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Hindustan Times
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Shreya Dhanwanthary on Mumbai's waterlogging woes after heavy rains: 'Is this not more offensive than a joke in habitat'
Actor Shreya Dhanwanthary has expressed her frustration over the waterlogging issue in Mumbai following heavy rainfall. She took to Instagram to take a swipe at the city's infrastructure and governance. Also read: Vivek Agnihotri angry over waterlogging woes of Mumbai amid heavy rains: 'India's pathetic urbanisation is a scam' Seemingly referencing the controversy around standup comedian Kunal Kamra and India's Got Latent, she wondered how jokes and words are more offensive than this. Shreya vented her frustration on Instagram about Mumbai's waterlogging woes amidst the heavy rainfall. Shreya shared a note on her Instagram Stories, alongside a photo of a waterlogged road. 'Dear government, is this not more offensive than some joke said in some habitat? Tell me. The fact that our roads, our drainage and our infrastructure is the biggest offensive joke, but no one is coming (to) break anything? Now this is okay? Monsoon hasn't even arrived yet and we are CRIPPLED! Mumbai could handle 1000 mm of rain before it flooded in 2005,' Shreya shared. She added, 'Now we can't handle 100mm!!! Jokes and words are so offensive that you file FIRs and demand an apology? Where is our apology now? What are you going to blame now? Who are we going file FIRs against when someone like Brij Bhushan gets acquitted?! Oh what a ridiculous joke we live in'. Through her post, Shreya referenced the recent controversies surrounding comedian Kunal Kamra, whose performance led to the vandalism of the Habitat Comedy Club, as well as the backlash faced by Samay Raina and Ranveer Allahbadia for their comments on India's Got Latent. Shreya made her debut with the 2009 Telugu film Josh. She made her Bollywood debut with Why Cheat India 10 years later in 2019. Her breakthrough came with Hansal Mehta's 2020 financial thriller show Scam 1992. A day after the India Meteorological Department declared the onset of the monsoon, the city received the highest one-day rainfall in May since 2021, when the extremely severe cyclonic storm, Cyclone Tauktae, which was said to be the worst cyclone in the last four decades, brushed passed the city. In the 24 hours ending at 8.30am on Tuesday, the city baseline weather station in Santacruz recorded 144 mm of rain while Colaba recorded 161.9 mm. Both weather stations recorded the highest rainfall in 24 hours since 2021 and the second highest in the last decade. The India Meteorological Department forecast a "generally cloudy sky with heavy rain" for the financial capital on Wednesday (May 28).
Indian Express
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
EXCLUSIVE: Salman Khan-hosted Bigg Boss 19 to stream on a Viacom platform in August
There have been a lot of discussions around Colors TV's popular reality show Bigg Boss returning with a new season both on OTT and television. From speculation that it may be nixed due to falling TRPs to a shorter season — Salman Khan-hosted show has constantly been in the news. However, SCREEN has exclusively learned that Bigg Boss is definitely returning. Also Read: Kunal Kamra says he'd rather 'check into a mental hospital' than do Bigg Boss, shares screenshot of offer A source close to the show tells us that it is yet to be decided whether it will be Bigg Boss 19 or Bigg Boss OTT 4. According to our source, Bigg Boss' new season will appear either in the last week of July or early August. Also, meetings are still on internally to decide whether one long season will run, or the team will retain the same old format of OTT, followed by the TV version. The source tells us, 'What is sure is that the show will happen with the Viacom group, mostly on Jio Hotstar, however, clarity on the same is yet to come.' 'As of now, it's not decided if the OTT version will air first or the TV version, it might just happen in the same old way, it has been running all this while,' the source added. It is also said that the teams are considering an OTT-first model for this season, however, there are no confirmations on the show's duration or platform, or even the versions it will appear in. Several media reports suggest that Salman Khan will shoot for the new season's promo by the end of June. Another update doing the rounds about the show is that the makers will go be to a celebs-only format, and the latest addition will not have any social media influencers in the mix. However, no confirmation around the casting has been made yet. The last season of Bigg Boss 18 was won by actor Karanveer Mehra, while Vivian Dsena became the runner-up.
Indian Express
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
‘Manhoos, drunkard' Kunal Kamra gets mercilessly roasted by fellow comics: ‘His favourite position is opposition'
Comedian Kunal Kamra is no stranger to controversy; his latest special caused a stir among a certain section of the audience, who took offence to jokes he made about some politicians. They destroyed the venue where the special was shot, and Kamra was hit with several FIRs. The comic splits his time between Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry, and has been put on the no-fly list by several airlines after an altercation that he had with TV journalist Arnab Goswami. He appeared on the latest episode of Ashish Solanki's Roast show on YouTube, where a panel of comics joked about Kamra's edgy comedy, growing 'irrelevance', and his 'saviour' attitude. Kamra was seen laughing along as his friends and colleagues took aim at him in the roast, a format of stand-up comedy where people poke fun at a person, no holds barred. Solanki described Kamra has 'manhoos', citing his appearance on Samay Raina's equally controversial series India's Got Latent. The first comic to take shots at Kamra was Sumaira Shaikh, also implied that he is a drunk. 'Kamra has become a farmer, the first farmer who gives alcohol to his plants,' she joked. 'Saviour ban ke ghoomta hai, Muslim comics and female comics ka. Apne baal toh bacha nahi paaya,' she continued. Sumaira finished her set with another reference at the India's Got Latent controversy. 'Let's send him to jail, would you rather…' Also read – Kunal Kamra says he'd rather 'check into a mental hospital' than do Bigg Boss, shares screenshot of offer The second comic, Shashwat Maheshwari, said that he wishes 'Modi ji would lose just so that Kamra shuts up'. He continued, 'Kamra sunta sabki hai lekin karta Congress ki hai.' He finished with, 'Kamra has been doing political comedy for years, but he has converted nobody. sleeper cells are more active than him. As an aware citizen, I don't want him on my team.' The biggest laugh came for a joke by comic Onkar Yadav, who joked, 'Kamra thinks Latent is Balraj's show, kyunki Kashmiri Pandit toh isse dikhte nahi.' This was another reference at India's Got Latent; the show was filmed at The Habitat, owned by Balraj Ghai, and hosted by Samay Raina, whose Pandit culture is a big part of his artistry. Comic Daahab Chishti took the centrestage next, and shot off a series of jokes: 'Kamra is my favourite comic because I lost my taste after Covid. Kamra's favourite position is opposition. Kamra thinks spanking means lathi charge.' Kamra's childhood friend, Siddharth Dudeja, called him a 'drug addict, drunkard, and cigarette smoker.' He joked, 'They sent murders after him, but even they gave up. They thought let's focus our energy on Ravish, this guy will kill himself with that lifestyle.' The show ended with Kamra taking the centrestage and, as he did in his controversial recent special, held up the Constitution of India. 'Let me say something while I'm still relevant. if anybody has an issue with comedy, you can file a case within the framework of the constitution, and we can respond,' he said.
Mint
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Comedian Kunal Kamra gets roasted for his political comedy on Aashish Solanki's show, ‘Sunta sabki karta Congress ki'
Kunal Kamra is on the news again for the YouTube roast show, BroCode Roast. In the show hosted by Ashish Solanki, comedian Onkar Yadav made jokes about fellow comedian Kunal Kamra. Yadav poked fun at Kamra for campaigning for Kanhaiya Kumar, calling Kamra a 'contractor' travelling with labourers. Yadav called Kanhaiya a CPI(M) candidate as the communist party was surprised to see a 'fat man' in their party. 'They could not process that the 'contractor' had come along with labourers," the comedian quipped. Before joining Congress, Kanhaiya Kumar was a CPI leader. When Kamra campaigned for Kanhaiya Kumar, a Congress candidate. Kunal Kamra contributed to a crowdfunding campaign to support the Congress candidate, who was fighting the election from northeast Delhi against BJP's Manoj Tiwari. Bollywood filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj was also among the people who donated. Kumar called it people's fight and asked for people's support. Yadav continued his roast of the controversial comedian. 'Kamra sunta sab ki hai, karta Congress ki (Kamra listens to everyone, but follows only what the Congress asks him to do),' he joked. Onkar Yadav continued to roast Kunal Kamra and said, 'Kunal Kamra has been doing political comedy for a long time. But, he hasn't managed to convert anyone yet. Even the sleeper cells are more active.' Yadav also touched upon the controversy around India's Got Latent, where comments by Ranveer Allahabadia and Samay Raina caused trouble. According to Yadav, the show belongs to Balraj Singh Ghai, not Samay Raina. 'Kyunki Kashmiri pandits to ise dikhte nahi (Because Kamra overlooks Kashmiri pandits), Yadav added while referring to the fact that Samay Raina belongs to a Pandit family in Jammu. Onkar Yadav even gifted a lotus to Kunal Kamra. In his comeback roast, Kunal Kamra spoke about Onkar Yadav, 'Looking at him, it feels like it was wrong to remove eggs from mid-day meals.' One social media user shared a clip of the show on Twitter (now X) and wrote, 'When a Roast Show showed Reality.' 'Kamra really agreed to do this show thinking he might become a bit relevant again and that would help him push his propaganda. This guy (On-kar) flipped the script…' wrote another. Another commented, 'That Kashmiri pandit line was epic.'
Hindustan Times
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
The Habitat has reopened after Kunal Kamra's controversial stand up act. Fans say, ‘Welcome back'
The Habitat Comedy Club, which was vandalised and temporarily shut after Kunal Kamra's controversial stand-up comedy act, has reopened according to their latest Instagram post. (Also read: 'No support to hate or harm', says Habitat club which hosted Kunal Kamra's show) The Habitat recently took to their Instagram handle and posted an impressive line up of comedians who would be soon performing at the venue. This includes Abhishek Upmanyu, Abhijeet Ganguly and Abhishek Bhutwani among others. A post shared by The Habitat (@indiehabitat) The fans were excited that their favurite venue for cultural shows and stand-ups was back. One fan commented said, 'Welcome back guys!'. Another one chimed in excitedly and wrote, 'Comedy Shuru Kiya jaaye (Let the comedy begin)'. One user could not contain his happiness and said, 'Glad you guys are officially back!'. Another one said, 'Welcome back❤️'. The Habitat Comedy Club was vandalised after comedian Kunal seemingly made a 'gaddar' (traitor) joke on Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde. The Habitat had issued a statement on the incident and said it does "not support hate or harm of any kind". According to report by HT, Shiv Sena workers had stormed the Habitat comedy club at Hotel UniContinental in Mumbai's Khar and vandalised the property. The club said that it was "shocked, worried and extremely broken by the recent acts of vandalism targeting us". On March 24, Habitat Studio announced they were shutting down after Shiv Sena workers vandalised its premises. In an Instagram post, the studio said, 'We are shocked, worried and extremely broken by the recent acts of vandalism targeting us. Artistes are solely responsible for their views and creative choices', and it has "never been involved in the content performed by them." "But recent events have made us rethink about how we get blamed and targeted every time almost like we are the proxy for the performer", it said. 'We are shutting down till we figure out the best way to provide a platform for free expression without putting ourselves and our property in jeopardy. We invite all artistes, audience and stakeholders to discuss and share their views free and request,' the note concluded.
