Known for his act of a Mumbai bar girl, Julie, on ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’, Navin Prabhakar spoke about the inspiration behind his act on the comedy-based reality show hosted by Kapil Sharma.
He said: “This is an on-the-ground experience, we keep searching for characters, and the ones who really search for it do get it. So, I got this character in Lokhandwala (Mumbai). During that time, we were not able to afford the incoming and outgoing calls on mobile phones that would cost 16 rupees.”
“So, I used to make sure no one saw me and would go to the Pco and make calls. So that time this character (a bar girl) was already inside, I copied her body language and voice and added my own script to it. And that’s what the audience witnessed on television and the rest is history,” he said explaining how a real...
He said: “This is an on-the-ground experience, we keep searching for characters, and the ones who really search for it do get it. So, I got this character in Lokhandwala (Mumbai). During that time, we were not able to afford the incoming and outgoing calls on mobile phones that would cost 16 rupees.”
“So, I used to make sure no one saw me and would go to the Pco and make calls. So that time this character (a bar girl) was already inside, I copied her body language and voice and added my own script to it. And that’s what the audience witnessed on television and the rest is history,” he said explaining how a real...
- 10/9/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Well-known actress and TV personality Archana Puran Singh recently remembered late comedian Raju Srivastav and shared her experience working with him in films.
She said: “I have done numerous films with him and realised that he was a very fine actor but then, he became more popular with his stand-up comedy. I think he was an actor, a stand-up and a wonderful comic talent. It is heartbreaking as we lost him too soon.”
Archana added his last visit to a comedy reality show and the way he expressed his love for comedy.
“Just one week before he was hospitalised, he came on the set of ‘India’s Laughter Champion’ and graced the sarpanch’s chair. And in this very studio where the set was put up, standing on the stage he said ‘I want to live on this stage, and I find my share of happiness here. He told me...
She said: “I have done numerous films with him and realised that he was a very fine actor but then, he became more popular with his stand-up comedy. I think he was an actor, a stand-up and a wonderful comic talent. It is heartbreaking as we lost him too soon.”
Archana added his last visit to a comedy reality show and the way he expressed his love for comedy.
“Just one week before he was hospitalised, he came on the set of ‘India’s Laughter Champion’ and graced the sarpanch’s chair. And in this very studio where the set was put up, standing on the stage he said ‘I want to live on this stage, and I find my share of happiness here. He told me...
- 10/8/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Comedian Sunil Pal recently revealed an interesting story behind his popular comic character Ratan Noora during the Raju Srivastav special episode of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. Ratan Noora is the character which made him a winner in the first season of ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’.
He will grace the special episode as a celebrity guest along with comedians Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar, Khayali Saharan, Ahsaan Qureshi, Sunil Pal, Rajiv Thakur, Navin Prabhakar, Rehman Khan, Suresh Albela, Rajeev Nigam, Rajat Sood, Jayvijay Sachan and Kettan Singh.
In a conversation with the host Kapil Sharma, he said: “In my hometown, government servants used to get alcohol on credit as the shop owners knew that every month on a particular date these people would get their salary, so they would reach their respective houses to get their money. For this very reason, people over there would drink a lot.”
‘The Great Indian Laughter...
He will grace the special episode as a celebrity guest along with comedians Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar, Khayali Saharan, Ahsaan Qureshi, Sunil Pal, Rajiv Thakur, Navin Prabhakar, Rehman Khan, Suresh Albela, Rajeev Nigam, Rajat Sood, Jayvijay Sachan and Kettan Singh.
In a conversation with the host Kapil Sharma, he said: “In my hometown, government servants used to get alcohol on credit as the shop owners knew that every month on a particular date these people would get their salary, so they would reach their respective houses to get their money. For this very reason, people over there would drink a lot.”
‘The Great Indian Laughter...
- 10/6/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Popular comedian Raju Srivastava, who passed away on September 21 after a 40 day battle in the ICU at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Aiims), has been cremated at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi.
Raju Srivastava had suffered a heart attack on August 10 while working out in a gym. He was then rushed to Aiims. Since then, he was on a ventilator.
On Thursday morning, Raju Srivastava’s mortal remains were taken in an ambulance covered with white flowers to the crematorium around 9 in the morning for the funeral. His son Ayushmaan performed the last rites as per Hindu rituals.
The funeral was attended by veteran poet-humourists Surendra Sharma, Ashok Chakradhar and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. Fellow comedians and friends such as Sunil Pal and Ahsaan Qureshi too were in attendence.
Raju Srivastava is survived by Shikha, whom he married in 1993, and their children Antara and Ayushman.
Raju Srivastava had suffered a heart attack on August 10 while working out in a gym. He was then rushed to Aiims. Since then, he was on a ventilator.
On Thursday morning, Raju Srivastava’s mortal remains were taken in an ambulance covered with white flowers to the crematorium around 9 in the morning for the funeral. His son Ayushmaan performed the last rites as per Hindu rituals.
The funeral was attended by veteran poet-humourists Surendra Sharma, Ashok Chakradhar and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. Fellow comedians and friends such as Sunil Pal and Ahsaan Qureshi too were in attendence.
Raju Srivastava is survived by Shikha, whom he married in 1993, and their children Antara and Ayushman.
- 9/22/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The nation is in disbelief with the passing of one of its most influential comics, Raju Srivastava. As people from different walks of life mourn the comedian-actor-politician’s death, Ians looks back at the time when the then-unknown artiste took up small roles in films, including a couple of blockbusters, where his presence was almost missed. All this was years before he made his mark on India’s entertainment canvas with his body of work that spans stand-up comedy and television gigs.
Tezaab (1988): It’s this Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit-starrer film in which Srivastava played the character of an extra. He, however, went unnoticed in the film, which boasted of a huge star cast. But the future ‘King of Comedy’ hung in there and soon got his second film which was released the following year.
Maine Pyar Kiya (1989): Srivastava then featured in ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ which...
Tezaab (1988): It’s this Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit-starrer film in which Srivastava played the character of an extra. He, however, went unnoticed in the film, which boasted of a huge star cast. But the future ‘King of Comedy’ hung in there and soon got his second film which was released the following year.
Maine Pyar Kiya (1989): Srivastava then featured in ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ which...
- 9/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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