The Buddy Project
| The Buddy Project | |
|---|---|
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The Buddy Project | |
| Developed by |
Seema Sharma Sudhir Sharma |
| Written by |
Story Sajid Ali Saurabh Swamy Conceptualized by Anand Sivakumaran Screenplay Nishikant Roy Dialogues Shilpa F. D’Mello |
| Directed by | Amit D. Malik, Sunith Pillai |
| Starring |
Fahad Ali Bharti Kumar Kunal Jaisingh Palak Jain Nikhil Mehta Chestha Bhagat Samridh Bawa Manish Nawani Jatin Sharma Krishna Patel Priya Bathija Raja Sevak Shishir Sharma Gargi Patel Sonal Vengurlekar Manav Gohil |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 513 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Seema Sharma Sudhir Sharma |
| Editor(s) |
Satish Patil Jaskaran |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sunshine Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel V India |
| Original run | July 23, 2012 – April 26, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Buddy Project is an Indian teen sitcom that used to air Monday to Friday on Channel V India.[1][2] It was ranked as the number one show on the channel.[3]
Overview
The show is set at "The Royal Academy", a once prestigious school that has had its image tarnished by its current batch of students especially by the eight protagonists. A fascinating story depicting the journey of eight distinct students explores the rebellious and vulnerable nature of each of the characters. Unfortunately, the only person who realizes the predicament of the students is Principal Ramanujam. In an attempt to regain the lost pride of T.R.A. and to help direct the enrolled students toward constructive personal and academic development, he brings in an old alumnus – Anirudh Jaitley (Manav Gohil).[4] The story unfolds as Jaitley endeavours to help the students learn more about themselves and be comfortable in their own skin. In the process of helping students discover themselves, Jaitley rediscovers his own youthful exuberance. The underlying theme of the show is that life will always send us an "indicator". Someone or something that makes us realise who we really are and what we are actually capable of achieving. The teachers whom we criticize so much, help us out.
The second season of focuses on how KD (Fahad Ali), Ranveer (Kunal Jaisingh), Kiya (Bharti Kumar), Piddi (Nikhil Mehta) and Panchi (Palak Jain) adjust in the Imperial College of Communication after coming out from their comfort zone in Royal Academy. Once best buddies, they have now turned into sworn enemies all because of a simple misunderstanding. We can see some new characters in this season along with the old ones. The main new entries are Avijeet "Avi" Roy (Manish Nawani) who is Superstar Chandan Roy's son, the cool dude of Imperial and the leader of the Dhakkan gang, and Omi Dahiya (Samridh Bawa) who is the desi guy and also the one who leads the Chillar gang. Both these gangs have great enmity towards each other and are always seen fighting. The other new entries are Avi's mischievous sister Avantika Roy (Kanika Kotnala) and Ranveer's radio station partner, Rukmini Sharma (Sonal Vengurlekar) who is struggling in college as she doesn't know English.
Cast
- Season 1
- Fahad Ali as Keshav "KD" Desai
- Bharti Kumar as Kiya Gujral
- Kunal Jaisingh as Ranveer Shergill
- Palak Jain as Panchi Rastogi
- Nikhil Mehta as Pratham "Piddi" Punj
- Chestha Bhagat as Babita "Bobby" Chaudhary
- Jatin Sharma as Samar Pratap Singh
- Krishna Patel as Juhi Gupta
- Niharika Kareer as Ayesha
- Raja Sevak as Vice-Principal Banga
- Shishir Sharma as Principal Ramanujam
- Gargi Patel as Naina Ramanujam
- Manav Gohil as Anirudh "Junglee" Jaitely
- Season 2
- Fahad Ali as Keshav "KD" Desai
- Bharti Kumar as Kiya Gujral
- Kunal Jaisingh as Ranveer Shergill
- Palak Jain as Panchi Rastogi
- Nikhil Mehta as Pratham "Piddi" Punj
- Samridh Bawa as Omi Dhaiya
- Manish Nawani as Avijeet "Avi" Roy
- Jatin Sharma as Harsh Vardhan Sisodiya
- Priya Bathija as Maya Malhotra
- Kanika Kotnala as Avantika Roy
- Narendra Jha as Chandan Roy
- Sonal Vengurlekar as Rukmini Sharma
- Chandni Sandhu as Vaani
- Manav Gohil as Anirudh "Junglee" Jaitely
Writing
Producer Sudhir Sharma wanted the production team to relate to the ideas and thoughts of today's youth and wanted to work with people who could think the way today's youth does (the entire team is under 30 years of age). "We want to think the way today's youth is thinking. We are working with the people who can think the way today's youth thinks," said Sharma.[5] Hence, the story of the show has been written by Sajid Ali,[6] The series has been conceptualized by Anand Sivakumaran, who is also currently writing the story for Channel V's Suvreen Guggal – Topper of The Year and has earlier worked with Sunshine Productions on its highly successful TV series, Miley Jab Hum Tum.[7]
References
- ↑ "Channel V schedule". www.channelv.in. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ↑ "The Buddy Project". www.channelv.in. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ Tiwari, Vijaya (13 October 2012). "The Buddy Project & Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander has no similarities!". Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ Wadhwa, Akash (12 October 2012). "'Buddy Project' producer has a reason to smile". Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "'The Buddy Project' loosely based on 'Chak De! India'". in.movies.yahoo.com. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ↑ "The Buddy Project loosely based on Chak De! India". movies.ndtv.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ Venkatram, Anushka (3 June 2010). "New faces to revamp popular show". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
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