Overview
College Romance is an Indian Hindi-language web series that follows the lives, friendships and romantic entanglements of a group of college students in Delhi. Produced by The Viral Fever (TVF), it is among the streaming titles that helped popularise the youth-oriented college comedy genre on Indian digital platforms in the late 2010s.
Key facts
| Title | College Romance |
|---|---|
| Type | Web series |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Romantic comedy, coming-of-age |
| Producer | The Viral Fever (TVF) |
| Original release | TVF Play and YouTube |
| Later platform | SonyLIV |
| Setting | A college in Delhi |
| Number of seasons | Four |
Premise
The series centres on three close college friends — Karan, Naira and Trippy — and the people in their orbit, including Karan's girlfriend Naira and Trippy's love interests. The narrative blends campus humour, hostel life, examinations, internships and shifting relationships, depicting the everyday emotional negotiations of urban Indian youth.
Main cast
- Keshav Sadhna as Karan
- Apoorva Arora as Naira
- Gagan Arora as Trippy
- Shreya Mehta as Deepika
- Manjot Singh in a supporting role
Production and release
College Romance was developed by TVF as part of its slate of youth-focused original content, alongside titles such as Permanent Roommates and Pitchers. The first season was released on TVF's own digital platforms and YouTube channel, where it attracted a substantial young viewership. Subsequent seasons continued on streaming platforms, with later seasons made available on SonyLIV, expanding the show's reach to a wider subscription audience.
Reception
The series received a generally positive response for its relatable portrayal of Indian college life, its informal humour and the chemistry of its lead cast. It is often cited as part of TVF's broader contribution to mainstreaming long-form Hindi web content aimed at students and young professionals.
Legal and regulatory context
College Romance attracted attention in regulatory and legal discussions concerning the use of profanity and adult content in Indian web series. Proceedings before Indian courts considered whether language used in episodes of the series fell within the scope of obscenity provisions, contributing to wider debate on the regulation of over-the-top (OTT) content in India and the application of the Information Technology Act and related rules.
Significance
The series is regarded as one of the early commercially successful Indian web shows in the campus comedy space, helping establish a template that several later Hindi streaming series followed. It also reflects the rise of TVF as a content studio specialising in youth-targeted digital storytelling, and contributed to the legal discourse on freedom of expression and content moderation on Indian OTT platforms.