Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree

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Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree
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Genre
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Created byRabby Tiwana
Written byRabby Tiwana
Directed byRabby Tiwana
Starring
  • Pukhraj Bhalla
  • Jasmin Bajwa
  • Prateek Singh Rai
  • Karan Sandhawalia
  • Sukhdeep Sapra
  • Amrit Amby
  • gursimran,Tannu Kaur
  • Karanvir Deol
  • Pawan Johal
Theme music composerMista Baaz , Jass Toor
Country of originIndia
Original languagePunjabi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerRabby Tiwana
CinematographyGagan Sarao
Editors
  • Rabby Tiwana
  • Prince K. Makkar
Running time25 - 63 minutes
Production companyTroll Punjabi
Original release
Network YouTube
ReleaseSeptember 15, 2018 (2018-09-15) 
present

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree is an Indian Punjabi-language comedy-drama web-series created 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 31 December 2018 at have been viewed over thirty and fifteen million times respectively. [1] Season 2 premiered on 30 September 2020 and concluded on 30 December 2020. [2]

Contents

Cast

Main

Recurring

Special appearance

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"New Admission [5] "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)
6"Youth Festival"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)
7"Revelations"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)
8"Disintegration"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)
9"Repentance"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)
10"Shaapa"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana26 November 2018 (2018-11-26)
11"Retaliation"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)
12"Attainment"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana11 December 2018 (2018-12-11)
13"Apprehension"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana31 December 2018 (2018-12-31)

Season 2 (2020)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Hostel"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana30 September 2020 (2020-09-30)
2"Rusticate"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana3 October 2020 (2020-10-03)
3"Remand"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana10 October 2020 (2020-10-10)
4"Admin Block"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana17 October 2020 (2020-10-17)
5"Protest"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana24 October 2020 (2020-10-24)
6"RTI"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana31 October 2020 (2020-10-31)
7"New Room"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana7 November 2020 (2020-11-07)
8"Online Chhat"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
9"Guftgoo"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)
10"Sach"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana28 November 2020 (2020-11-28)
11"Allegation"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)
12"Cracked"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)
13"Reunion"Rabby TiwanaRabby Tiwana30 December 2020 (2020-12-30)

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. [6]

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.” [6]

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. [7] 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 70 million times on YouTube. [8]

Track list

Season 1

No.TitleLyricsMusicSingersLength
1."Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree"Karan SandhawaliaMista Baaz Sharry Mann 5:51
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 Bhatti Pukhraj Bhalla 4:15
7."Yaari"JaggaGur Sidhu Gur Sidhu 6:51
Total length:mm:ss

Season 2

No.TitleLyricsMusicSingersLength
1."Mere Yaar"N-GritzJT BeatsN-Gritz, Sarang Sikander4:55
2."Jutti Kadwi"Noor TungIRIS MusicNoor Tung2:54
3."Hostel Boliyan"Bhindi TolawalJT Beats Pukhraj Bhalla, Jasmeen Aktar3:59
4."Suppli"Kay KapDr. BratKay Kap4:32
5."Sukoon"Karan SandhawaliaJT BeatsKaran Sandhawalia5:03
6."Dil Haare"Karan SandhawaliaJT Beats Pukhraj Bhalla 3:58
Total length:mm:ss

Release

Season 1

The first look of the series was released on 23 March 2018 by Troll Punjabi on YouTube [9] 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. [10] 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. the series remarks the struggle of college students in india; rustication, drugs, marks and much much more. [11] The series is also the first Punjabi web-series followed by Gangland in Motherland. [12]

Season 2

The trailer of Season 2 was released on 27 September 2020 and first Episode released on 30 September 2020 in Troll Punjabi YouTube Channel, followed by other episodes of Season 2 will be release every Saturday. Their can be a few exceptions in the release date as the farmer protest and some social, and financial issues from the crew.

Season 3

The team of the show told the viewers that Season 3 will come when Troll Punjabi youtube channel will hit 10 million subscribers. [13]

Reception

The web-series received positive responses from its audience but was criticized a lot for its release delays. [14] [15] [16]

Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree: Worldwide viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345678910111213
133.6519.5215.1415.5914.4016.0413.5415.2714.9314.4413.6015.4017.8516.87 [lower-alpha 1]
212.159.739.938.227.887.787.988.397.947.708.548.208.878.71
Source: [17]

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