Nevra-Tulsi village, just 58 km away from Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, has become famous in the state because there are YouTubers in every house. The passion is such that the youth are leaving government jobs and earning money from YouTube. More than 60 percent of the youth, children, old people and women here are acting in videos and reels. There are more than 40 YouTube channels of this village, which have millions of subscribers.
In view of this, the government has decided to build a hi-tech studio in this village. About Rs 1 crore will be spent in this. The people of Nevra Tulsi had demanded from the administration several times that a studio should be built. The District Panchayat helped him in this matter. Now this will become the first village in the state where the government is building a studio for YouTubers. After this, the villagers will be able to easily do video editing, shooting, voice over etc. right here. According to the villagers, the scripts of our 7-8 cultural films are ready. Will start shooting as soon as the studio is built.
Women also came in acting. Pinky Sahu, Kajal and Aarti are the artists of the village. She tells that ever since video currents are being made here, women are getting work. She has been acting in videos for one and a half years. The women here used to leave their homes less earlier, but now the thinking has changed. Women are participating in making films and reels. She has also started acting well. If you go to this village, you will see people making videos in the streets. The people of the village tell that everyone from 85 year old grandmother to 15 year old grandson also does acting here.
This is how to start becoming a YouTuber
Gyanendra worked as a network engineer in SBI. In 2013-14, he quit his job and in 2016, along with his friends, made a short comedy film in Chhattisgarhi under the name Wing Chhattisgarhiya Channel. It was shot on mobile, edited and uploaded on YouTube. The picture quality was poor, yet it was liked a lot. After this the Ramlila group of the village gathered together. So far around 400 videos have been made here and this channel has 1.21 lakh subscribers. After this, channels started opening and now there are about 40 YouTube channels. In this, the people of the village are making short films on different themes and uploading them.
4K videos will be made in the studio
Jai Verma does coaching after doing MSc. He told that the village has a population of 4 thousand. And 60 percent of people are YouTubers. There is no studio near the village. If a 10 minute video has to be exported, it takes 7-8 hours. According to Verma and the villagers, the construction of a hi-tech studio will improve video quality and editing.
There are many music channels in the village, their songs are recorded in Raipur. With the construction of a studio, this will also happen in the village itself. Now people see 720 pixels or 4-K. But in villages, videos are made in HD, in which the picture quality remains dull. If this is better then the income of the villagers will increase. The culture and tradition here can be made available to more and more people.
