Devanshi Shah
Review of Amazon Prime’s Comicstaan Season 2: Straying on the safe side of humour
Once upon a time, the stand-up comedy scene in India was a thriving, flourishing entity. Indian audiences were slowly coming around to the multi-faceted, many-splendored nature of humour. From watching Kader Khan-Shakti Kapoor-esque duos horsing around in your average Bollywood flick and the canned laughter in mediocre TV sitcoms, they had now evolved to enjoying the real, raw, live essence of stand-up comedy. Comic artists soon became celebrated stars – enjoying fame, success and veneration. Enveloped in the glow of the unabashed admiration from fans, stand-up comics blossomed lik | Click Here...
Review of Girliyapa’s PA-GALS – 2: An instant perk-me-up with an energetic hum and subtle humour
The Indian comic scene has gone through a slow, yet, substantial shift, in recent years. Gone are the days of loud, slapstick, farcical comedy; to be replaced by subtle, intelligent humour–the kind made popular by hit shows of the West such as How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Orange Is the New Black. Girliyapa’s hit web series, PA-GALS, is a show of the latter ilk. Sparkling with subtle wit and soaked in stylish drollery, this is a show after our own heart. Season 2 of the show has jus | Click Here...