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Stand-up comedy show controversy: Off the clock, but always on " and accountable
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (514+ words) Recently, 22-year-old Himanshu Jangra was at a comedy show, as part of an audience participating in crowd-work. There, he implied that spending Rs 370 on biryani on a date entitled him to "something" from the woman. The room laughed. Comedian Pranit…...
The Rs 370 biryani joke that wasn't, and the men who didn't see the problem
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (81+ words) The distressing reality is: A man made a sexual assault joke, another man amplified it, and neither of them paused at the horror of what they had done...
Pranit More: From radio jockey to stand-up comic at the centre of controversy
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (22+ words) Following the latest controversy, several old clips of More's performances circulated online, with critics accusing him of repeatedly relying on misogynistic humour....
Unrivalled GOAT of comedy: Why it's almost impossible to match Urvashi's comic brilliance
1+ week, 3+ day ago (236+ words) From effortless acting to timeless collaborations with others, explore how Urvashi cemented her legacy as the ultimate GOAT of comedy in Indian cinema....
Ladies First movie review: Gender-flipped workplace comedy with dated ideas
2+ week, 4+ day ago (239+ words) Some minutes into the movie, things seem to have turned upside down. Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Alex's boss Damien Sachs, finds himself in a parallel alternative world dominated by women. He struggles to adapt to this new world order,…...
Neha Dhupia sparks conversations on "wife jokes: Why you must never mock partners in public
2+ week, 6+ day ago (272+ words) Drisha Dey, a consultant psychologist, said that sometimes people put their partners down to feel better about themselves, a behaviour more common in insecure individuals. "When someone becomes the punchline in a group, their nervous system reads it as exposure…...
Neha Dhupia sparks debate on "wife jokes: Why you must never mock partners in public
2+ week, 6+ day ago (363+ words) Actress Neha Dhupia recently called out the normalization of derogatory wife jokes in social settings, emphasizing that public teasing can make women deeply uncomfortable. Supporting this view, psychologists Drisha Dey and Srishti Vatsa explain that being a group punchline triggers…...
Comedy has gone towards vulgarity now: Shekhar Suman slams modern stand-up comedians | Television News
3+ week, 6+ day ago (206+ words) Shekhar Suman recently spoke about how stand-up comedy has evolved over the years. He also fondly remembered late comedian Raju Srivastava....
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1+ mon, 2+ week ago (13+ words) Bengaluru exhibit "Walk Into Fragmented Forest" turns ecology data into art'The Indian Express...
Sholay reruns, SRK returns " are we stuck in the past?
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (524+ words) PVR-INOX knew exactly what it was doing when it announced a two-week Shah Rukh Khan Film Festival, ahead of his birthday in 2025. Khan described the experience of watching these films again on the big screen as a "beautiful reunion," and…...