New comedy shows add a twist to TV’s humour quotient

Stand-up comedy has a huge following in India and serving just that, Comedy Classes is all about small stand-up acts made up of songs, dances and humour generated using simple props. The current season of the show has Archana Puran Singh at the helm of affairs as the Maafia Mausi. The current performers include Sugandha Mishra and Siddharth Sagar, the Selfie Mausi, among others.

Yamraj, the God of death, is one who is forever feared and not a laughing matter at all. But that was before 'Yam Hain Hum' launched and introduced Maanav Gohil as the happy to help Yamraj accompanied by Atul Parchure as Chitragupt. This serial took comedy to the arena of gods, demigods, folklore and ancient wisdom applied to current situations. The show has recently been joined by Debina Bonnerjee as Yam’s wife, Dhurmona.

Dafa 420 is the story of a tough cop Anusha, and two conmen, Bhola and Chand. While Bhola and Chand come up with novel ways to fool people, Anusha is out to get them. Once together, they join forces. The hit formula of the police and the con men coming together to crack cases is served in this show with a dash of humour. The show’s cast comprises of Yuvika Chaudhary and Manoj Pahwa among others.

'Sumit Sambhal Lega' is the desi adaptation of the superhit television show Everybody Loves Raymond that starred Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton. The desi version sees Namit Das and Manasi Parekh Gohil stepping into their shoes as the show displays the daily life and struggles of a man stuck between his wife and mother, who are both as different as chalk and cheese. Add to the mix a father-brother duo who are forever pulling Sumit’s leg and laughing at his expense. The show has found quite a few takers and is being appreciated for its different and light-hearted content. The lead cast also includes Bharati Achrekar, Satish Kaushik and Vikram Kochhar

The last time celebrities volunteered to get roasted publicly, we all know how that ended. Probably inspired by the huge success, support and brouhaha the roast generated, makers of Comedy Nights Bachao decided to come up with this show that has comedians going all out on celebrities who volunteer to become their victims. The show’s first episode featured Sohail Khan and Mika Singh being the target of all that the comedians could think of to pull their leg. The show has grabbed quite a few eyeballs and is being appreciated for being one where it is not the same old positives of a celeb that are recounted but things no one has dared telling them, at least to their face, spoken in a lighter vein.