Check Out: Comedy Nights With Kapil

The first episode was really dull and lackluster. Here’s why….

When the promos of the premiere episode of Comedy Nights Live first came out, what shocked a lot of people was the way in which they were openly insulting the previous star of the show, that is Kapil Sharma. It is well known that famous comedian Kapil Sharma had a huge fallout with the Colors network regarding some financial reasons. As a result, the scorned TV channel is perhaps taking out their frustration on the ex-comedy nights star. Krushna has of course denied any animosity with Kapil and that he is just following a script . So lets take a look at the first episode of the comedy show that was born out of conflict and controversy….

What happened:

The pilot episode had singer Mika Singh replacing the position of Navjot Singh Siddhu from Comedy Nights With Kapil. Famous Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit Nene was the first guest on the new Comedy Nights Live which is mainly run by three comedians- Krushna Abhishek, Bharti Singh and Sudesh Lehri. The setting of the show is exactly the same and it has not deviated much from its previous format. A tribute video on Madhuri’s famous Ek Do Teen song was also aired for a few seconds. Krushna, Bharti and Madhuri danced to the tunes of Devdas which featured the actress. Following which towards the end, there was this usual question and answer session with the live audience.

What’s hot:

The best part of the show was the setting and format remained more or less the same. With a permanent guest star taking his place among the audience and a new guest star appearing every episode, just like Kapil’s show. Madhuri was a good sport throughout the episode and danced to several numbers from her old movies which made the audience nostalgic. As far as comedy was concerned, it was Bharti Singh who rocked the show and NOT Krushna Abhishek. Bharti took on a boyish character today and gave us some decent laughs. It was truly endearing to see her calling herself as the son of Bitoo Sharma, which was the name of Kapil Sharma on the show. Mika entertained us with a song in the beginning and end of the episode.

What’s not:

If you were feeling bad about Kapil leaving before, then wait till you watch Comedy Nights Live. The absence of the famous comedian was felt acutely throughout the episode as very few jokes managed to elicit a laugh. Krushna Abhishek and his team seemed to be trying too desperately to live up to CNWK, but sadly they failed. The jokes centered around Kapil were not in very good taste, although Bharti was seen praising and defending the man. Not only it looked like a very watered down version of CNWK, but it also was very similar to Comedy Nights Bachao, with the comedians roasting one another, the guest and the TV channel itself. While Comedy Nights Bachao is surely funny, Krushna and co must try to not imitate its contents in Comedy Nights Live, as it made the show pretty dull.

What to do:

Do watch the show for its amusing moments in between, but don’t watch with high expectations. It feels like Kapil has spoiled us all with his inimitable comic timing and his influence from the show cannot really be removed.

Source : Bollywoodlife