“Tu Beer Hai”, this dialogue from the iconic show TVF Pitchers had distinctive characters and every character proffered an extremely beautiful mirror of the prevailing society. One such character was Rajat Khanna aka Jaimini Pathak who disseminated the true meaning of a startup. Recently, in his interview, by Digital Commentary hosted by Shashi Mukherjee, he shared several opinions that he possesses whether political or of the industry and elaborated his views on the prevailing society of theatre.

He was a theatre artist long before he starred in the show. He is a successful entrepreneur of a theatre company called ‘Work Title’. The name as it sounds symbolises the pressure of the time when the name was originated. 

Jaimini Pathak was born in Andhra Pradesh, raised in Ajmer, and moved to Bombay for college. Fortunately, the school he was nurtured in, was quite significant towards theatre and allocated his inclined towards Theatre. Once he entered Mumbai and pursued his degree from Xaviers, he was exposed to several opportunities to work on his art and create a name of his own.

As he practised and performed several theatres acts all around the country, he was fortunate enough to form his own company and mark his essence worldwide. Sanjana Kapoor who immensely appreciated his art form helped in forming an appropriate dynamism and horizon he could work in.

His company broadcasted the prevailing issues of society and portrayed different opinions on various political elements of society. The one show that helped him prove his mettle was on Gandhi and establishment of an opinion that was unusual at that point in time. It helped spread awareness and different side to the story that was commonly being depicted in the industry.

He has accomplished to form an identity in the industry and signifies the art form of theatre and wishes to spread his love for the form worldwide.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.