Projek High Council

Projek: High Council is a 2023 Malaysian teen series and an Astro Originals title that became one of the country's biggest streaming-to-broadcast phenomena. Created by Anwari Ashraf and co-directed with Zulaikha Zakaria, it follows two brothers separated since childhood who are reunited inside the gates of a prestigious boarding school. What looks at first like an ordinary new-student story quickly opens into a tangled web of student politics, loyalty, and the hunger to be the one calling the shots.

At the heart of the show is the Pilihanraya, a secret election held among the student body to decide who really controls the school. Fakhri, a sharp and principled newcomer, steps into the contest determined to expose how power gets abused inside the student hierarchy, putting him on a collision course with established figures who guard their influence fiercely. The result is a coming-of-age story about ambition, the cost of leadership, and the friendships that get tested when everyone wants to sit at the top of the council.

Tonally the series moves between sharp youthful humor, heightened school-drama tension, and genuine emotional stakes about brotherhood and belonging. It struck a chord with Malaysian audiences for treating teenage characters as complicated people with real convictions, and it turned its young leads into household names. Frequently cited as a favorite among Malaysian viewers, Projek: High Council helped define a wave of confident, locally rooted teen storytelling and later reached a wider audience on Netflix.