‘Manhoos, drunkard’ Kunal Kamra gets mercilessly roasted fellow comics: ‘His favourite position is opposition’ | Bollywood News
Comedian Kunal Kamra is no stranger to controversy; his latest special caused a stir among a certain section of the audience, who took offence to jokes he made about some politicians. They destroyed the venue where the special was shot, and Kamra was hit with several FIRs. The comic splits his time between Himachal Pradesh and Puducherry, and has been put on the no-fly l several airlines after an altercation that he had with TV journal Arnab Goswami. He appeared on the latest episode of Ashish Solanki’s Roast show on YouTube, where a panel of comics joked about Kamra’s edgy comedy, growing ‘irrelevance’, and his ‘saviour’ attitude. Kamra was seen laughing along as his friends and colleagues took aim at him in the roast, a format of stand-up comedy where people poke fun at a person, no holds barred.
Solanki described Kamra has ‘manhoos’, citing his appearance on Samay Raina’s equally controversial series India’s Got Latent. The first comic to take shots at Kamra was Sumaira Shaikh, also implied that he is a drunk. “Kamra has become a farmer, the first farmer who gives alcohol to his plants,” she joked. “Saviour ban ke ghoomta hai, Muslim comics and female comics ka. Apne baal toh bacha nahi paaya,” she continued. Sumaira finished her set with another reference at the India’s Got Latent controversy. “Let’s send him to jail, would you rather…”
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The second comic, Shashwat Maheshwari, said that he wishes ‘Modi ji would lose just so that Kamra shuts up’. He continued, “Kamra sunta sabki hai lekin karta Congress ki hai.” He finished with, “Kamra has been doing political comedy for years, but he has converted nobody. sleeper cells are more active than him. As an aware citizen, I don’t want him on my team.”
The biggest laugh came for a joke comic Onkar Yadav, who joked, “Kamra thinks Latent is Balraj’s show, kyunki Kashmiri Pandit toh isse dikhte nahi.” This was another reference at India’s Got Latent; the show was filmed at The Habitat, owned Balraj Ghai, and hosted Samay Raina, whose Pandit culture is a big part of his artry. Comic Daahab Chishti took the centrestage next, and shot off a series of jokes: “Kamra is my favourite comic because I lost my taste after Covid. Kamra’s favourite position is opposition. Kamra thinks spanking means lathi charge.”
Kamra’s childhood friend, Siddharth Dudeja, called him a ‘drug addict, drunkard, and cigarette smoker.’ He joked, “They sent murders after him, but even they gave up. They thought let’s focus our energy on Ravish, this guy will kill himself with that lifestyle.” The show ended with Kamra taking the centrestage and, as he did in his controversial recent special, held up the Constitution of India. “Let me say something while I’m still relevant. if anybody has an issue with comedy, you can file a case within the framework of the constitution, and we can respond,” he said.
