MUMBAI: Amrita TV, the Malayalam general entertainment channel, is set to launch a sitcom series titled ?Just Fun ? Chumma?.

Starting 29 October, the new show will air Monday to Thursday at 8.30 pm.

Modeled on the popular American series ?F.R.I.E.N.D.S?, ?Just Fun ?Chumma? is a situational comedy or sitcom that fields a regular set of five characters sharing the same environment and repeated in each episode.

According to the channel, each episode is a complete, self-contained independent story with its own conflict and resolution, so that the viewers can join in at any point of the series without missing the earlier plot line.

The story revolves around five people who are in their 20s. Roy is an NRI, a responsible big brother who has opened a coffee-shop; Tony is the irresponsible younger sibling for whom life is one long, flirtatious fling; Anand is a wannabe actor who sets out for the big city, promising his parents he will return a hero; Parvathy is a health obsessed, materialistic, gym instructor and Sarah is a hotel management graduate, who is a health freak reaching for her mop at the slightest excuse.

Set up in an urban environment, the action takes place either in the flat they all share or the coffee shop where they hang out together. The story of each episode spins out naturally from their daily lives, their routines and the interactions between the characters.