It wouldn’t be AIB, if they weren’t mocking our culture and political institutions. It wouldn’t be AIB, if they didn’t have you in splits. It wouldn’t be AIB, if you didn’t want to be one of the first guys to watch it and tweet about it. AIB – All India Bakchod – quickly built up that level of cultural cachet on the web. It made you want to be the first to watch their shows. To watch them, in a certain perverted sense, was to be cool. Source: India.com

The show draws people in with the promise of laughter, but sends them back out to the world a little wiser. Simply put, it’s like trying to teach something to a child – make it seem like a game and they’ll pick up it up in an instant. Tell them, it’s serious stuff and good luck with that.

TV news has always been ripe for satire and Indian politicians are a parody of sorts and this is right down the AIB alley.

They tackled the Whistleblower Act’s ironical need to know the identity of the whistleblower with a classy touch (expect Chandrachur Singh everyone else would have loved it): “Anonymity is one of the most crucial aspects of being a whistleblower. If you take that away, it’s like there is nothing, it’s like taking Maachis away from Chandrachur Singh.

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"Abroad whistleblowers are like Voldemort, you are literally not allowed to say their name. But in India, they are like Rahul.. ‘Naam to suna hoga’.”

There were these and many other puns throughout the show. Khamba and Bhat did the Hindi version and seemed to struggle a bit at times. But it was Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya’s English version that just seemed more natural and fun. If you want to pick one, then you know which one to go for.

Their humour pedigree has been earned in front of the hardest audience possible – the netizens. Getting people to watch something on the net is difficult; getting them to keep coming back is a rare art. AIB clearly mastered their art and which is why one wouldn’t put it beyond them to step up it here as well.

As things stand, there seems to be too much chatter. Also, you got the feeling that even if you missed a few minutes you would be fine. But this is a work in progress.

For the time being, it’s a good start and nothing more. They are probably still exploring the limits of what they can and cannot do. And in that promise, lie a few more sarcastic laughs. So here's hoping to their success.

Source: MakeMeFeed