He has admitted what a pillar of support Ginni has been to him. Yet, on his show no eyebrows are raised when someone with a similar problem is made fun of. Kapil Sharma has volunteered information about his own problems with alcoholism. Why do we do it? Why do we find it so easy to enjoy ‘humour’ which is actually nothing better than slingshots wrapped in a sack cloth aimed at women? Laughed at those who are different, guffawed at the absolutely abysmal portrayal of women, and chuckled when someone’s physical disabilities are mocked. When Sumona Chakravarti has been mocked at as a part of the act or when Bharti Singh, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharma and Navjyot Singh Sidhu have been made the butt of jokes. We’ve giggled when Sunil Grover as Gutthi has pranced about the set in a mock-worthy get-up. We’ve all laughed when an in-character inebriated Ali Asgar has landed on guests’ laps. Yes, the resurrected show where recently a newly-wed Kapil Sharma referred to his marriage with Ginni Chatrath as a PR stunt and laps up applause, while actor Amrita Rao looks on.īut why are we surprised? The Kapil Sharma Show and the eponymous host are known for spilling out our guts with rip-roaring laughter. Apart from all the battles that women here have had to fight, there’s one that began with The Kapil Sharma Show. The Indian television audience seems to have been fed on a diet of misogyny in the last few years. The outrage is justified and more than welcome. From Hardik gloating with pride while talking about how he told his parents how many women he has had ‘a scene’ with to Johar happily egging him on, crass and utterly unintelligible behaviour has found a new benchmark. As it perhaps should be, what with our cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul leaving no stones unturned where objectifying women and downright denigrating them is concerned. So Karan Johar’s Koffee With Karan is the latest Public Enemy Number 1.
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