TVF Pitchers Review: Episode Four- “Bulb Jalega Boss”

This episode was equal parts entertaining and brilliant. This time the Pitchers attended another event which would help them find potential investors for their startup. The difference this time being nothing except not having any offer lurking on their heads now. This was their only chance of getting funds. Jeetu struggled with problems at home and was still unavailable to help his friends out but finally saw light at the end. Naveen’s vengeful boss resurfaces adding to their plight and they try to execute an ocean’s eleven like plan to gain entry into the event to pitch their idea.

So it goes with turbulence at Jeetu’s home. His father is still at home and he is facing the dilemma of whether or not to tell his father. Just like most Indian kids Jeetu lives in perpetual fear of his father. His father, like most parents, believe in a firm approach just because they care about their children so much and can’t bear to allow them to take risks in life that could potentially harm them. Although the right thing to do is to tell him all about his startup but Jeetu somehow couldn’t get his head around how to muster the courage to tell him. That’s where the wise wife Saumya steps in. Though it might be intentional to come clean in front of Jeetu’s father but she never wanted to reveal anything or say anything which would even slightly hurt anyone’s feelings or their relationship. But when she sees that Jeetu won’t be able to do it himself even in a thousand years, she tells his father. Even though very true to reality it was still hard to believe how long can Jeetu dance around the topic. It’s been already two episodes which is like a lot for a show which had to run only five episodes in this season. Naturally Saumya had to do something. And as expected, it infuriates his father who warns him about this decision and commands to look for another job in the same industry but this time Jeetu keeps the nerve to stand resolute and his father angrily leaves the home. Saumya blames herself for all this but Jeetu consoles her because deep down he knows that without her none of this would be possible and he’d still be stuck in his old job.

A still from "Bulb Jalega Boss"

On the other hand, things seem rather bleak for the remaining three Co-Founders as they are still unable to gain entry into the event without their complete team. This event also introduces some more funny characters like the other startup guys, Apoorva and Anitesh (the delightful freeloading founder of petpuja.com). One big blow to Naveen in this event was that one of the judges was his ex-boss Rajat Khanna. Now first they try to duck him but eventually figure out that he might be their only ticket to get on the train to bag investors. Though in the process they device an amazing Ocean’s Eleven style plan to enter by changing Jeetu’s photo ID in the computer with someone else’s who they can bring along easily (in this case ChaCha). However, when they actually try it, things don’t really go their way. Infact, things don’t really go anywhere as the plan is thwarted in the first stage itself but it leads to their encounter with Rajat. Now Rajat can easily allow them in and to a point one is also lead to believe that he might actually be good person afterall but he puts forth an impossible to fulfill condition infront of our protagonists. They must get written approval of each and every team before presenting their idea. Now those of you who are a little unaware of the corporate societal hierarchy, let me just say it, each and every one related to the business world in any way is a vengeful, vindictive and vile self-centered prick with almost no regard for anyone else’s interest especially if they intersect with their own. Maybe the whole world’s crazy. Don’t know what went wrong and where I decided to be left behind. So coming back to the show, essentially, no one accepts to allow them to present. Not even Anitesh, who’s a college friend to our boys and is in no way interested in any investor. But what can I say, that’s just how it works.

Now Naveen, Yogi and Mandal made their way to the stage but cannot present their idea. So Naveen comes up with a heartfelt idea to market his own self instead of his idea. In his words,” Maybe I cannot present my idea but I still have my 5 minutes, don’t I? ”. Those five minutes turn out to be the most inspiring five minutes as yet of the whole show. And at the end a surprise cameo of Biswapati Sarkar as Puneet surfaces as knocking opportunity in front of our lead pack. So in the end, things do kinda have a way of finding a way out themselves.

A still from "Bulb Jalega Boss"

One of the key strengths of the show is that how inspiring it is without being explicitly trying to be that way. But this time it did, for a short while though, but that only added to the glow of the already brightest star in the sky.TVF Pitchers delivered another solid episode with a great mix of music, fun and characters. But now things are took more of a streamlined shape as except the funding there’s no major hurdle left. Jeetu is fully on their side and all villains are out of the way. It would be really interesting to see where things go from here in the finale because except the meeting with Puneet, there’s nothing much that could happen but still Pitchers have a way of surprising its audience with simple but utterly refreshing and witty scenarios. So keep your fingers crossed and wait eagerly for the season finale and hope our heroes finally land a deal. "Bulb toh jala hai boss, bulb toh jala hi hai."