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Janisht Joshi's EP 'Talkhiyaan' stands out for pairing each of its five songs with a dedicated music video, creating a cohesive visual universe that expands the themes of the music. Produced under Tiger Baby Records and directed by Amun Khot and Dimple Chawla, the series spans across visual journeys showcasing a level of visual ambition rarely afforded to independent music releases in India.
For independent musicians, creating a music video is often a luxury reserved for a lead single. Budget constraints, timelines and the sheer amount of labour involved usually mean that visual storytelling is concentrated around one or two tracks, while the rest of a project exists solely in audio form. That's what makes Janisht Joshi's Talkhiyaan such a remarkable undertaking. Produced under the banner of Tiger Baby Records, the EP arrives not just as a collection of songs but as a fully realised visual universe, complete with five distinct music videos, one for every track on the record.
Written, directed and produced by filmmakers Amun Khot and Dimple Chawla, the series demonstrates an ambitious commitment to storytelling that is still relatively rare in India's independent music ecosystem. Rather than treating the videos as promotional add-ons, each film expands the emotional and thematic world of its corresponding song, giving listeners a richer way to engage with the music.
At the centre of the project is Parchhaiyan, the EP's lead single and arguably its most ambitious visual statement. The video plunges viewers into a fever dream where Janisht finds himself caught between opposing forces: shadow versions of himself that represent self-sabotage and destructive impulses, and a mysterious woman in red who embodies hope. Unfolding into a surreal journey through a maze of his own making the video transforms into an internal struggle into a visually arresting narrative about self-confrontation
Elsewhere, BEB, short for Baadshah-e-Bewakoofi, takes a wildly different approach. Set during the final night of a Bangkok trip shared by Janisht and collaborator KBIR, the film finds the chaos and existential urgency, that comes with being young. Convinced that the world could end tomorrow, the duo embark on a reckless adventure after stumbling upon a bag of cash, turning into a spirited celebration of spontaneity and foolishness that culminates into an apocalyptic finale.
The visuals for Ab Na Laut Paayenge strip things back with performance footage shot against a sunlit hillside is interwoven with candid handycam moments, creating a scrapbook-like portrait of intimacy. That balance shifts again with DAURA, directed by Dimple Chawla. The film injects the project with a surge of adrenaline unfolding almost like a thriller, following two women on motorcycles as they outrun an ominous SUV through dark roads and rugged terrain.
Closing the visual journey is Khota, a deceptively simple one-take film that perfectly captures the song's breezy road-trip energy. Watching Janisht and Ramil Ganjoo perform from the back of a moving pickup truck, surrounded by trees and open roads, feels like the exhale that follows the emotional highs and lows of the EP.
Taken together, these five videos showcase the possibilities that emerge when independent music is afforded the same level of visual ambition often reserved for mainstream releases. Talkhiyaan proves that music videos can still function as meaningful extensions of an artist's creative vision rather than mere marketing tools. By giving every song its own visual identity, Janisht Joshi and the filmmaking team behind the project have created a visual world for the EP that invites audiences in to be part alongside them.
