Archive for the ‘Simply Kundan’

  • CONCEPT AND FUNCTION OF “FOIL” IN COMEDIES
    The thumb rule for making people laugh in a comedy is that somebody has to be a butt of the joke. In real life situations, when you pull a fast one on someone or what is popularly called leg pulling, that he or she becomes the butt of the joke and everyone has a laugh at his/her expense. Instead of having pity for the victim, we take pleasure in deriding him. That’s...
    by Kundan Shah at October 20th, 2008 at 05:10 am
  • Comedy Films Today
    If I say Agreement 123 (Atomic Energy Agreement with the US) reflects the comedies made today in our country, you will call me mad. Where is the connection? But it has. Well, we are in the process of being Americanised. That’s a general term to signify consumerism apart from other serious repercussions depending upon your world view. However, the fundamental tenet...
    by Kundan Shah at August 25th, 2008 at 08:08 pm