How Not To Go Viral | Plz Be Serious - Episode 5

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Should an artist be a slave to an algorithm? Let's talk to actors, improv artists, comedians, a baker, a singer and a poet to find out. Do they take the untrodden path by choice? Or are they just one pizza promotion away from selling out? Panel: Taruna Shroff (@tanucious on insta) is a a passionate singer dancer, actor poet and a certified pastry chef. As a youth, she was always drawn to singing; her sweet voice found expression through advanced training in Hindustani Classical Music, Bollywood Film Songs and vocal coaching. She has performed at various events. She runs a successful dessert shop called "Lush by Taruna" Sujit Prasad (@sujitprasad on insta/twitter; sujitprasad on fb) is a lawyer, poet, and translator based out of New Delhi and Dehradun. He has been published in both Hindi and English. He's a volunteer with The Community Library Project, and also consults in the Publishing and Advertising industries. He likes to go on tangents and other difficult treks, and is a compulsive amateur; he is also a reader, a content creator/designer, and an editor, to a few of which he keeps returning for sustenance of different kinds. Gavin CHubBy Methalaka @chubbytimes : Actor Improvisor, Voice Artist. Known as Kutty (Kevin), from an Indian adaptation of The Office. Teaches and Plays improv internationally. Pretends he gets paid in money. Loves to Hugs. Hugs to Love. Kuriakose (@thatmallucomic on insta) writes comics by day and is a comic by night. Unfortunately, the joke seems to always be on him. A proud Malayalee boy who grew up in the 'Gelf' like all good Mallus, Kuriakose got married a few years back and now is the father of a baby girl, all for the sake of content. He's yet to write a memorable joke, but at least he's got a day job, right? Trupti Khamkar @actortrupti has been a renowned theatre artist since the past 22 years and has travelled the globe performing in different languages. Her fans recently saw her in a very different avatar in her recently released webshow "Girgit" on Alt Balaji and also a theatrical release titled ‘Zombivali’ with Lalit Prabhakar and Amol Wagh. She has been a part of international projects like the ‘Beecham House’ and ‘White Tiger’.  She is the only actor to have performed in 3 different languages at the Shakespeare's Globe (Hindi, Gujarati and Burmese) She is also a stand-up comedian, popular amongst the youth, one of her popular comedy acts ‘Baba Lagin’ is still trending digitally and has also been a part of some very successful podcasts and comedy shows like ‘Golgappa’ and ‘Bhadipa’ as well along with some rib cackling comedy sketches for various platforms. She has been a renowned part of Hindi and Marathi films, was also recently seen in the film ‘Smile Please’ by Vikram Phadnis, ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ with Tapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pedenkar and ‘Tumhari Sulu’ with @balanvidya Plz be Serious' will be a weekly chat show on important issues such as these. Subscribe to join this social movement.