Engga Hostel

I almost gave up on this show and called it quits but one my friends insisted me to watch the 3rd episode so I gave the show a second chance 2 days later and it was like a completely different show.

The characters started developing very well from the 3rd episode and reached a well written finale,don't know why they couldn't follow the same flow in the first two episodes.

First two episodes were so badly written with an excellent cast at hand,the girls ragging and proposing to another girl was a complete snooze fest,ragging was too stretched out & felt tiring to a point that I had to fast forward. On comparison the second episode was better but not on par with the last 3 episodes.

If you want to watch this series, skip the first two episodes,you wouldn't be missing much.

Episode 1 (6.5/10) Started off well and ended well but the ragging scenes were too much.

Episode 2 (7.5/10) Too much focus on Ajay's identity, others identity was just brushed upon but not showing porn and having a discussion around it is really commendable especially the Girls discussion.

Episode 3 (10/10) Best episode of the series, started off & progressed as very cliched romance but the twist was brilliant with a superb ending 👏.

Episode 4 (9/10) Highly entertaining episode with characters developing even more, this episode had fun, emotions and very relatable situations 👌.

Episode 5 (9.5/10) A superb finale with well played out conflicts that sets the tone for Season 2 👍.

Special Mention : The character arc of Chang was subtle and brilliantly done, so much characters vying to get our attention, credits to the Writers and Director for this 🙌.

Very good screenplay, the characters were defined, and the dialogues could be improved.

A lot of cussing and bad words, strictly A-rated, and has a lot of adult content

The actors did their job perfectly, and overall acting was close to reality.

Chittapan acting vera level coupled with Ahaana's beauty and Boys, Girls Hostel life were drawn distinctive.

Had love, fun, hatred, wit, and touching lines with references at the climax were icing on the cake, although not emotional.

Characters were developed so damn great, I could relate with BBT Sheldon being a socially awkward person at the beginning and nice, polite gentleman at the end.

Senthil dialogues were on point, and deep when it comes to advice, and Pandian did a good job with his presence and jokes made me choke my tea.

Definitely, a series to put your time on, wouldn't disappoint you.

Period.

Me and my roommate binged watched this entire series. Running for five episodes with 30 minutes each,series felt like a movie watch.

But my roommate didn't connect with the characters at all,I too felt a lag in the first two episodes but the last three episodes were just so engrossing,reminded me so much of my hostel and college.

Guess this show would be on either extremes,you connect with it or have a hatred towards it like my roommate.

Coming to the performances,the girls were just brilliant,Ahana reminded me of my days in Delhi where I struggled to fit in and felt like a outsider.

Senthil was just relatable,looking forward to him and Pandi's comeback in the next season.

Took me a lot of time to finish Episode 1,had to pause start and again pause since I could not connect initially. Had the same problem in Episode 2 but the Girls Hostel saved it.

The main problem I found with the first 2 episodes were that they concentrated more on ragging and porn than the actual characters. There is so much potential in each and every character, that's good writing on the characters but their development was shunted by ragging and porn.

But Episodes 3 4 5 were brilliant, it concentrated more on the characters rather than following the troupes of love, birthday and exams, the screenplay brilliantly used the above troupes to develop the characters.

I would go with 8/10.