Naveen Kasturia: I was really nervous about how TVF’s Pitchers was going to be received

TVF’s Pitchers S2 is finally happening! On June 14, during the collaboration between the OTT platforms Zee5 and TVF (The Viral Fever), it was announced that Pitchers is finally coming back after six years with the second season. The viewers were also informed about a few more future projects including Tripling Season 3, Humorously Yours Season 3, Engineering Girls Season 2 and The Aam Aadmi Family Season 4.

During the collaboration, talking about Pitchers, actor Naveen Kasturia said, “I would feel like a star when Pitchers came out. But as soon as its impact ended, I would get calls for auditions for smaller parts. In my head, I thought I would get better opportunities after Pitchers. But I was like, ‘what’s happening with me?’ So, I was desperately waiting for Pitchers season 2.”

“At the time, I would think a lot about what would happen to my career if season 2 of the show didn’t happen,” the Pitchers’ actor added.

Talking about the first season and the initial phase of web series in India, Naveen revealed his views and said, “At the time, people were not really aware of what web series was. The only web series that had come out by then was Permanent Roommates which had very short episodes. Pitchers was the first web series with legit 40-minute episodes. I was really nervous about how it was going to be received. Because it was happening for the first time that someone was releasing a full-fledged series on YouTube with a longer format. So, nobody really imagined that the reception of the show would be that huge. I have met so many people in my life whose start-up inspiration was Pitchers. So many young people got inspired by the show. I don’t think anybody anticipated this kind of success.”

Pitchers talks about four friends who quit their jobs in order to start their own company. This story on entrepreneurs also stars Jitendra Kumar, Abhay Mahajan and Arunabh Kumar in pivotal roles.

Earlier this month on June 3, Naveen shared an old image on Instagram from Pitchers S1 and captioned it, “First episode of this beautiful show came out today, 6 years ago. Happy Pitchers Day”

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The Indian OTT giant also revealed that other TVF shows including Permanent Roommates, Tech Conversations with Dad, Awkward Conversations, PA-Gals, Inmates, Weekends, The Insiders will also stream on Zee5.