Mallika Dua and Aditi Mittal are one trick ponies and they stick to those and Kusha Kapila, while very charming, isn’t far from that too. Cyrus Broacha and Ankita Shrivastav are as good as one of the many chairs and tables haphazardly placed on the set for their involvement is beyond negligible. Sunil Grover and Aakash Gupta shine in whatever little they do and try to stay afloat in this sea of rubbish. Gaurav Gera’s ridiculous facial expressions to compensate for a lack of comedic and writing talent can only do so much. Mallika Dua's age old, done to death Tinder aunty is back (with a different name). Aakash Gupta is perhaps my favourite and tries to perform sketches, create characters and add some kind of logic and humour to his comedy but mostly everyone else, is just bouncing from post to pillar, relying on makeup, clothes, bad mimicry, props and other lazy items for “comedy”. It's as if looking stupid is equated to being funny. It seems the show relies more on the large number of costumes the contestants change in and out of, making for a disorienting and unoriginal style, rather than either of their individual comedic prowess. They all get together, act like buffoons and in the name of comedy perform what is an insult to improv comedy and embarrass themselves. Grotesque and loud sounds indicate the start and pause of the game and the rules, other sound effects and even the so called “point” system is vague, unexplained, half baked and lacks any structure and preparedness. The diversity and versatility in the kind of comedians the show is able to bring together is nice but what do they do with this reservoir of good talent and resources? They, of course, waste it. I wonder if the person who came up with the concept of this unscripted show laughed in glee, having thought that he or she had struck gold and I wonder what the executives at Amazon were thinking when they approved this tone-deaf production.
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