelevision.com. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[4] "Kota Factory Season 2 teaser: As Jeetu bhaiya goes missing, can IIT aspirants crack the code?". The Indian Express. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

[5] "Kota Factory director Raghav Subbu confirms Season 3 in works: 'We know who gets into IIT and who doesn't'". The Indian Express. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[6] "Kota Factory Season 3 first look". The Indian Express. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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Kota Factory
Official release poster
Genre	Drama Comedy
Created by	Saurabh Khanna Arunabh Kumar
Written by	Tamojit Das
Directed by	Raghav Subbu
Starring	Mayur More Ranjan Raj Alam Khan Jitendra Kumar Revathi Pillai Urvi Singh Ahsaas Channa
Composers	Karthik Rao Simran Hora
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producer	Sameer Saxena
Cinematography	Jerin Paul
Editor	Gourav Gopal Jha
Running time	30 – 45 minutes
Production company	The Viral Fever
Original release
Network	TVFPlay YouTube (season 1) Netflix (season 2)
Release	16 April 2019 (2019-04-16) – present
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