MUMBAI: With changing times, gone are the days where those tried and tested April Fool’s Day tricks used to work wonders. As our loved ones remain their alert best on this day, it doesn’t take them time to figure out a prank call or a fake love letter. Out with the old, and in with the new. If you’re looking for some new ideas to pull a fast one over your friends, then here are five web-series on ALTBalaji that’ll give you the perfect recipe for all those pranks that you want to play. Tried and tested formulas by our onscreen characters, there’s no way you’re not going to succeed in your masterplan.

Apharan- Capturing the entire magic of Bollywoods 70’s masala entertainment, this thriller drama with epic one-liners and outstanding performances is one show that you can’t miss! The show revolves around Rudra Srivastava, a senior inspector with Uttarakhand police who is lured into kidnapping a young girl at her request. Realizing that he is part of a deadly conspiracy, the show is an intriguing watch as one sees how Rudra escapes the trap set around him. This 12 episodic series with Arunoday Singh, Nidhi Singh, Mahie Gill and Varun Badola is a complete entertainer.

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Booo…Sabki Phategi - Launched by ALTBalaji in 2019, the show stakes claim to be the first horror-comedy show on the Indian webspace. The ace prankster here is none other than Tusshar Kapoor who plays the character of Manav. Behind that cute-looking innocent face, he is a man full of mysteries. As he spares no one with his pranks, one does realize that there are layers to his personality that no one knows about. This 9 episodic series marks the digital debut of Tusshar Kapoor with the glamorous Mallika Sherawat. Directed by Farhad Samji, who is best known as the co-writer of the “Golmaal” and “Housefull” franchises, the web series also features celebrated actors like Sanjay Mishra, Shefali Jariwala , Krushna Abhishek , Ashwini Kalsekar, Kiku Sharda, Mukesh Tiwari, Vipul Roy, Saba Saudagar and Sakshi Pradhan.

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Fixerr – Talk about fooling your enemies and leaving them red-faced, you will witness an epic chase in this ALTBalaji action-packed drama FIXERR. With popular TV actor Shabir Ahluwalia and the talented Mahie Gill is a 12 episodic series, revolves around an ATS officer, Jaiveer Maalik, from Delhi, who is drawn into the murky underbelly of the Mumbai movie mafia and industrialists and ends up becoming a FIXERR. It’s an edge-of-the-seat thriller that you simply can’t afford to miss.

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Class of 2020 – When you’re living the best of times in high school, rest assured that your day won’t be complete without a couple of pranks and banter. This coming-of-age story revolves around a bunch of teenagers and their struggles as their lives get intertwined with drugs, relationships, sex, and peer pressure. Filled with love, friendship and much more, you won’t only laugh your heart out seeing the pranks, but will also relive your good old high school days. Filled with an ensemble of grey characters who depict the confused state of today’s millennials, the web-series features actors like Rohan Mehra, Chetna Pande, Nibedita Pal, Jatin Suri, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Rushad Rana, Alam Khan, Pallavi Mukherjee, Mazhar Khan, Joyeeta Chatterjee amongst others.

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PuncchBeat - This romantic teen drama web series revolves around Rosewood High, India's premium academic institution which is famous for three things: Boxing, dancing, and discipline. This youth-based show is packed with a whole lot of fun, Masti, drama and you guessed it, pranks. Always ready to outdo each other and packed with spunky performances by teenage sensation, Priyank Sharma, Siddharth Sharma, Khushi Joshi & Harshita Gaur, we see these kids break every rule of the institution as they have a gala time.

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