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Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree (Punjabi for roughly "friends, what a worthless degree") is a Punjabi-language comedy-drama web series about university student life, released on the Troll Punjabi YouTube channel and written and directed by Rabby Tiwana. It is widely described as the first Punjabi web series, and it later produced a theatrical sequel film, Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree – The Film, released on 7 August 2026.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Format	Punjabi comedy-drama web series on YouTube (Troll Punjabi channel), scripted, set at a university³^•⁴
Run	Two seasons of 13 episodes each; season 1 from September 2018, season 2 from September to December 2020; average episode runtime about 35 minutes³
Creator	Written and directed by Rabby Tiwana, associated with the satiric account Troll Punjabi¹
Reach	Over 550 million cumulative views on YouTube; season 1 alone drew around 24 million views²^•¹
Main cast	Pukhraj Bhalla (Jass), Amrit Amby (Lali), Jasmin Bajwa (Daizy), Hashneen Chauhan, Pawan Johal, Karan Sandhawalia⁵^•⁶
Film sequel	Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree – The Film, released in cinemas 7 August 2026, produced by Munish Sahni for Omjee Cine World²^•⁷
Film rating	IMDb 8.4/10 from 905 user ratings for the film; the series holds 8.4/10 from 788 ratings⁸^•⁹

Spoilers

Season 2

Season 2 continues the students' story across 13 episodes with titles such as "Hostel", "RUSTICATE", "REMAND", "PROTEST", "RTI", and "REUNION". Its plot threads include Jass and Ekam searching for housing, Lucky's imprisonment, Anmol's fight to return to college with the whole campus mobilizing behind him, a right-to-information push against the college administration, and Jass's search for a mysterious girl he met through a page called Guftgoo.⁶ Jasmin Bajwa joins the cast as Daizy.⁶

The web series

The series revolves around the lives of university students, and its story of college life and the circumstances around it was written to be relatable to Punjabi youth.⁴^•¹ It was filmed at Punjabi University, Patiala, and most of the cast members were students there, with known Punjabi actors Pukhraj Bhalla and Karan Sandhawalia among the exceptions.¹⁰^•¹¹

Origins. Rabby Tiwana conceived the idea while pursuing a B.Tech in TV production and media technology at the Centre for Advanced Media Studies, Punjabi University, and carried it for five years before putting it on paper and then on screen. He created his own YouTube channel, Troll Punjabi, as the platform for the series.¹¹ The first episode, "New Admission", stars Pukhraj Bhalla, Sukhdeep Sapra, Karan Sandhawalia, Amrit Amby, Jasmin Bajwa, and Pawan Johal.⁵

Release record. Season 1 ran from September 2018 with 13 episodes, and season 2 followed from September to December 2020, also in 13 episodes, ending with "REUNION" on December 30, 2020.³ Punjabi University's own quality-assurance report lists the series as a Punjabi drama on college life aired from 15 September 2017 on the Troll Punjabi YouTube channel and Ptunes TV, featuring seven of its students including Pawan Johal in the lead role; this start date differs from the September 2018 first-air date given by episode databases.¹²^•³

First-mover status. AlphaPunjabi calls it the first ever Punjabi web series, but a Tribune survey of regional web series notes that although everyone considers it the first, White Hills Music had entered the field with Sleepless Nights in 2016, which did not gain much popularity.¹^•¹³ The series is credited with paving the way for Pukhraj Bhalla, Jasmin Bajwa, Amrit Amby, and Hashneen Chauhan into mainstream films.¹

The 2026 film

Omjee's Cine World, in association with Troll Punjabi, announced Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree – The Film at a launch event at CGC Landran attended by the star cast, writer-director Rabby Tiwana, and producer Munish Sahni, confirming a theatrical release on 7 August 2026. The announcement cited the series' standing, with over 550 million cumulative YouTube views, and said the film would carry forward the story with new twists and emotions.²

The Central Board of Film Certification certified the film UA 16+ in Punjabi through its Delhi regional office on 6 August 2026, with a certified length of 172.43 minutes. According to its plot summary, Jass, Lucky, Roop, Anmol, and Ekam, five friends from college, come back together long after their lives have taken separate paths: behind his success in music Jass conceals a secret, Lucky hopes to start an agricultural app as he looks for answers concerning Bhushan, the friend they lost, and Anmol readies herself for the Civil Services. Rabby Tiwana wrote the story and directed; the producer is Munish Sahni, and the credited main actors include Pukhraj Bhalla, Sukhdeep Sapra, Karan Sandhawalia, Amrit Amby, Jasmin Bajwa, and Pawan Johal.⁷ Streaming guides list the film's runtime as 2 hours 48 minutes (168 minutes) and its genre as drama.¹⁴

Content and classification abroad. The British Board of Film Classification classified the film for UK cinema release on 4 August 2026 at 171 minutes 43 seconds, distributed by Topnotch Media UK Ltd, with content advice covering violence, threat, drug references including a heroin addiction and overdose scene, suicide references, and emotional scenes dealing with mental health issues in college students and addiction.¹⁵ In Australia it carries an M rating for mature themes, violence, and drug use.¹⁶

Where to watch

In India the film streams on Chaupal, included with a Chaupal Amazon Channel subscription; it is not on Netflix, JioHotstar, or Prime Video in India.¹⁷^•¹⁸ It is also available in Australia and five other countries on the Chaupal Amazon Channel, while no United States streaming, rental, or purchase options were listed as of late October 2026.¹⁴ Zee5's global catalog also lists the film with a Punjabi audio track at a listed duration of 2 hours 50 minutes.¹⁹

Reception

The series is frequently described as one of the most loved Punjabi web series, and its film drew an IMDb rating of 8.4/10 from 905 users, with an unweighted mean of 9.7; the series itself holds 8.4/10 from 788 ratings, with India, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia among the countries with the most ratings.²^•⁸^•⁹ On the Australian JustWatch daily streaming charts in October 2026 the film sat at number 3528, having moved down 39 places from the previous day.²⁰

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026