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The Gogu Saga is a sitcom that ran in IIT-M for five years from 2006-2011. It has an ensemble cast and follows the lives of a group of people who just joined the fabled IIT-M for their Engineering from Goutham Junior College in Gudavalli. Most of the cast left the show in 2010 as their contract expired and only a bunch of them were present in Season-5. Each season again has a mid-season break and each half follows one "semester" in the lives of these people. The ratings of the show have been reasonably high with-in the IITM community and reached an all time high in 4th and 5th season. Some praise for it included "I have never seen such a close group of people staying so close from PUC". ***Ask someone to write here about Gogu*** List of the Principal Cast(in Alphabetical Order):

Anurag Mapathi/Anu : He joins the Mechanical Department in IITM and is a geek who loves Robotics. He is considered to be the true Engineer in the batch. He gave himself a nickname of Nidra in the first season which is used almost by none. Generally not the main character in the show as he rarely comes out and is generally not seen with others except with his fellow mechanical engineering students. Avinash VEM/vem/dixcy : Considered by some as the main character in the show, he is a lovable/witty person who is also intelligent and a good sports person. He joined the Electrical Department in the first year. He became the Sports Secretary of his hostel in the third season. He generally offers the comic relief to the group with his witty one-liners and also considered to be secretly sentimental. Gokul Kodali : He joined Mechanical Department in the first year. He is a cunning and lazy person and is considered to be the only person who can rival VEM in oneliners when in peak form. He is often seen as the reasoning mind of the group. The episode "Guntut Fire" that revolves around him is considered by many as one of the best episodes of the show. He is also a "former" fan of Balakrishna. Goutham/Backhand : A true geek to the core, he is perhaps the only character least changed by the end of the show as he still has the same girlfriend, is still leader of the group (even becomes an Insti sec in season 5) and is still a geek. He is one of the two characters of the show to have an active love life.

Manikanta Avinash : He joins the Electrical Department and is mostly seen as a loyal side-kick to Kyasa. Tried to call himself Manav to disastrous results. He is the Muggu of the group and is the only person known to spend more time in classes than with the group. Also known for unsuccessfully trying to lose weight since time unknown. Lokeswara Reddy/Loki : The cunning person of the group known for his street-smart intelligence and his active political life. He also joined the Electrical Department. Madhusudan/Madhu : Known for his romantic nature, has a girlfriend like Goutham since the first season. He is also the "fighter" of the group known for his "Never-say-die-attitude". Also a famous bowler. Brother-in-arms with Madan Madan : Was the leader of the group in the first season and always seen giving gyan to others. Brother-in-arms with madhu, both give comic relief in the show with their love for food and love for the show "Friends" Praveen/Palas : Considered as the handsome fellow of the group(challenged later by a balding head), he joins the Bio-tech department. Often seen as the only one with a fashion sense, is a character intended to attract the female audience. Ravi Chandra/Kyasa : Considered by some as the major reason for the show's success and its comic abilities, he is also famous for being the consciousness and the binding glue of the whole group. He also joins the Mechanical group Sandeep Sadu : Known as the ost self-less person in the group, he is often seen helping out in others' things and also often the most impartial of the lot. He is known to be secretly proud of his height.

Guest actors :

Krishna/Kitty : The most recurring among the guest actors, he is considered by some as part of main cast. He was a minor character in the first season(known only as a "person who calls himself Krish") and to some extent in the second season but soon became almost part of the main cast. The only person not from Goutham Gudavalli from which the show derives its name. Srinivas Naik : He was supposed to be one of the main characters and is seen regularly in the first season but rarely thereafter. He joins the CS department. Vamsi Suram : Also from the same college, appears occasionally as he lives in the same hostel of Kyasa/Madhu/Mani next to Mani's room. Ganesh : Another person not from the same college but appears occasionally as the neighbour of Goutham and a fellow Elec student for other elec students.

There was a direct-to-video movie also made between third and fourth seasons where some of the characters are shown doing a summer intern together in the same city.