TVF Pitchers
| TVF Pitchers | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Written by |
Biswapati Sarkar Arunabh Kumar |
| Directed by | Amit Golani |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Vaibhav Bundhoo |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Editor(s) | Prashant Machhar |
| Cinematography | Vaibhav Bundhoo |
| Running time | 30–50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Viral Fever Media Labs [1] |
| Distributor | The Viral Fever (TVF) |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube |
| Original release | June 5 – August 30, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
TVF Pitchers is an Indian web series created by The Viral Fever (TVF) and developed by Arunabh Kumar. The first season consists of five episodes and premiered online on The Viral Fever's content portal TVFPlay[2] on 3 June 2015. A week later, it premiered on YouTube on 10 June 2015. The season finale premiered on TVFPlay on 30 August 2015. It follows four friends, Naveen, Jitu, Yogi and Mandal, who quit their jobs in order to develop their own start-up company. [3][4]
Plot summary
Four friends, Naveen Bansal (Naveen), Jitendra Maheshwari (Jitu), Yogendra Kumar (Yogi), and Saurabh Mandal (Mandal) enter the business world by launching their own start-up company. Naveen becomes angry for not getting a project from the company in which he works, gets drunk and resigns. At the same time, he receives news of his "B-Plan" reaching the final round of the NASSCOM start-up conclave. This sets off a chain of events in which the four friends rediscover what they really want in life, and the challenges they face in getting their start-up idea off the ground.
After the release of the first trailer, the show's premise was compared to that of the American TV show Silicon Valley. However, when the pilot premiered, viewers realized this was not the case. Arunabh Kumar, founder and CEO of The Viral Fever, told The Huffington Post that if there's an American TV show that did inspire Pitchers - not in content but in spirit - it is ‘Entourage',an HBO drama about a young Hollywood star on the rise.
Cast
- Naveen Kasturia as Naveen Bansal (5 episodes)
- Jitendra Kumar as Jitendra Maheshwari (Jitu) (5 episodes)
- Arunabh Kumar as Yogendra Kumar Pandey (Yogi) (5 episodes)
- Abhay Mahajan as Saurabh Mandal (5 episodes)
- Aakanksha Thakur as Saumya Maheshwari (5 episodes)
- Maanvi Gagroo as Shreya (4 episodes)
- Jaimini Pathak as Rajat Khanna (2 episodes)
- Rajesh Sharma as Gary Bhujiawala (2 episodes)
- Biswapati Sarkar as Puneet (2 episodes)
- Sunil Sinha as Jitu's Father (2 episode)
- Sameer Saxena as Ankit Bhardwaj (1 episode)
Episodes
| No. in
Season |
No. in
Episode |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Release date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tu Beer Hai" | Amit Golani | Biswapati Sarkar | 3 June 2015 | S01E01 |
| Naveen is upset with his company for not letting him lead a project, for which he worked really hard. His mentor Bhati asks him a very fundamental question 'What are you?'. Naveen and his friends discover the answer to the question in different ways. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "And Then There Were Four" | Amit Golani | Biswapati Sarkar | 17 June 2015 | S01E02 |
| While the whole idea of a startup is of the three friends, Naveen, Jitu and Yogi, Naveen's roommate and IIM graduate Saurabh Mandal wants to join in for which, he needs to convince the trio why they need him. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Jury Room" | Amit Golani | Biswapati Sarkar | 20 July 2015 | S01E03 |
| With all the four members on board, the guys go around looking for investors and are overwhelmed by the plethora of start-ups. Also, Jitu needs to convince his father to allow him to join the start-up. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Bulb Jalega Boss" | Amit Golani | Biswapati Sarkar | 1 August 2015 | S01E04 |
| Naveen, Mandal and Yogi pick up from where they left off to make it or break it at the event under any circumstance, while Jeetu has an agenda of his own to take care at home. The events unfold parallel to each other. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Where Magic Happens" | Amit Golani | Biswapati Sarkar | 30 August 2015 | S01E05 |
| The gang is just one step away from their seed fund. But one innocent mistake might take it all away. Naveen's love life is also tested. | ||||||
Response
TVF Pitchers has been well received by the internet audience. The first episode had more than 3 million views.[5] The series, hosted on TVF's official YouTube channel, has since gathered over 1 million views for each episode.
References
- ↑ "TVF Pitchers (2015 TV Mini-Series)". IMDB.
- ↑ "TVFPlay". TVFPlay. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ↑ "TVF Pitchers Is The Latest Experiment By The Viral Fever Guys And We Think It’s Rather Cool!". MissMalini. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
- ↑ "The Viral Fever's New Web Series is About India's Frenzied Start-Up Scene". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ↑ "TVF Pitchers S01E01 - 'Tu Beer Hai'". Youtube. Retrieved 2015-08-02.