The guru of many aspiring comedians and actors, Safirullah Siddiqui (Lehri) is seated, as his disciple, Umer Sharif, sits on the floor right next to him. On the left, a slender Moin Akhtar smiles at the camera in his scary get-up.
And last but not the least, with one arm around Akhtar and the other, around Lehri’s, is the still-relevant and versatile actor Behroze Sabzwari. Akhtar and Lehri left us too soon, but their jokes and puns are here to stay.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2014.
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I think sharma is okay, if you exclude the celebrities from his show his graph will come down from 100 to 30 percent or maybe lesser. I have watched many of his shown but always skipped parts other then the celebrities. Also, he is always repeating same sentences in his show, for example, I am tired of listening when he says to his celebrity guests "you have come a long way in your career, have you ever thought of getting a chance of appearing in Comedy Nights". And then everyone laughs for nothing, it is used 100s of times in his show and it hurts to even think about laughing.
He is a kid as far as comedy is concerned, and his show is a success because of the idea of bringing celebrities to promote their movies, its a unique idea and it clicked, I hope this success doesn't go to his head.
@ Junaid Dont be ignorant and blame everyone for not liking who so ever the F your talking abt coz he;s not muslim....consider the possiblity that sharma isn't just as talented as the four brilliant ppl above.
@Omer: Heheeehee,,, Kindly see Munawar zareef and you wont able to find any competitor to him in indoPak...!!
Junaid@ as far as Kapil Sharma is concern he is Known in the UK due to the Media nowadays. but the legendary comedians stated above make their names when there were not so much channels available. In fact many of the Indian Comedian accept that they learn the ABC of comedy from these legendary people.
@ junaid
Kapil Sharma is so gud. But the words your are saying "they are not better than kapil sharma." shows either you are under 8 years old or either you even never saw the work of SafirUllah/Moin Akhtar. I am sorry if you hurt but this is reallity that ""Safir Ullah Lehri is the DON of comedy""
Junaid@ Kapil is a good entertainer but he has a long way to go before anyone even think of comparing him with Moin & Lehri saheb. You are comparing the Legends with an average comedian who draws crowd by including Indian movie stars, songs purely on commercial basis. But the likes of Moin and Lehri were the masters of art with decades of service to the Comedy business. Hugely respected in the sub-continent and are still referred in the Indian Film Academy as the Legends of Comedy.
@Omer: @Taimoor: @maestro: @nkhan: you would have agreed if he was a muslim, i dont dismiss talent just because they are not muslims. here in uk everyone is appreciated.
Indian comedy is trash! Full of overacting. And really, who is this kapil sharma?
@Omer: @Taimoor: @maestro: @nkhan: i have watched omar shareef live many times so i speek by experience go to uk us and see how many people know kapil sharma and how many know the rest of them. his popularity today is unmatched. truth hurts but he is better comedian.
Junaid sahab: Nobody in the right state of mind would even date to compare the class of Moin Akhtar and company with a stupid blabby so-called comedian.
Who is kapil sharma??
@ Juniad, you must be joking mate .. otherwise no sane person can say or even think such a thing ... as nkhan has said they were institutions in themselves ...
@junaid...am sure you bieber follower in music too...damn where am wasting my words
They don't beat the politicians in "Funniness".
@ Junaid---- Let me correct you "They were 1000 time better than kapil sharma"..... They are institution by themselves....... You are comparing a match stick with sun!!