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
Genre	Comedy Drama
Written by	Rabby Tiwana
Directed by	Rabby Tiwana
Starring	Pukhraj Bhalla Prateek Singh Rai Sukhdeep Sapra Jasmine Bajwa Amrit Amby Karanvir Deol Pawan Johal Karan Sandawalia
Theme music composer	Mista Baaz
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Punjabi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Rabby Tiwana
Cinematography	Gagan Sarao
Editor(s)	Rabby Tiwana Prince K. Makkar
Production company(s)	Troll Punjabi
Release
Original network	YouTube
Original release	September 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.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"New Admission"	Rabby Tiwana	Rabby Tiwana	15 September 2018 (2018-09-15)
2	"Back To Basics"	Rabby Tiwana	Rabby Tiwana	22 September 2018 (2018-09-22)
3	"The Chase"	Rabby Tiwana	Rabby Tiwana	29 September 2018 (2018-09-29)
4	"Interconnection"	Rabby Tiwana	Rabby Tiwana	6 October 2018 (2018-10-06)
5	"PT Meeting"	Rabby Tiwana	Rabby Tiwana	13 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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree"	Karan Sandhawalia	Mista Baaz	Sharry Mann	5:51
2.	"Yaar Gawaune"	Chenny Bains	Sarang Sikander	Sarang Sikander	5:42
3.	"Fracture"	Karan Sandhawalia	Sharan Shergill	Daman Kaushal	3:19
4.	"Shy"	Harinder Samra	Dreamboy	Harinder Samra	3:41
5.	"Nafaa"	Karan Sandhawalia	Kru172	Karan Sandhawalia	4:18
6.	"Zaalma"	JT Bhatti	JT Bhatti	Pukhraj Bhalla	4:15
7.	"Yaari"	Jagga	Gur Sidhu	Gur Sidhu	6:51
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)

Season		Episode number													Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	1	26.00	15.0	11.01	11.59	11.09	11.88	10.40	11.77	11.48	11.00	10.09	11.41	12.59	12.43

Source: [15]

References

1. Sheetal (2019-04-24). "In the regional web". tribuneindia.com.
2. Mania, Punjabi (2019-03-07). "Amrit Amby Interview On Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree Season 2". Punjabi Mania. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
3. Chhabra, Bhavya (31 July 2019). "Patiala boy finds a platform". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
4. "Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree - First Episode - New Admission". Latest News 24 Hour. 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
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
8. "Yaar Jigree First look". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
9. "Yaar Jigree all cast interview". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
10. "Punjab's First Web Based Series – Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree – Episode 1". Daily Ent Xpress. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
11. "The Gangland in Motherland depicts Punjab's Realities". DESIblitz. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
12. "Final Episode 13 of Punjabi Web Series Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree is out now". pollywoodhub.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
13. "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਵੈੱਬ-ਸੀਰੀਜ਼ 'Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree' ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਭਰਵਾਂ ਹੁੰਗਾਰਾ". News18 Punjab. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
14. Saini, Neha (28 June 2019). "First ever Punjabi web series success gives boost to actors". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
15. "Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree YouTube". Troll Punjabi. Retrieved 2019-06-24.

External links

• Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree on IMDb
• Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree on YouTube