pologies for starting a perspective on comedy with a reference to the saas-bahu sagas but this anecdote has to be told! Recently, the versatile Dipak Kazir who acts in Balaji-Star's top ranked soaps Kahaani... and Kasautii... almost jumped when asked about the current state of comedies on Indian television. In his inimitable witty style, he said, "Where is it? Search me! So how can I give you an opinion?"
Incidentally, Kazir was a part of the hilarious one of its kind feature film of 1982 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. The film had faces and names constituting some of the best icons of comedy on Indian television - Pankaj Kapoor (Office Office), Kundan Shah (Nukkad), Om Puri (Kakkaji Kahen - if you remember the serial), Satish Shah (Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi) and Ravi Baswani (Idhar Udhar). Out of that lot, only Pankaj Kapoor seems to have survived and continues to add awards to his cupboard for his serial Office Office on SAB TV that has completed 205 episodes!
Incidentally, Kazir was a part of the hilarious one of its kind feature film of 1982 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. The film had faces and names constituting some of the best icons of comedy on Indian television - Pankaj Kapoor (Office Office), Kundan Shah (Nukkad), Om Puri (Kakkaji Kahen - if you remember the serial), Satish Shah (Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi) and Ravi Baswani (Idhar Udhar). Out of that lot, only Pankaj Kapoor seems to have survived and continues to add awards to his cupboard for his serial Office Office on SAB TV that has completed 205 episodes!
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