CRAZY QUESTIONS ZANY ANSWERS: Interviews with Punjabi comedians

By
Randeep Wadehra

Published in The Tribune dated 25 December, 2010

On the New Year Eve we talked to some famous comedians from Punjab. Given below are the excerpts from those talks:

QUESTIONS

1. What is the ONE THING you think brought cheer to India or Indians could smile about in 2010?

2. What, according to you, was the ONE THING that made us Indians a laughing stock this year?

3. What is your funniest moment or experience of the year?

4. The ONE THING that changed the way we lived in 2010  (it could be technology, a facility, a gadget, a political or media event etc)

5. The ONE THING you wish for in the New Year.

ANSWERS

RAJIV THAKUR

1. You know how we Indians are. We love discounts and bargain prices. As long as gold was comparatively cheap our performance in athletics remained dismal. Now that gold prices have rocketed through the roof suddenly our athletes have started exerting themselves – garnering rich harvests of precious metals in CWG as well as the Asian games. And, they don’t have to spend a rupee out of their pockets!

2. Hindustan naal kitti gull hoyee maadi jeda jammya put Kalmadi (Whoever gave birth to the son like Kalmadi has done a great disservice to India).

3. I was giving live stage show performance. Some young girls mobbed me, shook hands with me and took my autograph and then innocently said, “Bhai saab, I’ve seen you somewhere. What’s your name?”

4. 2010 has seen info-explosion reach a much higher level. More aspirants for stardom in TV and cinema are now coming from small towns and villages. Believe me they are very well informed youngsters.

5. Frankly, I would like to be the most wanted artiste in 2011 and beyond. Tatha-astu!

ANSHU SAHNI

1. The way our media generated great expectations on the eve of the Obama visit. Instead, he got deals that generated jobs in his country instead of India.

2. We keep pulling our own selves down. Even when something good is happening we focus on its darker side. The good work done for making CWG a success was overshadowed by all sorts of scandals!

3. While waiting for Shatabdi for Chandigarh at New Delhi railway station I got so involved in chatting with friends that I didn’t notice its arrival. It was only when it started moving out that I became aware. Like Kareena in Jab We Met I threw my bag in the moving train’s compartment and just then was pulled in by…NO, NOT SHAHID but a waiter! The ironies of real life!

4. Inflation. You can see that in the ever shortening length of the dresses worn by various models, anchors and even college girls!

5. Seriously, I feel real bad for all those who are innocent and yet languish in jails because of the way our system functions. May the New Year bring them well deserved freedom. Tatha-astu!

BHARTI SINGH

1. Comedy Circus! There is no other comedy show on any other TV channel right now.

2. Our laziness and corrupt ways make us the butt of jokes in the world media.

3. While staying in a hotel in Singapore I was walking around its premises with a glass of juice in my hand. Suddenly I walked into one of its glass doors and spilled the juice all over the place. At another time, at Jaipur, while dancing by poolside one of my chappals slipped and fell into the pool. People started sniggering. Coolly, I kicked off my other chappal into the pool too, as if it all was part of my performance!

4. I don’t know about my countrymen but my life has been transformed thanks to television. Moreover, for my comedy shows I had to work with different partners having dif

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