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ZEE5’s Marathi ‘zom-com’ Zombivli is no Go Goa Gone or Shaun of the Dead. But it does enough

Raghav Bikhchandani - May 21, 2022

Zombivli does get caught up in the same progressions—from outbreak to zombie violence—we’ve seen a million times. But it gives a few surprises.

Dear Taarak Mehta, you were our peak comfort content for 14 years. Now it’s time to retire

Yashika Singla - May 21, 2022

Just like the Truman Show, all Taarak Mehta plots somehow feel the same for the past few years. It's fine to accept that ideas can go stale.

In Shaad Ali’s Bloody Brothers, everyone has a skeleton in their closet. But there’s a big flaw

Amogh Rohmetra - March 19, 2022

In all six episodes of the light-hearted comedy thriller, there is no ‘action’, no gunshot and definitely no men flying here and there.

Badhaai Do is only a glimpse of what queerness is. It’s a Bollywood token for ‘hatke’ topic

Tina Das - February 10, 2022

The film had a queer script consultant, and it shows. But in 2022, it's not enough to show a glimpse of a pride walk to show ‘aal izz well’.

He’s not done yet — Why Kapil Sharma, the mass celebrity, deserved Netflix limelight

Nidhima Taneja - January 29, 2022

Kapil Sharma is an Indian Everyman on his Netflix show, singing praises for Shah Rukh Khan, talking about alcohol trouble, and his tweets to PM Narendra Modi.

82% Sikh youth pray frequently, highly religious compared to others, shows CSDS-Lokniti survey

Nikhil Rampal - December 21, 2021

More than 80% Sikh respondents also support a ban on the making of comedy movies on religious leaders, as well as stand-up comedy on religion.

Pani puri, comedy & intolerance — Two days with Munawar Faruqui, the comedian denied a stage

Vandana Menon - December 11, 2021

‘I feel like I’m playing 3-4 Munawar Faruquis,' the comedian says. His last 16 shows were cancelled in a row.

‘Hate has won’ — Munawar Faruqui hints at quitting comedy as ‘12 shows cancelled in 2 months’

Mohana Basu - November 28, 2021

Faruqui has been in eye of storm over a New Year event in Indore this year, when he was arrested for ‘indecent remarks’ on Hindu deities & Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Thank god for Netflix and Vir Das. India’s craving comedy and satire, but TVs are a no-go

Shailaja Bajpai - November 25, 2021

Clearly, producers and channels know something we don’t — that Indians don’t watch TV to be amused or elevated.

Umar Sharif, the Pakistani comedian who made a troubled nation smile

Nidhima Taneja - October 2, 2021

Sharif was a master of cultural comedy.

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