February 13, 2012 |
The heroes with humour UNDERGROUND (1995) DIRECTOR Emir Kusturica STARRING Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic TIME 167 minutes There is no war until a brother kills a brother. This devastating insight comes to us at the end of a sprawling, ambitious, manic movie that works as fable, farce, anti-war satire and wrenching tragedy leavened by moments of laugh-out-loud black humour. Underground spans from 1941 - when both Germans and the Allies bombed Yugoslavia - to 1992 when the country is breaking apart.
August 21, 2005 |
Have you heard the one about the British Muslim woman who didn't want to die a virgin? It wasn't the sex, she just didn't want to get to Paradise and have to shag a suicide bomber. And there's the one about the British Asian young man who finds that rising post-7/7 prejudices against brown people have made a marked difference to his life as a London commuter. Earlier, he never used to be able to get a seat on the train. Now, he gets the whole carriage. Sometimes the whole network.
March 22, 2006 |
The cartoons allegedly mocking the Prophet in Jyllads-Posten of Denmark suggest that none of the many irate Islamic clerics have either seen the cartoons nor know what the Qur'an has to say about portrayals concerning the Prophet. These cartoons are neither very funny nor easy to link with the Prophet who only regarded himself as a mortal messenger. The Qur'an, that was written some 30 years after Mohammad's death, is silent on whether the Prophet should be portrayed or not but it does proclaim the Jewish tradition that there should be no portrayals of any human or living creature lest they might be worshipped as idols.
April 4, 2008 |
Devang Patel Aish tu kar yara aish tu kar, a song from Devang Patel's own song, is probably the best line to describe his present state of mind. Currently a part of Dhoom Macha De on NDTV Imagine, Devang is having a blast. He says, "I am enjoying myself and entertaining everyone. I am in the show only for this purpose. " And Devang sure has a style of his own. "When I sang my version of Aiya ya karoon mein kya, the judges were impressed and Prasoonji called me the achaar in bhojan.
October 27, 2010 |
When it comes to seducing a woman, nothing, as it turns out, works better than a man with a self-depreciating sense of humour. What's more is that this finding is based on a two-year scientific research which found that men who can poke fun at themselves are most the ones that are sexual magnets for women. As a part of the study lead author Gil Greengross, of the University of New Mexico in the US and her colleagues asked female students to listen to tape recordings of men talking about themselves.
January 4, 2002 |
chennai: a new tamil television channel - win tv - exclusively devoted to humour and to cater to the ethnic tamil population in south east asian countries like sri lanka, malaysia, singapore and indonesia will go on air from jan.27. formally inaugurating the pay channel at a function here tonight, dato s subramaniam, deputy minister, malaysia, said competition in any field should be welcomed as it paved way for development and growth. "you can succeed in your effort if you fulfil your pledge to the consumers by providing them good humour".
April 3, 2013 |
'Women's place is in the house - a good enough reason for them to be in both Houses of Parliament'. 'They demand not just copper-T, but also property'. These are among the many quips, one-liners, shaggy-dog tales and even songs that activist Kamla Bhasin has come out with in a book of feminist jokes in Hindi. The book "Hasna to sangharshon mein bhi zaroori hai" (It is important to laugh in struggles as well) is a translation of a 2004 book called "Laughing Matters". "We believe in the right to copy, not copyright.
March 18, 2013 |
Actress Piaa Bajpai is popular for her bubbly roles in KTown, but the actress doesn't like being stereotyped, she says. Currently essaying the role of a Tamil Brahmin girl in her upcoming film Koottam, she says, "I play a girl called Shruti in the film. She's someone I have never portrayed so far. For the first time I will be seen in traditional pavadai dhavani throughout the film. Though it is not the usual bubbly role, the character is humorous and I think humour is my forte. " She adds, "After Ko, I was offered a lot of roles similar to that role.
December 31, 2009 |
Standup comedian-turned-actor Vir Das has come a long way from doing comedy shows to hosting TV shows to finally doing films. The actor was recently selected as one of the sexiest men in India in a poll. Seems that women truly do find a sense of humour in men sexy. Vir Das was amongst the likes of Shahid Kapoor , Ranbir Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan. He will next be seen in a film directed by Parmeet Sethi for Yash Chopra's production house and Delhi Belly.
December 18, 2010 |
I have been asked to pen how the word 'humour' has been reinforced in Proscenium theatre since the past 215 years. Theatre performers often realize that they, themselves, have become a subject for humour. Neither pun, nor wit, not even satire... just humour. That is the truth. Theatre is perhaps the only cultural medium that did not make its performers full-time professionals post-independence. There is no one in this world, who has earned his/her living depending only upon theatre.