Situation Comedy

Like many fun-loving people, our members can boast of a natural sense of humour. They can match the very best stand-ups with fresh, breezy jokes, witty one-liners, sharp repartees and generally, a penchant for playing the fool. But when it comes to situation comedy, there are few who can rival us. People need to learn from the likes of Srichand Arora, Geeta Sardhana, Kishor Babani and Nafisa Syed how to raise a laugh out of a commonplace situation every morning – with a similar set of characters sharing the same space and environment… except that there is no camera rolling, no studio audience and certainly, no scripts. The fun never ends.
Thus, when Kishor addresses Yusuf Rassiwala as “Jai Ho Orange Topiwale Pandurang Baba”, it is always funny. He’d have said this several times before, but it is the moment he chooses that makes the greeting so special every time. Likewise anybody can imitate anybody, but when Nafisa decides to mimic somebody, it is always hill-lorious. Or say Razia Khan today: Fed up with the constant chatter around her while conducting the exercises, she just threw up her hands at the talkative ladies and wailed: “This is not too much, three much, four much… this is magar-much!” Or Geeta wondering aloud whether Hari Singh Shekhawat could now be doing the Slow-and-Fast laughter round with the chudail (witch) in his village every morning...
No matter what others might think, moments like these make our day!
Bhaswati Bose:
Don't be surprised if somebody makes a TV serial on our Laughing Club. Maybe, even a film! It will be a super hit.