If you see your favorite comedian’s face peeping out from your preferred news channel, don’t be surprised.
Chances are, the news channel in question has roped in the “funny” face to tickle your funny bone, with politics as its base.
Indian television has seen a spate of political-based satirical shows. I guess the trend started in the footsteps of “The Daily Show,” Comedy Central’s award-winning satirical news television program.
So now we have quite a few shows that present a tongue-in-cheek look at our political scenario, and the games that Indian politicos play. Think NDTV India's Gustaakhi Maaf, NDTV 24x7's Double Take, Aaj Tak's JBC (Javed Broadcasting Corporation) with Jaaved Jaffrey, Zee News' Khabar Tadka – Chunaav Ki Bhatti Se with comedian Jaspal Bhatti, Star News' Poll Khol with Shekhar Suman, and the newest entrant on the bandwagon – IBN's The Week That Wasn’t with Cyrus Broacha.
These quirky spoofs can be called the equivalent of editorial or pocket cartoons in newspapers, akin to’You Said It’, by Laxman.
Guaranteed to make you and me, the audience smile, I bet the politicians aren’t smiling though.
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