Producer: Peuli Bakshi Editor: Nisha Dubey
Rich vs poor disparity is a popular trope in K-dramas, where characters from different socio-economic backgrounds navigate love, power, and redemption. Here are 7 such dramas to add to your watchlist.
Hierarchy An elite school where scholarship students are treated as outcasts and bullied until they forcefully drop out or meet their dead ends.
Boys Over Flowers Rich brats F4, of a high-profile school, bully the weak until a poor girl single-handedly transforms them
The Penthouse: War in Life The top figures of South Korea are ready to go to any lengths, even crush the poor, to keep their power and position intact.
King the Land A love story of a luxurious hotel's heir and their best employee, with an underlying portrayal of exploitation of grassroot level workers.
Alchemy of Souls It portrays the hierarchy in ancient king-ruled South Korea. Power obsession, love and revenge forms the center of this historic drama.
The Heirs A poor girl joins an elite school and finds herself caught in a love triangle with two influential boys, amidst family conflicts and social differences.