Humour Has It !

Rhea Dangwal

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If you haven’t already, it’s time you woke up and smelled the brewing pot of the great Indian Female Comic Scene!

Can you imagine having an entire system disenfranchising you and standing against your aspirations and still being funny and absolutely great at it?!

Our in-house #Kali, Aishwarya Shrivastav brings forth amazing interviews, life lessons, hilarious tidbits and more behind the scenes action from the lives of the Queens who are all set to rule comedy in the country.

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TLC India launched the show Queens of Comedy to provide a platform to talented Indian female comedians to compete with the best and prove that when it comes to being funny, they can give the men a run for their money.

The show was judged by three acclaimed artists — actor Richa Chadha, Rohan Joshi from AIB and comic artist Kaneez Surka.

Varun Thakur of the ‘Struggling Actor Vicky Malhotra’ fame hosted the show which premiered on September 24, airing every week and had it’s season’s grand finale this Sunday on October 22nd.

I remember back in the third grade a boy said, “Girls can’t be funny”, and I punched him in the nose before riding into the sunset on my comedy queen Pegasus.

As you guessed, that didn’t happen and while I did get very mad about it, I internalised the instance, because ‘girls are not funny’ or ‘girls cant take a joke’ is a commonly understood trope.

So when parody character Struggling Actor Vicky Malhotra, who hosts the show, opened the grand finale with a bit about how girls shouldn’t be in a comedy show but in a swimsuit model contest, our laughs were drenched in sweet rebellious vengeance because the next hour turned out to be the hilariously quick witted and well timed comic extravaganza we deserved.

Over the course of the show, amazing female talent came to the fore and got the recognition it deserved as these women began flooring the audience with their witty and edgy humour, while also using the stage as an active platform to cut across gender bias with their jokes.

The grand finale is wrapped up but if you’re anything like us and can’t help but want more, KrantiKali gears up to explore different sides to being a female comedian over the week, understanding the story behind a joke, brings you a response to comedy across genders and more!

Stay tuned to the KrantiKali blog and socials to catch up on all the excitement in the house this week!