Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree is an Indian Punjabi-language comedy-drama web-series written and directed by Rabby Tiwana. Co-produced by Troll Punjabi and Media International, the series is based on life of college students. The series marks as one of first Punjabi successful web-series. The first episode of the series was aired on 15 September 2018 with first season concluding on 30 December 2018 at YouTube. As of April 2019, the first and final episode of the series have been viewed over twenty and ten million times respectively.[1]

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree
GenreComedy
Drama
Written byRabby Tiwana
Directed byRabby Tiwana
Starring
  • Pukhraj Bhalla
  • Prateek Singh Rai
  • Sukhdeep Sapra
  • Jasmine Bajwa
  • Amrit Amby
  • Karanvir Deol
  • Pawan Johal
  • Karan Sandawalia
Theme music composerMista Baaz
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Punjabi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)Rabby Tiwana
CinematographyGagan Sarao
Editor(s)
  • Rabby Tiwana
  • Prince K. Makkar
Production company(s)Troll Punjabi
Release
Original networkYouTube
Original releaseSeptember 15, 2018 (2018-09-15) –
present
External links
Website

Cast
  • Pukhraj Bhalla as Jaspreet Singh Randhawa 'Jass'
  • Karan Sandhawalia as Lucky
  • Sukhdeep Sapra as Anmol
  • Amrit Amby as Gurshabad Singh 'Lali'[2]
  • Jasmin Bajwa as Daizy
  • Pawan Johal as Kirat
  • Prateek Singh Rai as Ekam[3]
  • Karanvir Deol as Roop

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"New Admission"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana15 September 2018 (2018-09-15)
2"Back To Basics"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana22 September 2018 (2018-09-22)
3"The Chase"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana29 September 2018 (2018-09-29)
4"Interconnection"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana6 October 2018 (2018-10-06)
5"PT Meeting"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

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Production

Rabby Tiwana whilst studying B.Tech in TV production and media technology at Centre For Advanced Media Studies, Punjabi University developed the series. Most of the cast in the web-series are also the students of Punjabi University including Pukhraj Bhalla and Karan Sandhawalia. The principal photography of the series began in April 2017.[5]

Due to his previous successful documentary he went to produce the web-series by himself only under his production company Troll Punjabi. Tiwana said, “After my documentary won various awards, my parents got convinced that I was on the right track, so they helped me with the project.” “It was meant to be for television, but no channel took it up; some found the quality poor, some had other issues, so, I finally gave the satellite rights to Troll Punjabi (a web page started by him) and kept the web rights with myself,” adds the director. Jung Bahadur Singh, teacher, said, “This is an all-student production; they haven’t hired a single professional.”[5]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack of the web-series is composed by Mista Baaz, Sarang Sikander, Preet Hundal, Sharan Shergill, Kru172, Dreamboy and JT Bhatti which features vocals from Sharry Mann, Sardool Sikander, Sarang Sikander, Preet Hundal, Daman Kaushal, Pukhraj Bhalla, Karan Sandhawalia, Rabia Sagoo and Harinder Samra.[6] All the tracks were released by Troll Punjabi themselves only. The theme and promotional track of series sung by Mann went viral, and has been viewed over 54 million times on YouTube.[7]

Track list
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree"Karan SandhawaliaMista BaazSharry Mann5:51
2."Yaar Gawaune"Chenny BainsSarang SikanderSarang Sikander5:42
3."Fracture"Karan SandhawaliaSharan ShergillDaman Kaushal3:19
4."Shy"Harinder SamraDreamboyHarinder Samra3:41
5."Nafaa"Karan SandhawaliaKru172Karan Sandhawalia4:18
6."Zaalma"JT BhattiJT BhattiPukhraj Bhalla4:15
7."Yaari"JaggaGur SidhuGur Sidhu6:51
Total length:mm:ss

Release

The first look of the series was released on 23 March 2018 by Troll Punjabi on YouTube[8] and the teaser was released on 5 August 2018. The theme song of the series sung by Sharry Mann and penned by Karan Sandhawalia was released on 22 August 2018 often the song was leaked on internet before.[9] Official trailer was released on 1 September 2018 and the first episode was released on 15 September 2018 followed by other episodes releasing every Saturday while few were postponed due to various reasons.[10] The series is also the first Punjabi web-series followed by Gangland in Motherland.[11]

Reception

The web-series received positive responses from its audience but was criticized a lot for its release delays.[12][13][14]

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree : Worldwide viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
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126.0015.011.0111.5911.0911.8810.4011.7711.4811.0010.0911.4112.5912.43
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  5. Singh, Jasmine. "First-ever Punjabi web series by director Rabby Tiwana goes viral".
  6. Singh, Manpriya (11 July 2019). "How are star kids of the Punjabi music industry handling the pressure?". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree - Sharry Mann (Official Video) | Mista Baaz | Latest Punjabi Song 2018, retrieved 2019-09-03
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