Dolly Singh has come a great distance from her YouTube movies and shorts. The content material creator-turned-actor can also be now a showrunner. The third season of her microdrama, Greatest Worst Date, just lately dropped on Instagram and YouTube. In a dialog with Hindustan Instances, Dolly spoke in regards to the present’s journey and the expertise of season 3.
On creating microdramas
Greatest Worst Date isn’t the primary microdrama Dolly has created. That journey started in the course of the pandemic. “I got here up with this concept myself, in my information and in my universe,” she says, speaking in regards to the shift from being a content material creator to creating reveals. “I like long-form content material; I can not assume short-form. Making a 30-second video is a little bit of a job for me. I’m a millennial via and thru. However as content material was getting shorter, the problem for me was to say the issues I needed to say, however in that brief interval. As a result of the longer movies weren’t working.”
Ultimately, Greatest Worst Date, a romantic drama, debuted in 2024. “Initially, it was a wrestle to even promote it, as a result of manufacturers had been cautious of placing their cash in one thing this new. They did not perceive this or get what the idea was,” shares Dolly. However the present was successful, evident by the views it continues to get. “I believe romantic tales are one thing that can at all times work if made effectively.”
On Greatest Worst Date S3
Season 3 of the present debuted on-line final month with the ultimate episode dropping earlier this week. Shot within the hills this time, this season allowed Dolly to movie an enormous venture in her hometown, Nainital, for the primary time. “It feels superb,” she says, including, “We had a 30-35-person crew. We had a correct muhurat shot with a nariyal. Papa introduced a Ganesh ji idol. It does really feel like you might be doing one thing massive, and that’s one thing I’ve needed to do for a very long time.”
Dolly has not simply acted within the present, but in addition written and executive-produced it. Speaking about her a number of obligations, she says, “This has excited me, dealing with a set of so many individuals being an govt producer. When the meals invoice for 25 individuals comes and I foot it, it feels so highly effective as a girl to be the boss girl. It’s so redeeming and satisfying.”
Greatest Worst Date S3 stars Dolly alongside Pranay Pachauri. The episodes are directed by Tanmaya Shekhar. The present is at the moment out there on Instagram.