Arunabh Kumar
Exclusive: Anant Joshi On Playing Annu Mishra In Gullak 5—’ I Didn’t Mess With The Cornerstone Of The Character’
Gullak 5 is streaming on Sony LIV and has been winning hearts just like its previous four seasons. However, this time, one major change was to one of the central characters—Annu Mishra. Actor Vaibhav Raj Gupta played the role for four seasons, and this time actor Anant joined to replace him. In an exclusive interview with IWMBuzz, the actor opened up on joining the show, replacing Vaibhav and more. When asked about his reaction to fans getting shocked by him replacing Vaibhav as Annu, the actor shared that the audience reaction is very natural. Anant emphasized that when a charact | Click Here...
Gullak 5 Review: The World Of Mishras Gets Messier With Everyday Drama In A Satisfying Watch
As the first-ever Indian web series returning for a fifth season, Sony LIV's Gullak maintains the hype. While many wonder what helped the series sustain its success over the years? Well, it's the beauty of the show that it subtly blends the slice-of-life drama in an engaging watch, with not harsh attempts to grip viewers but touches hearts with the simple, chaotic, and quirky moments. Plot The World of Mishras returns yet again, but this time, the situation gets messier with new beginnings. The plot continues to follow the life of Santosh Mishra, his wife Shan | Click Here...
Space Gen: Chandrayaan Review: Powerful Humane Tale of ISRO’s C3 Triumph
2023 has been a monumental year in India's space exploration. ISRO made its historic triumph with Chandrayaan 3, establishing India as the first nation to mark a soft landing near the Lunar South Pole, dated August 23rd 2025. This is India’s story—powered by the genius minds whose ingenuity surpasses any machine. TVF now brings the extraordinary tale to the screens, giving the colossal achievements a human touch through Space Gen: Chandrayaan on Jio Hotstar. | Click Here...
Court Kacheri Review: A Realistic Legal Drama That Hits Too Close To Home
The Sony LIV series, Court Kacheri is for any bourgeoisie kid who’s been appalled by the overwhelming career dynamics—the kind of “parampara, pratistha & anushasan” family orientation that propelled them to bump their heads into the dead-ends of something they never wanted to do in the first place, so that brought in a correction: “parampara, pratistha & procrastination.” Because what else do you do when you’re stuck living someone else’s dream in a house that smells of ambition and burnt toast? Court Kacheri, | Click Here...
TVF’s founder Arunabh Kumar pens down a heartfelt note, says, “There is nothing more beautiful than what we get to experience as a Family”
A name to be reckoned with, a storyteller, Arunabh Kumar, the founder of The Viral Fever (TVF) has been blessed with a daughter. The director of one of the most loved web series, TVF Pitchers has indeed delivered some amazing content, and with the birth of his daughter the director indeed embarked on a new journey of his life and this time worth saying with a good fortune. It's a new journey of parenthood for the director. Arunabh Kumar penned down a heartwarming message while sharing the first picture capturing his daughter, himself, and his wife. The director further jotted down a | Click Here...
Exclusive: After Rana Naidu on Netflix, Samarth Shandilya cast for TVF’s next
Samarth Shandilya who enthralled audiences as 'Toofan' in Netflix's Rana Naidu, got rewarded very well for his engaging performance. He has bagged 4 awards so far for his outstanding portrayal of Toofan in Rana Naidu. Now, Samarth has hopped on to his next, after looking for the best possible role after playing Toofan. He will be seen in the upcoming TVF project which is yet untitled. The series is being directed by Navjot Gulati. The series will be a mix of comedy, romance and drama. The series we hear, is presently being shot. As per a reliable source, "Samarth has a differe | Click Here...
Honour moment for TVF Show Kota Factory as Shri Piyush Goyal quotes a famous dialogue by Jeetu Bhaiya
Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, recently shared a moment from his recent interactions with the IIT Kanpur students, after addressing the Policy Conclave 2022, organised by IIT Kanpur on his Twitter on Sunday, 13th Feb. What's more, his tweet turned out to be an honouring moment for the TVF, The Viral Fever, a popular digital platform, as Piyush Goyal tweeted quoting dialogue from the series Kota Factory led by the channel. Later Arunabh Kumar replied saying 'Its an honour for us'. Piyush | Click Here...
Gear up: Engineering Girls Season 2 to premiere on 27 August on ZEE5
ZEE5 and TVF (The Viral Fever) recently announced their partnership, and everyone is eagerly looking forward to the new seasons of all their favorite Originals. First in line to get a premiere date is Engineering Girls 2.0 – ‘Sapno Ki Theory, Life Ke Practicals’. Season 1 premiered in June 2018 and clicked instantly with the youngsters as it was relatable and fun. Now, the girls are back with a fresh season, consisting of 5 episodes of this modern-day college drama, set in an engineering college and girls’ hostel. ZEE5 just released the motion poster, and the fans can’t wait for w | Click Here...
Great News: ZEE5 and TVF join hands to entertain millions
ZEE5, the OTT platform of choice for consumers and content creators, today, announced a content partnership with TVF (The Viral Fever), a consumer favourite creator across the country. In addition to introducing two impactful and widely successful tentpoles Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai and Friends: The Reunion last month, the platform now amps up its existing robust content library with TVF’s much-loved content of inherently Indian stories that resonate with millions of entertainment seekers across the country. The partnership includes the launch of originals and subsequently, new seasons | Click Here...
The Great TVF Exodus
The corridors of India’s most promising new age internet content & distribution company, The Viral Fever (TVF), wear an eerie empty look. Once replete with vivacious energies of hope, creativity and unbridled optimism, with possibilities unknown & unparalleled, today, TVF is shrouded with a miasma of uncertainty. Founded in the year 2015 by Arunabh Kumar and his team of challengers, TVF rode into the new dawn of ‘never seen before’ internet entertainment or web series format in India. Its shows namely Permanent Roommates, Pitchers, Tripling caught the fancy of n | Click Here...
Arunabh Kumar’s Comic Book Venture as Founder & CEO- Indusverse, launched by Vasan Bala & Jaaved Jaafri
Arunabh Kumar, who is known as a pioneer of online content in India and founder of TVF, having disrupted the world of web shows in India with some of the highest rated shows from Pitchers to Panchayat, has moved on to his next venture which also happens to be around storytelling, but this time in a different format. Earlier this year he took the full-time role of Founder and CEO at Indusverse Pvt. Ltd. a new comic book company with two other partners- Alok Sharma and Saumin Patel as CCO (Chief Creative Officer) and CDO (Chief Design Officer) respectively. The first set of the Comic B | Click Here...
When Arunabh Kumar willingly played a transgender for director Farah Khan
On International Transphobia and Homophobia Day Arunabh Kumar who is known as the Founder of TVF, has a surprising anecdote for his admirers. Many would not know that he did one small cameo in Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om as a transgender. He started his career assisting Farah Khan as an assistant director in 2007. “A song shoot was going on and Farah has a habit of making very interesting and inclusive cameos in the film. She asked if anyone was up to play the role of a transgender person in a scene for the movie but the whole set refused and there were also people who made fun of the ent | Click Here...
TVF founder Arunabh Kumar got engaged to his girlfriend Shruti Ranjan from 2013
Even though the world is going through a terrible phase due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is heartwarming to see that it has not affected the positive light that shines through the power of strong relationships. One such relationship that we saw flourish recently was that of TVF Founder Arunabh Kumar, whose company just gave a hit web series called Panchayat to the audience, and his girlfriend Shruti Ranjan. The couple who have been dating each other since 2013, recently announced their engagement, giving the newly coined phrase, ‘love in the time of corona’ a new meaning. Arun | Click Here...
This is how the The Viral Fever (TVF) went viral
If you are one of those who belong to a wave of viewers that have shifted towards digital for their daily entertainment consumption, you will be aware of The Viral Fever or TVF. With popular web series like Kota Factory, Permanent Roommates, Tripling, Pitchers, Chai Sutta Chronicles and many such web series under its belt, TVF has become India’s ultimate digital entertainment destination. | Click Here...
What A Qtiyapa…
It’s quite saddening and alarming too…the flippant world of media & entertainment is a constant see-saw scenario. Little off balance, or a wrong step and the mighty Humpty Dumpty has a big fall. The case in point is ‘The’ Arunabh Kumar, a beacon or an absolute icon in the genre of independent web content creation. Founder and CEO of The Viral Fever (TVF Qtiyapa), his rise story is inspirational and epic. The big daddy of web content, the guy was rejected by MTV. He went on to create his own niche in a dream like David vs Goliath tale. However, he hit a rough patch | Click Here...
TVF’s Pitchers season 2 in the soup?
The Viral Fever aka TVF, the pioneers in the field of individual content creators in the digital space, hit a rough patch when Arunabh Kumar, founder and face of the brand, got slapped by multiple molestation charges. The truth is still lurking in the web of law, so being judgmental or coming to a conclusion is nothing but utter buffoonery. Moving on from the subject, Indianwikimedia would like to bring attention to TVF’s one of the most popular endeavours, Pitchers. Pitchers, which captured the lives of four aspiring entrepreneurs, caught fire in the viral ecosystem | Click Here...