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Kunal Kamra lashes out at Shiv Sena leader: ‘Your threats won’t stop me from doing my job’ | Bollywood News

Kunal Kamra lashes out at Shiv Sena leader: ‘Your threats won’t stop me from doing my job’ | Bollywood News

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4 min readMumbaiJun 30, 2026 09:12 PM IST A couple of months after maintaining he has “no remorse, no apology” before a committee of the Maharashtra legislature for his remarks targeting Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Kunal Kamra has doubled down on his beef with Maharashtra politicians, this time lashing out at Shiv Sena leader Manisha Kayande a couple of weeks after her alleged “threats” against stand-up comedians. What Kunal Kamra said Kunal Kamra took to his X handle on Tuesday in order to respond to Manisha Kayande. “Apparently legislators in the state of Maharashtra want to re-write our constitutional freedoms. They are not content with dragging me through endless legal proceedings & ensuring that I don’t get a single performance space across the state,” he wrote, claiming that the Maharashtra government hasn’t permitted him from doing any stand-up comedy shows in the state after his remarks on Eknath Shinde. “Ms. Manisha Kayande – ‘Wants to punish further’ — your threats won’t stop me from doing my job. I suggest you stop giving sound …

Tanya Mittal defends Pranit More over ‘Rs 370 biryani’ row, calls out backlash | Television News

Tanya Mittal defends Pranit More over ‘Rs 370 biryani’ row, calls out backlash | Television News

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2 min readMumbaiJun 18, 2026 10:29 PM IST Television actor Tanya Mittal has come out in the defense of her fellow Bigg Boss 19 contestant and stand-up comedian Pranit More over the recent controversy surrounding the “Rs 370 biryani” remark made during his Gurgaon show. Tanya admits that Pranit made a “mistake”, but said he should not be vilified to the extent that even his family finds it difficult to go around in society with their heads held high. “I do feel bad for Pranit as well. A mistake was made, FIRs were filed against him, and he was subjected to intense public backlash,” said Tanya. She urged people to question whether social media is becoming too toxic, so much so that it’s making lives of Pranit and his family difficult even after he realised and acknowledged his mistake. “You should stop at a certain point. Criticise, raise questions about someone… then stop. At least ensure that his family can continue to live in society… he is a human being too, and humans make mistakes,” …

Rs 370 biryani row: Founder says fired Himanshu Jangra after ‘two clients stepped back’ | Bollywood News

Rs 370 biryani row: Founder says fired Himanshu Jangra after ‘two clients stepped back’ | Bollywood News

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4 min readMumbaiJun 11, 2026 02:57 PM IST Two days after Himanshu Jangra was fired from his Gurgaon-based company for a now-viral inappropriate “Rs 370 biryani” joke he cracked during Pranit More’s stand-up comedy show, his boss has now explained what behind taking such a drastic step towards the 22-year-old employee. Vivek Vishwakarma, founder of design and marketing agency Starvik Design, where Jangra worked, has claimed that the online backlash towards the controversy started affecting their relationship with clients. Why was Himanshu Jangra fired? “Every post got hundreds and thousands of bad comments. Two clients we were in talks with also stepped back when this arose,” he said. “My work was getting hampered,” claimed Vishwakarma. “It was a business decision for myself, my brand,” he added, clarifying that Jangra’s sacking wasn’t personal. In fact, Jangra himself stopped coming to office two days before his termination because “he was also not comfortable”. Jangra’s boss also clarified that before taking the decision, he first initiated an internal review on the employee’s conduct. “The team described him as …

Sumukhi Suresh says female comics get cancelled every day: ‘Just read our comments section’ | Web-series News

Sumukhi Suresh says female comics get cancelled every day: ‘Just read our comments section’ | Web-series News

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Sumukhi Suresh became the only Indian comic to represent India at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival, which took place in Los Angeles, California last month. In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, we ask her candidly if Netflix is really a joke, she quips, “No, I was really a big joke on Netflix.” When we ask her to crack a joke on the streaming platform, she shot back, “You know my style, the joke is always on me.” Besides stand-up comedy, Sumukhi continues to dabble in “a thousand things so that I become one interesting person.” Did you fear alienating the foreign audience while doing a very culturally specific set in LA? I don’t think of alienation because the moment you get into that, you have to pander to too many things. And my stand-up is quite anecdotal. If I try and cater to everyone, my story would get diluted. Emotion-vise, it’s universal. That’s the hope. I don’t explain it too much in any language because then the joke gets lost. I just try to …

Samay Raina’s Still Alive becomes most-watched comedy special on YouTube with 53.78 million views | Bollywood News

Samay Raina’s Still Alive becomes most-watched comedy special on YouTube with 53.78 million views | Bollywood News

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3 min readMumbaiApr 22, 2026 08:32 PM IST Earlier this month, comedian Samay Raina returned to YouTube with his stand-up special Still Alive, a performance that revisits the turbulent period following last year’s India’s Got Latent controversy, which had a significant impact on his career as well as that of several other digital creators, including Ranveer Allahbadia, Ashish Chanchlani and Apoorva Mukhija. The special quickly became a talking point online, drawing widespread attention and, according to a statement he issued, has now emerged as the most-watched comedy special on YouTube globally. The discussion intensified after Samay himself shared a screenshot of an interaction with AI chatbot Grok on his Instagram Stories. Also Read | ‘Dhurandhar released on Thursday, we delivered final shot on Wednesday night’: Inside the world of VFX, budget constraints In the exchange, he asked, “Which is the most-watched YouTube comedy special of all time globally?” The chatbot reportedly responded, “Samay Raina – Still Alive is the most-watched YouTube comedy special of all time globally. The special, uploaded on April 7, has seen …

‘Kaun Samay? Mera Samay achha chal raha hai’: Ranveer Allahbadia takes a dig at Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent revelations, says he’s full of positivity | Web-series News

‘Kaun Samay? Mera Samay achha chal raha hai’: Ranveer Allahbadia takes a dig at Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent revelations, says he’s full of positivity | Web-series News

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3 min readMumbaiApr 12, 2026 06:39 PM IST Days after Samay Raina made some new revelations about Ranveer Allahbadia’s contentious joke on popular YouTube show India’s Got Latent last year, the YouTuber now seems to have taken a dig at the stand-up comedian for opening the can of worms all over again. He claimed that he’s keeping his head full of positivity despite the renewed trolling against him following Samay’s tell-all stand-up special. When a paparazzo asked Ranveer if he’s heard any thing about him lately, the YouTuber responded it’s only the praise that reaches him. In signature spiritual fashion, he added, “The more positivity you keep within yourself, the more positivity will surround you.” He then claimed that he also has a great sense of humour and keeps making people laugh even today. In another paparazzo video, Ranveer Allahbadia took a dig at Samay Raina by saying, “Mera samay bahut achha chal raha hai (My time is going great right now).” When the paparazzo brought Samay Raina into the conversation, Ranveer pretended to be …

‘He should be paraded on a donkey’: Mukesh Khanna hits back at Samay Raina over Shaktimaan joke, shares offensive AI post | Bollywood News

‘He should be paraded on a donkey’: Mukesh Khanna hits back at Samay Raina over Shaktimaan joke, shares offensive AI post | Bollywood News

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4 min readMumbaiApr 9, 2026 09:22 AM IST Mukesh Khanna has hit back at Samay Raina a day after the standup comedian blamed him for the deaths of countless kids in his impressionable Shaktimaan era during his new standup special, Still Alive. Khanna, who had called out Raina for the inappropriate remarks made on the latter’s popular YouTube show India’s Got Latent last year, doubled down on his offensive. Mukesh Khanna fires back at Samay Raina On Wednesday, Khanna took to his Instagram handle to share an Artificial Intelligence-generated image in which he, in his Shaktimaan avatar, is seen firing laser rays from his eyes at a crying Samay Raina, whose face has been blackened and who’s been made to sit on a donkey. In the caption, Khanna referred to Raina as “kutte ki dum” (a dog’s tail), which remains bent despite best efforts to straighten it. “Samay Raina is no normal creature. He’s been roasted in filth,” Khanna further wrote in Hindi. “The whole country insulted him, but he’s struck back, inviting to get …

‘The monk who sold my Ferrari’: Samay Raina jokes Ranveer Allahbadia ‘jeopardised’ the artform, confirms India’s Got Latent Season 2 | Web-series News

‘The monk who sold my Ferrari’: Samay Raina jokes Ranveer Allahbadia ‘jeopardised’ the artform, confirms India’s Got Latent Season 2 | Web-series News

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5 min readMumbaiUpdated: Apr 8, 2026 04:58 PM IST Over a year after his YouTube show India’s Got Latent was taken down following a controversy triggered by Ranveer Allahbadia’s remark, Samay Raina has finally addressed the episode in his comeback stand-up special Still Alive. Samay blamed Ranveer for ‘single-handedly jeopardising’  the future of the artform in India, while also recalling how comedian Tanmay Bhat advised him to leverage political contacts in the aftermath. Samay ended teasing a potential return of India’s Got Latent with a second season. ‘He ruined my mental health’ “There’s no future left for this artform,” said Samay. “He ruined my entire mental health. At least he knows meditation. I don’t know anything. Beer Biceps… the monk who sold my Ferrari,” he added. He claimed he always knew there would be an FIR filed against him, but he never imagined it’d be because someone else said something controversial. “I didn’t say anything in that episode. I was just quietly sitting in the corner. We Kashmiris always die in crossfire,” said Samay, as …

Movie Review: Will Arnett finds therapy at the open mic, in moving marriage tale ‘Is This Thing On?’

Movie Review: Will Arnett finds therapy at the open mic, in moving marriage tale ‘Is This Thing On?’

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A pair of mini-toothbrushes. A set of kids’ socks, fresh from the dryer. It’s often the tiniest things in the debris field of a failed relationship that trigger the most pain. Movie Review: Will Arnett finds therapy at the open mic, in moving marriage tale ‘Is This Thing On?’ Bradley Cooper clearly believes this, and repeatedly goes for the smaller-scale choice in “Is This Thing On?,” his third feature as director — a deeply felt film about one teetering marriage, and a work whose power sneaks up on you slowly. And Cooper the director includes Cooper the actor in that strategy, opting to play a secondary role and let his stars, Will Arnett and Laura Dern, shine. Which they certainly do. Rarely does a foundering relationship seem so naturally observed, and so lacking in forced drama or artifice. Arnett, who co-wrote here, plays Alex Novak, a name that seems to epitomize everyday-ness. Alex is a suburban New York dad who works in finance. His wife Tess is a former Olympic volleyball player who’s traded glory …

Varun Grover drops new standup video with a disclaimer after Kunal Kamra row: ‘Venue ki isme koi galti nahi hai’

Varun Grover drops new standup video with a disclaimer after Kunal Kamra row: ‘Venue ki isme koi galti nahi hai’

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Apr 16, 2025 09:03 PM IST Varun Grover’s latest comedy gig was all about the perils of being a comedian today. He added a disclaimer referring to the Kunal Kamra controversy. Lyricist, filmmaker and comedian Varun Grover‘s latest standup comedy gig as part of his tour ‘Nothing makes sense’ took aim at several topics, ranging from the sorry state of comedians who are arrested for making jokes, the sorry state of governance. He added a disclaimer in the beginning which took an indirect dig at the recent controversy surrounding Kunal Kumra. (Also read: Comedian Varun Grover’s brutal but hilarious takedown of Ranveer Allahbadia invites roaring reactions. Watch) Varun Grover hilariously took aim at the state of comedians in India. What Varun added in the disclaimer Varun added in the disclaimer, “These are jokes. Venue ki isme koi galti nahi hain. Mera bhi nahin hai. Humare time ki hai. If offended, break a clock (There is no mistake of the venue. I am also not the one to be blamed. But the time can be).” This …