TVF Pitchers

TVF Pitchers is a 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, on 10 June, it premiered on YouTube. 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] The show was highly appreciated and has since developed a cult status.

TVF Pitchers
Established 2015
GenreComedy-drama
Created byArunabh Kumar
Developed byArunabh Kumar
Written byBiswapati Sarkar
Story byArunabh Kumar
Directed byAmit Golani
Starring
Music byVaibhav Bundhoo
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)Arun Kumar
Producer(s)The Viral Fever Media Labs
CinematographyVaibhav Bundhoo
Editor(s)Prashant Machhar
Running time30–57 minutes
Production company(s)The Viral Fever Media Labs [1]
DistributorThe Viral Fever
Release
Original networkTVF Play
Original releaseJune 5 (2015-06-05) 
August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)
External links
Website

Premise

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. He faces a dilemma when he is offered a position in a branch office located in Beijing. He leaves for the airport but upon reaching there he realizes that he is not destined for routine jobs. At the same time, he receives news of his "B-Plan" reaching the final of the NASSCOM start-up conclave. This sets off a chain of events in which the four rediscover what they really want in life, and face challenges 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 the HBO drama Entourage about a young Hollywood star on the rise.

Cast

  • Naveen Kasturia as Naveen Bansal, the one who has the start-up idea and earlier working as Executive regional manager at MOKART (5 episodes)
  • Jitendra Kumar as Jitendra "Jitu" Maheshwari, who was working at Infocrat technologies company as a senior developer (5 episodes)
  • Arunabh Kumar as Yogendra Kumar "Yogi" Pandey, who was probably operational incharge at EliteCore technologies (5 episodes)
  • Abhay Mahajan as Saurabh Mandal, who was a senior consultant marketing head at a company and also an MBA graduate (5 episodes)
  • Aakanksha Thakur as Saumya Maheshwari, wife of Jitu (5 episodes)
  • Maanvi Gagroo as Shreya, Naveen's girlfriend (4 episodes)
  • Jaimini Pathak as Rajat Khanna, the CEO of MOKART (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)
  • Abhishek Banerjee as Bhati

Episodes

There are only five episodes in one season and no other season has been produced. later they have been dubbed into tamil on October 6, 2017 and last episode was on 3 November 2017 which is released in TVF play app and even on TVF Machi youtube channel which is official TVF's tamil channel

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Title Directed by Written by Release date Production
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11"Tu Beer Hai" (HINDI).and "Nee oru beer machi..."(TAMIL)"Amit GolaniBiswapati Sarkar3 June 2015 (2015-06-03)S01E01
Naveen is upset with his company for not letting him lead a project for which he'd 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 (in TAMIL on 6 October 2017).
12"And Then There Were Four"(HINDI) .and "Naangu killadigal"(TAMIL)"Amit GolaniBiswapati Sarkar17 June 2015 (2015-06-17)S01E02
While the startup is the idea of the three friends Naveen, Jitu and Yogi Naveen's roommate and IIM graduate Saurabh Mandal wants to join, and needs to convince the trio that they need him. TAMIL version on 13 October 2017
13"The Jury Room"(HINDI). And "Naveen vazhi thani vazhi " (TAMIL)"Amit GolaniBiswapati Sarkar20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)S01E03
With all four members on board, the guys look 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. TAMIL version on 20 October 2017.
14"Bulb Jalega Boss"(HINDI). And "Bulb yeriyum boss"(TAMIL)"Amit GolaniBiswapati Sarkar1 August 2015 (2015-08-01)S01E04
Continuing from the previous episode, Naveen, Mandal and Yogi determine to succeed at the event under any circumstances, while Jitu has his own agenda to take care of at home. The events unfold parallel to each other. TAMIL version on 27 October 2017.
15"Where Magic Happens"( HINDI). And "Adhisayam nadanthathu " (TAMIL)"Amit GolaniBiswapati Sarkar30 August 2015 (2015-08-30)S01E05
The gang is one step away from their seed fund, but one innocent mistake might take it all away. Naveen's love life is also tested. TAMIL version on 3 November 2017.

Reception

TVF Pitchers has been well received by the internet audience.[5] The first episode has more than 7.7 million views and 251k views for TAMIL version [6] The series, hosted on TVF's official YouTube channel, has gathered over 1 million views for each episode. TVF Pitchers has 9.2/10 rating on IMDB 40th on the website's Top Rated TV.[7]

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gollark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_reflection_test
gollark: Near/far mode or whatever; people apply different reasoning to abstract problems than concrete ones.
gollark: Just because you study something doesn't mean you actually apply it anywhere.
gollark: We probably do, though.

References

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