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Trending Talents: Nikhil Vijay’s Journey As An Actor And A Writer

Trending Talents: In an exclusive interview with the host Shashi Mukherjee, the actor and screenwriter, Nikhil Vijay recollects his journey.

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The struggle in life is the real test of the worthy. On the road to success, the roadblocks in the form of obstacles, barriers and defeats often act as stepping stones, if one persists through them all. Rarely do we find stories that outline this spirit of endurance in life. Nikhil Vijay, the famed actor and writer in the digital world, is one such person.

Aged around 24, Nikhil was born in Nagpur. However, he grew up in Delhi, when his family moved here. While growing up in a middle-class family, he realized his passion for performing arts and was willing to learn the art of writing and acting. He has worked as a screenwriter at The Viral Fever and as a creative editor at Aarey.

Highly acclaimed for his performances in Gullak (2019), ImMATURE (2019) and Weekends (2018), Nikhil was recently felicitated with the award for best writer in comedy for his show Gullak, which was created by TVF and Streamed on SonyLiv. His achievements and success are a burning example of the fact that the talents are not the reserve of the elites only. He candidly admits that the advent of DSLR/MacBook enabled the upper middle class to realise their dreams of performing art on their own, while the increased outreach of the internet made every person, a performer. Today, the internet is the biggest stage, which is open to every person equally.

In the latest episode of DC’s Trending Talents, the multitalented Nikhil Vijay recalls his journey so far, in a candid conversation with Shashi Mukherjee.

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Update Your Watchlist With These Movie or Series Recommendations

Is your watchlist empty? Get some great movie and series recommendations and reviews with DIgital Commenatry’s The Audio Feed.

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Aarya

Has the lockdown served you with boredom? Are you looking for a new web series/movies to watch? Well, here’s a retreat, Digital Commentary‘s new initiative “The Audio Feed” is here with delightful movie and show recommendations and reviews.

Aarya, the fabulous come back for Sushmita Sen is all set to take you on a thriller ride available on Disney Hotstar. The series features nine episodes of one hour each and presents a story of a woman who belongs to a royal family of Rajasthan who happens to deal with illegal drugs and dragged her husband into it too. Due to the inconvenient circumstances, the husband is killed and she is made to take over the business all on her own.

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Penguin is a Tamil movie that got featured on Amazon Prime quite recently starring the phenomenally talented actor Keerthy Suresh who is known for her miraculous performances in the South industry. The honest review of this film has revealed myriad of its qualities along with the mistakes that the film presented.

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Another review that has caught the attention of the audience is Kothanodi, an Assamese film, that has captured immense appreciation and has also been nominated and won for the best film, it features three stories that represent thriller, suspense in which all three of them broadcast a wide variety of crime thriller and engaging content.

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Interview With The Director of Kota Factory Raghav Subbu

The second episode of digital commentary’s The Creators Show featuring Raghav Subbu reveals a director’s efforts in creating a show.

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Raghav Subbu

Raghav Subbu has directed esteemed shows like Kota Factory, Hostel Daze and Fathers S01 and talks briefly about the exciting process of turning a mere idea into a visual delight of a show. Formerly, he tells, the advertising world fascinated him and he wanted to be a copywriter. However, after working briefly as a copywriter, he switched and started working with TVF as an assistant director and making shows and sketches for the channel. For young enthusiasts he suggests that persistence is the key in paving one’s way to their goal.

Further in the Digital Commentary interview, hosted by Kshitiz Sudhakar, he talks about his approach of directing a show, gives us a peep in the creation of Hostel Daze, tells us in detail about his amazing experience of directing Kota Factory, gives us a behind the scenes glimpse and a director’s perspective of the critically acclaimed show. He tells he believes in the blend of ‘art and entertainment’ in forming the skeleton of the show and it is preferably the thought line he works and directs on. He also believes in creation of all forms of content suiting different tastes of the audience.

Concluding the interview, he suggests some great movies for the audience, talks about the creative liberty of the directors of digital shows and presents his views on the impact of the pandemic in the field of filmmaking. Dive into the interview if you’re waiting for Kota Factory 2 and hear the director’s word on it.

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Interview with Arushi Sharma aka Leena from Love Aaj Kal

Digital Commentary conducted an interview with Aarushi Sharma aka Leena from Love Aaj Kal who discussed her whole journey of acting and other films.

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Arushi Sharma

It’s really hard to figure out what destiny has determined for you, you may work really hard for something but in the end it always proceeds with your fate that has been predetermined. A similar situation was encountered by Arushi Sharma aka Leena from Love Aaj Kal, she was observed discussing her acting journey in the recent interview conducted by Digital Commentary and hosted by Shashi Mukherjee.

The interview portrayed her entire journey from childhood until the time she decided to become an actress. It was not her initial plan of ever starring in any Bollywood movie but had a secret desire of acting in one. In the interview she was also observed to have discussed her debut film was Tamasha directed by Imtiaz Ali starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, she also got featured in few short films and her recent was Love Aaj Kal that received huge appreciation by the audience.

Her journey describes the ordinary life of a girl that belongs from Himachal and even after Tamasha being a software engineer she got associated with a job and remained at it until she received the role of Leena. Now that she has been recognised by the audience she has been working on other scripts as well and will be acting further the lockdown settles.

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Behind The Curtain With “The Creators Show”: Amrit Raj Gupta

Digital commentary’s new show “The Creators Show” aims at revealing the tedious efforts of creators of the shows. Here’s a sneak-peek into the first episode featuring Amrit Raj Gupta.

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Amrit Raj Gupta

It’s a creator’s vision that is reflected in the show and in fact forms a base on which a show could stand. Acknowledging and appreciating the enervating efforts of the creators, Digital Commentary starts a new show “The Creators Show” which unveils these behind the scene efforts of the creators.

The first episode opens with the director of the successful shows like Gullak, Bachelors S01 and S02 and Operation MBBS Amrit Raj Gupta. He talks about leaving Sitapur settling in Mumbai with an early ambition of becoming a singer, graduating in the field of mass media that kindled his interest in film making to finally working with TVF and becoming a director. He tells after graduation he settled with doing miscellaneous jobs with TVF and now landed up directing his own shows but also was appointed as the creative head of the TVF initiated channel The Screen Patti.

He further gives a detailed insight into the process of show making, from giving the raw vision a structure further molding it into a script, preparing what he calls “The Bible” of the show and forming a show putting together different elements.

Concluding the informative interview, he shares some utilitarian activities for enthusiasts of film making that are helpful in proliferating their expertise on the required skills and his top 5 list of Indian and foreign shows.

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“Never Kiss Your Best Friend”: Show Breaking The Contemporaries

Let’s have an insight into the making of the show “Never kiss your best friend” with the director Arif Khan and the lead cast Nakul Mehta and Anya Singh.

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Never Kiss Your Best Friend

In the latest episode of Digital Commentary’s Hangout hosted by Ankit Shukla, the story behind the show from lights, camera to action is revealed. Leaving behind the contemporary legacies of murder mysteries, dark humor and romance, the fresh, sweet and ingenuous approach towards romantic comedy of the script of the show “Never Kiss your best friend” appealed its director Arif Khan. Although the show is based on the book by Sumrit Shashi, the direction has idiosyncratic approach based truly and solely on the show’s script as the director himself reveals.

The show is focused upon breaking the stereotypes, and an important contributing element in this is the “Her-centered” plot of the show. The show revolves mainly around the female lead character ‘Tani’, the show’s emotional perspective is slanted in the favor of its female lead as well. The character of Tani is portrayed ready to wreak vengeance on all who inflict unjust injuries on her bosom. The intrepid character complements the blatant approach of the show efficiently.

Later in the interview, Nakul talks about his challenges in adapting to the character of a 20-year-old. After deciphering the key characteristics like sprightly, youthful, spontaneous and fun-loving associated with the young age, he tells, enacting the role became quite easy for him.

Anya accredits the director for helping her grasp the crux of the role. At the same time, she refers to the relatability factor of the character Tani, which further helped her bring forth a fabulous performance.

The cinematography of the show is kept reserved in portraying the scenes apt and relevant to the plot rather than giving us the vistas of London where the show was shot, Arif tells us. The pertinent approach of each element contributing in the making of the show gives us a glimpse of wonders it might carry on the screen.

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