Pitchers Review

“India mein jab ek engineer apne 9-5 job se bore ho jaata hai toh unhe bahar nikalne ke bas 3 raaste dikhte hai – MBA, IAS and Startup”

This is the current entrepreneurship atmosphere of India in a nutshell. The youth is inspired by “overnight successes” of Steve Jobs or Larry Page or the Flipkart Bansals. So is Naveen Bansal (Naveen), working for an MNC dejected after being rejected at leading a project in Brazil, decides to start a company with his college friends Jitendra Maheshwari (Jitu), Yogendra Kumar (Yogi) and Saurabh Mandal (Mandal). They quit their jobs except for Mandal after a rumour that their “B Plan” reached the finals of the NASSCOM Startup Conclave to fully devote their time to the startup which later turns out to be false. And then begins the sacrifices and struggles by them to become an addition to the “overnight success” stories.

Pitchers is rated at 35th on the IMDb’s Top-Rated TV and for good reasons. It was something fresh for the majority youth audience in India bored of the usual Saas Bahu dramas on Televisions. Infact,the concept is one of the major reasons for episodes of the season to get about a million views each. Acting by Naveen Kasturia as Naveen, Jitendra Kumar as Jitu, Arunabh Kumar as Yogi and Abhay Mahajan as Mandal were convincing. The performances of the recurring cast Aakanksha Thakur as Saumya (Jitu’s Wife) and Maanvi Gagroo as Shreya (Naveen’s girlfriend) convinced the audience about the extent of the Entrepreneurs’ sacrifices for their Company. That being said, don’t mistake Pitchers to be a serious kind of story with intense struggles because it isn’t. The constant friction between Yogi and Mandal bring a bit of comic relief in the story. Also, the chemistry between Jitu and Saumya and Naveen and Shreya makes the audience go “aww” at places. It also manages to bring out the struggle of a guy from a middle class conservative family becoming an entrepreneur through Jitu.The fresh idea, strong performances and intelligent storyline and direction makes Pitchers the best TV Show in India and by quite a huge margin.