They say money can’t buy you Class—but a Netflix subscription should do the trick!
The streamer has become something of a destination for teen dramas and comedies from all over the world, having scored global hits with the likes of the U.K.’s Heartstopper, Spain’s Elite, and Sweden’s Young Royals (to name a few).
With that in mind, Class is sure to be Netflix’s next teen sensation, set at the fictional Hampton International, which is renowned as Delhi’s “best and most expensive school.” The institution’s status quo of the haves and have-mores is shaken up by the arrival of three new students who hail from working-class families and were enrolled on a special scholarship.
Now, if that set-up sounds familiar, there’s good reason: Class is a remake of Elite, taking the original series’ core premise, chic school uniforms, and messy teen drama to India with an all-new set of characters.
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Much like its Spanish counterpart, there’s a murder hanging over the halls of Hampton International, and every student’s a suspect. Naturally, tensions run high, especially when the school’s social elite set sights on their new classmates, whose entire lives are about to be turned upside down.
And you simply couldn’t call it a remake of Elite if it didn’t show a little skin. Over six seasons (and counting), the original’s become a total guilty pleasure thanks to its overabundance of sex and nudity, which Class appears to embrace.
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However, it remains unclear if the show will go quite as hard in that department, especially given India’s media landscape is much more conservative. And, due to the country’s history of stigma surrounding the LGBTQ+ community, one has to wonder if Class will make space for queer characters and storylines.
Still, class will soon be in session, and there’s plenty to be excited about in the first official trailer for the Netflix drama—check it out below:
Class premieres February 3, exclusively on Netflix.
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Kangol2
Looks interesting but why are there no dark-skinned Indians featured? If you go there you see the entire range of colors, including lots of beautiful very dark-skinned people, but this version looks like it’s far more non-inclusive than the Spanish version, which had characters from a range of races. Are there any Sikh Indian kids on this show? Like really?
abfab
I know what you mean…..I don’t smell the Gahram Masala or the Tumeric. No Curry! Awful. Please pass the chapatis.
kevkev
Having lived in India for many years it is very rare to see a dark skinned Indian in any TV drama. I often do a double take as I’m so impressed by theses foreigners speaking fluent Hindi. as for the commercials, both on tv and at the cinema, it is as if Indians do not exist, everyone looks like a buffed Californian!
whatsaywhat
Why no African American representation on this show either? Come on India it’s 2023
Godabed
I was thinking the same thing, I don’t understand why Netflix keeps making these kinds of shows with Indian people lacking representation. I love the show but “Never have I ever” has the same problem, and so did the Indian match maker show. I won’t be watching this because of that.
LumpyPillows
Oh, god. Just no. Can’t you ever not go down this woke rabbit hole?
Kangol2
@LumpyPillows, stop trying to deny the lived reality of a country of 1 billion people! “Woke” is tiresome code for more right-wing political correctness!
GlobeTrotter
I’ve always heard there was virulent racism in India, but this is taking things to ridiculously new heights! More than half the people on the Indian continent have dark to very dark skin. People to the far south in places like Kerala are even just as dark, or even darker, than Africans – yet there’s almost never a single dark, much less brown individual to be seen on Indian TV shows or films.
This show looks like a cheap, wannabe, carbon copy of 90210 – why do over a billion Indians put up with this? Thanks, but no thanks!
scotty
i think you mean lows cause imho there’s never a height for anything malicious, except maybe some snark, which this isnt.
LumpyPillows
And you haven’t even watched an episode…
GlobeTrotter
@LumpyPillows: Ahm, have you seen the trailer? I’m the furthest thing from “woke”, but it’s undeniable that the cast of this show bears absolutely no resemblance to the Indian reality.
LumpyPillows
Did you read the description? “fictional Hampton International, which is renowned as Delhi’s “best and most expensive school.” Just how do these actors not look exactly like who you would find in the show? It’s not a documentary on India.
scotty
i hope you mean lows is all im saying , cheers
Garth
Nope , won’t float my boat .
LumpyPillows
Seems a bit racy for India, so I approve. The photo has one hot guy in a speedo between the legs of another hot guy…pushing envelopes. This is what you clowns should have seen first.
Like all entertainment, it needs to have an audience. As has been proven, pushing woke agendas in entertainment, for woke sake alone, is a big fail. Perhaps if it is successful, they can expand the cast caste.
Kangol2
Blah blah “woke” blah blah! Give it a break, Lumpy!