The sprawling, secluded campus helped capture the "bubble" that engineering students live in, away from the main city. Why the Shooting Location Matters
It was supposed to be a casual shoot鈥攁 short film for the college fest, starring four overconfident juniors and a camera that had seen better days. The script: a goofy satire on professors. The plan: cram dialogue between all-night study sessions, borrow a projector, and hope for magic. hostel daze shooting college name top
: The campus was chosen for its vast, self-contained layout, which perfectly mirrors the isolated, high-pressure world of Indian engineering hostels. The sprawling, secluded campus helped capture the "bubble"
The series was largely shot at the Lavale Hilltop Campus of Symbiosis. The plan: cram dialogue between all-night study sessions,
No. Haryana Engineering College (HEC) is fictional. However, the writers have openly stated that the "DNA" of HEC is a mix of several top engineering colleges including IIT Kharagpur (for its hostel culture), BITS Pilani (for its ragging history), and NSIT Delhi (for its Delhi-NCR student vibe). But the physical set 鈥攖he walls, rooms, and campus you see on screen鈥攊s almost entirely SRM Chennai .
: Many of the group's outdoor hangouts were filmed in the common areas and open-air theaters of Symbiosis Pune Academic Wings : Classrooms and labs from the Symbiosis Institute of Technology
While the show is set in a fictional engineering college鈥攐ften referred to in the series as "Pondy" or "Jhatu Institute of Technology" by fans鈥攖he real-world visuals of the campus and its hostels belong to the Symbiosis Pune campus. Key Locations & Details