Reviews & Ratings for
Laakhon Mein Ek (2017)

The show paints a dark picture of the student life in a hostel where kids are treated like prisoners and are openly discriminated on the basis of their academic excellence.
It is a highly relatable series as it happens to most of the students. The parents pressurise their children to do something which they are not made for and they end up being ruined.

Biswa Kalyan Rath’s ‘Lakhon Mein Ek’ on Amazon Prime Video is a dark commentary on the life of a student whose ambitions are not academic but the family pressure to get into IIT gets to him. The story of the series is around a teenage boy Akash (Ritvik Sahore) from Raipur who is a rather mediocre student. He has no aptitude for science but is under immense pressure from his parents to get into IIT. Every condescending statement his father utters reeks of his dreams for his son to get into IIT. And Akash has no option but to follow his ways. This leads him to a coaching center in Vishakhapatnam where he is thrown into a class where the teachers don’t want to teach and students get by with cheating in the exams. Akash tries to hold his head up high for a while but soon gives in to the ways of his friends. His friends, Bakri (Jay Thakkar) and Chudail (Alam Khan), are the only ones he can connect with and the boys try to survive by striking deals with the peons. Akash isn’t a lazy bum. He genuinely tries to cram his study material but we soon figure out that this world of hard-core academics is not meant for him. Biswa Kalyan Rath plays the Section A teacher here, who teaches the smart kids and Akash fools himself into believing that with good teachers on his side, he will actually understand the concepts but all of this is in vain. At some point, one feels that Biswa’s character could be the one that saves Akash.
Biswa tries to create a world that wants to sympathise with its protagonist but there are just no reliefs that make us hopeful for the boy. We can see his doom and after a point it becomes rather tragic to watch the boy spiral down. He is bullied, cornered and left begging for drugs just so he can survive a single day without getting beat up. By the 5th episode of the series, one is left with the constant expression of feeling sorry for Akash. And it makes you wonder that this is not the only hostel of such kind in India and Akash’s parents aren’t the only ones pressuring their son to get into IIT. Ritvik Sahore gives his all to making Akash believable. The boy makes you feel sorry, sympathetic but he also makes you laugh. The desi web-series have found an audience and it is honestly quite refreshing to watch a show that delves into something that exists all around us but has a rather dark side.

An excellent series exploring the dark hallways of IIT coaching institutes held together by convincing performances.
Laakhon Mein Ek is a 6 episode web series streaming on Amazon Prime Video created by Biswa Kalyan Rath and starring Ritvik Sahore.
The series begins with a reluctant Akash Gupta who is forced into IIT coaching by his father. He is quickly sucked into the world of equations,theories and tests which he despises and soon realizes this is not what he wants. How he escapes this sticky situation forms the crux of the story.
The one thing that this series nails is the realism and the relatability factor in its scenes. You actually feel Akash’s suffering.You sympathize with his helpless situation and cry along with him. The screenplay and direction brilliantly highlight the dark and depressive atmosphere of the IIT coaching classes. The series will connect to a lot of the current generation kids and will make them question the education system. The series is filled with great performances,relatable dialogues and deft direction.
Lakhon Mein Ek is a must watch for both students and their parents!

This is a #comingofage #dialogueDriven tale of the young students who sacrifice their very childhoods for their aspirations, their parent's aspirations. Biswa, being an alumni of the IITs, has been very successful in developing that real sense of humour and hard work that every student experiences.
There is a mutually coexistent relationship between the characters of the series and most of them compliment each others skills of acting.
The script is a product of Biswa's touch of perfection and therefore, doesn't lack in any particular aspect of production complexities. The dialogues are smooth, realistic. There is a lot of swearing and therefore the show might be inappropriate for certain age groups.
Rest assured, the show is a treat to watch for jee students!

Biswa Kalyan Rath's 'Laakhon Mein Ek' is a great effort at designing a cryptic world that suffocates youngsters with their parents' dreams. The show stars Ritvik Sahore as the protagonist having no inclination for science but is under immense influence from his parents to get into IIT. Every superior statement his father utters stenches of his dreams for his son to get into IIT. And Akash has no option but to follow the prescribed path. This leads him to a coaching center in Vishakhapatnam where he is thrown into a class where the teachers don’t want to teach and students get by with cheating in the exams. Akash tries to hold his head up high at the start but soon gives in to the ways of his friends.

Biswa Kalyan Rath's 'Laakhon Mein Ek' is a strong attempt at creating a dark world that suffocates teenagers with their parents' ambitions. Otherwise known, for his stand-up comedy, Biswa shows that he has much more to offer as an artist through this 6-episode web series. The show stars Ritvik Sahore in the title role.
Ours is a society that discriminates on the basis of one’s social and economic class and even though it is not a desirable factor for any progressing society, such is the way we function. In the context of Indian society, one’s social standing is also determined by the institute their kids study in and that is where the monster of IIT steps in.

Biswa Kalyan Rath’s ‘Lakhon Mein Ek’ on Amazon Prime Video is a dark commentary on the life of a student whose ambitions are not academic but the family pressure to get into IIT gets to him. The story of the series is around a teenage boy Akash (Ritvik Sahore) from Raipur who is a rather mediocre student. He has no aptitude for science but is under immense pressure from his parents to get into IIT. Every condescending statement his father utters reeks of his dreams for his son to get into IIT. And Akash has no option but to follow his ways. This leads him to a coaching center in Vishakhapatnam where he is thrown into a class where the teachers don’t want to teach and students get by with cheating in the exams. Akash tries to hold his head up high for a while but soon gives in to the ways of his friends.

His friends, Bakri (Jay Thakkar) and Chudail (Alam Khan), are the only ones he can connect with and the boys try to survive by striking deals with the peons. Akash isn’t a lazy bum. He genuinely tries to cram his study material but we soon figure out that this world of hard-core academics is not meant for him. Biswa Kalyan Rath plays the Section A teacher here, who teaches the smart kids and Akash fools himself into believing that with good teachers on his side, he will actually understand the concepts but all of this is in vain. At some point, one feels that Biswa’s character could be the one that saves Akash. We want him to have a moment with the boy but that would have made the drama a little too filmy.

The show paints a dark picture of the student life in a hostel where kids are treated like prisoners and are openly discriminated on the basis of their academic excellence. We’re faintly reminded of Vikramaditya Motwane’s ‘Udaan’ but those impressions leave as the show progresses. The must watch material!!!!

This series highlights chilling tale of a boy whose parents sends him to an institute for the preparation of a competitive exam , it is very interesting story to see how he survived there .