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Early this year, 24-year-old Priya Sen happily got rid of her television set. It had become redundant, and only ever served the purpose of a table. She detested Indian soap operas, and couldn’t relate to the ‘youth-centric’ content in the form of MTV Roadies either. Plus, Sen had stumbled upon the world of web series, and TV no longer lured her.
“I had just started watching Permanent Roommates, a 2014 show by The Viral Fever (TVF) in March, and it was hilarious. There was no censoring of words and scenes; the content was relatable and the language was colloquial. It was like watching my own friends online,’ says Sen, who has since then been hooked to similar short web series.
With back-to-back short fiction series on YouTube in 2015 — from Vishwajoy Mukherjee’s Baked on midnight food delivery service to TVF Pitchers on start-ups and a wedding gone bad in ‘Bang Baaja Baaraat’ (BBB) by Y Films — the web-series formula arrived in India this year.
“Finally, Indian viewers are appreciating good scripts. Now, you can’t fool them with big sets and expensive cars,” says Sumeet Vyas, who wrote BBB, which stars Ali Fazal and newbie Angira Dhar. With each episode getting a million-plus hits, a second season is in the works and will release in 2016.
Year 2015: When the web series formula arrived in India | The Indian Express
“I had just started watching Permanent Roommates, a 2014 show by The Viral Fever (TVF) in March, and it was hilarious. There was no censoring of words and scenes; the content was relatable and the language was colloquial. It was like watching my own friends online,’ says Sen, who has since then been hooked to similar short web series.
With back-to-back short fiction series on YouTube in 2015 — from Vishwajoy Mukherjee’s Baked on midnight food delivery service to TVF Pitchers on start-ups and a wedding gone bad in ‘Bang Baaja Baaraat’ (BBB) by Y Films — the web-series formula arrived in India this year.
“Finally, Indian viewers are appreciating good scripts. Now, you can’t fool them with big sets and expensive cars,” says Sumeet Vyas, who wrote BBB, which stars Ali Fazal and newbie Angira Dhar. With each episode getting a million-plus hits, a second season is in the works and will release in 2016.
Year 2015: When the web series formula arrived in India | The Indian Express
