What Is the Story About?
The story of Roommates Season 1 follows four friends Ravi, Peter, Gani, and Hari who live together in Bangalore while struggling to survive in the city under the watch of a strict landlord. Earlier only three boys used to live but Gani joins them later on.
They share a deep friendship and a passion for cricket, but a small conflict over a local cricket ground slowly escalates into a serious ego clash. What begins as a minor disagreement starts affecting their relationships and living arrangement.
The series is mostly about boys who are struggling to survive but have highly inflated egos.
Performances?
The performances are intentionally rough-edged and conversational. The boys try hard to appear natural by constantly hurling abuses at each other and behaving with the kind of casual aggression common among close male friends living together. To the actors’ credit, they mostly succeed in creating an easygoing chemistry that feels lived-in.
However, the script often reduces them to exaggerated personality types instead of fully developed people. Because of this, the characters occasionally slip into caricature territory, where their quirks and loud banter start feeling repetitive rather than organic. Still, beneath the exaggerated writing, there is enough authenticity in their interactions to make the dynamics believable.
Analysis
Roommates works best when it stops trying too hard to be funny and simply allows its characters to exist within the chaos of shared living. For instance, there is a scene where the roomies are caught with an extra slipper outside. They try to hide their new roommate and that is actually valid/funny. But then the new guy climbs up on the overhanging eave. That is when it becomes a caricature.
The series captures the texture of hostel and flat culture with some accuracy. The constant arguments, casual insults, territorial ego battles, and emotional dependence hidden beneath performative masculinity feel authentic. At its core, the show is less about cricket or survival in Bangalore and more about the fragile politics of male friendship.
The performances play a major role in making this world believable. The four lead actors approach their characters with an intentionally unpolished rhythm, speaking over one another, hurling abuses casually, and behaving with the kind of exaggerated confidence often found among young men sharing cramped spaces. Their chemistry feels natural because the actors understand the everyday absurdity of roommate relationships.
However, the writing becomes the show’s weakness. The screenplay frequently reduces the characters into broad stereotypes such as the loud friend, the emotional friend, or the egoistic friend. As a result, the characters occasionally feel like caricatures rather than fully realised individuals.
There is nothing unexpected or creative in this show. This is a very lazily written show that doesn’t entertain us. Yes, it is a very short show and you can finish it in one go, but then the question comes: would you want to finish it at all?
If you are not obsessed with the idea of young boys surviving meagrely in the metros, then there is nothing fascinating.
Other Artists?
Anyone who has spent time in hostels, shared flats, or cramped rented apartments will instantly recognise these friendship. That familiarity becomes the show’s biggest strength.
Music and Other Departments?
Music, just like the characters, is loud. They don’t cease to fight for your attention. It is not very memorable but at the same time, it does its job. The setting is veryaccurately done. The flat, the ground, etc. look authentic. You won’t feel that they are staged. The dirty utensils, the bricks as wickets and everything are on point.
Highlights?
Setting
Chemistry between the boys
Drawbacks?
Poor script
Caricaturish portrayal
Did I Enjoy It?
Not much
Will You Recommend It?
No
Roommates Web Series Review by Binged Bureau