''TVF Tripling'' is an Indian

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-language web series created by

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. It was developed by Sameer Saxena and written by

Akarsh Khurana Akarsh Khurana is an Indian director, writer and actor, son of actor Akash Khurana, who is critically acclaimed for writing and directing various shows. His notable works are TVF Tripling (as a writer), Yeh Meri Family (actor), Mismatched (as ...

and

Sumeet Vyas Sumeet Vyas (born 27 July 1983) is an Indian actor, film director and screenwriter who works in Indian films and television. His breakthrough role was as Mikesh Chaudhary in TVF Media, TVF's 2014 web series ''Permanent Roommates''. Vyas has sinc ...

. The series star Vyas,

Maanvi Gagroo Maanvi Gagroo is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and television, She has worked in various web series like ''TVF Pitchers, TVF Tripling'', and ''Four More Shots Please!''. At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, she won Filmfare OTT Awar ...

and

Amol Parashar Amol Parashar (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian actor, best known for his versatile portrayals of popular characters across web shows and films. His most famous character is of Chitvan Sharma in the web series '' TVF Tripling'' and playing ...

in lead roles, along with

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Nidhi Bisht Nidhi Bisht (born 21 October 1985) is an Indian actress, filmmaker and lawyer. She is one of the earliest members of The Viral Fever. She worked with TVF (2013-2020) as a Creative Director and later as, Creative Head for Girliyapa (2017-2020) ...

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, and

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. It traces the story of three siblings, who together start a hilarious journey to find themselves and their relations. The first season has music and background score composed by Amar Mangrulkar, with cinematography and editing done by G. Srinivas Reddy, Anand Subbaiya and Tamojit Das respectively. ''TVF Tripling: Season 1'' was premiered simultaneously in the company's media streaming platform TVF Play and in YouTube, from 28 August 2016 to 7 October, with five consecutive episodes were aired every week. The show received positive response from audience and along with some other contributions, the series has won several awards, including the

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. It was recognised as one of the best web-series of 2016 and also a benchmark of success in Indian branded content and has since developed a cult status. Following the success of ''TVF Tripling'', the makers renewed for a second season with

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directing the series, and retaining the same technical crew, with the exception of music composer Mangrulkar, who worked in the first season, as he was replaced by Nilotpal Bora, whereas the cinematographer and editors were same. The series aired through

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on 5 April 2019, and unlike that of the first season, it received mixed reviews from critics. The show was renewed for a third season in 2021 and moved to

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as the streaming platform. The third season premiered on October 21, 2022. The season is written by

and directed by Neeraj Udhwani. In this season the three siblings find out that their parents are getting a divorce. It received positive reviews from critics.

Cast

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Soundtrack

For the soundtrack album of ''TVF Tripling: Season 1'',

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chose Amar Mangrulkar, who earlier composed background music for the 2014 film '' Hasee Toh Phasee'' to work on the series. This marked Mangrulkar's maiden collaboration with

, as the company previously collaborated with Vaibhav Bundhoo for ''

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'' and ''

TVF Pitchers ''TVF Pitchers'' is an Indian Hindi-language web series created by The Viral Fever (TVF) and developed by Arunabh Kumar. It features Naveen Kasturia, Arunabh Kumar, Jitendra Kumar and Abhay Mahajan along with Maanvi Gagroo and Riddhi Dogr ...

''. The soundtrack album consists of 13 songs which was composed, produced and programmed by Mangrulkar, who also wrote lyrics for the songs along with the series' director Krishnan, Kapil Sawant, Vaibhav Modi,

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and

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. It also features a traditional folk song "Kesariya Balam" which is based on

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and "Amma Puchchadi" which is originated from Himachali music. For the second season of ''TVF Tripling'', The Viral Fever associated with

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in their maiden collaboration, and Mangrulkar was eventually replaced by Nilotpal Bora as the composer. The eight-song soundtrack has lyrics written by

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, Rahul Dey Das and Varun Likhate. Arup Jyoti Barua composed one song "Mon Chole Re" based on a poem written by Rahul Dey Das, which had two versions in the original soundtrack album. Bora recreated the song "Mada Faqa" from the first season composed by Mangrulkar and titled it as "Mada Faqa 2.0". The song had rap versions crooned, written and additionally composed by Varun Likhate.

Track listing

Release

released the first trailer of the series on 25 August 2016. As a part of the promotional purpose, TVF partnered with

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for the project to promote the newly launched

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. The first season of TVF Tripling was scheduled to be released on 28 August 2016, with its first episode being released simultaneously through TVF's media streaming platform TVF Play, and also through its official YouTube channel. The season finale premiered on 7 October. Following the success of the first season, The Viral Fever renewed for a second season of ''TVF Tripling'', with the teaser and trailer eventually released on 7 and 15 March 2019, respectively. The digital rights of the second season was sold to

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and the series was released on 5 April 2019. For the third season, the series moved to ZEE5. The teaser for the season was released on 3 October 2022.

Accolades

References

External links

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