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Mumbai, Dec 9 (Ians) Actor, comedian and mimicry artiste Navin Prabhakar is grateful for the friends in his life, and considers himself lucky to meet the right people at the right time. After a long innings in the industry as a stand-up comedian, Navin has also established himself as an actor.

Navin has been a hard working artist right from the beginning and never depended on luck.

He said: “I can only talk about myself. You get to observe all the characters, and whenever you get an opportunity, sink it in, learn as much as you can. You will get the reward for your learning sooner or later.”

“People are quite impressed with my stand-up comedy shows. Thank God for the compliments which I get. I am really lucky to meet the right people at the right time. Also, you should have a good adviser at work who can guide you at the right time.

Mumbai, Dec 9 (Ians) Actor, comedian and mimicry artiste Navin Prabhakar is grateful for the friends in his life, and considers himself lucky to meet the right people at the right time. After a long innings in the industry as a stand-up comedian, Navin has also established himself as an actor.

Navin has been a hard working artist right from the beginning and never depended on luck.

He said: “I can only talk about myself. You get to observe all the characters, and whenever you get an opportunity, sink it in, learn as much as you can. You will get the reward for your learning sooner or later.”

“People are quite impressed with my stand-up comedy shows. Thank God for the compliments which I get. I am really lucky to meet the right people at the right time. Also, you should have a good adviser at work who can guide you at the right time.

Actor, comedian and mimicry artist Navin Prabhakar has opened up on the body shaming issue, saying such behaviour is dangerous to mankind, and one must respect people’s individuality and appreciate them.

“Body shaming is a reality. Not only the female gender, even their counterparts deal with it. Some people often pass not only comments, but even start giving free advice and tips.”

Talking about body shaming, Navin said: “Of course, it is very serious. As a child, we have always seen how people made fun of each other’s caste, creed or colour. But in reality, it is no less than a crime to make fun of someone’s body, shape or colour.”

“As human beings, it is a crime to laugh at someone’s insecurity or difference. Such behaviour is dangerous to mankind. Everyone has a personal life which is to be respected and not to be made fun of.

Actor, comedian and mimicry artist Navin Prabhakar has opened up on the body shaming issue, saying such behaviour is dangerous to mankind, and one must respect people’s individuality and appreciate them.

“Body shaming is a reality. Not only the female gender, even their counterparts deal with it. Some people often pass not only comments, but even start giving free advice and tips.”

Talking about body shaming, Navin said: “Of course, it is very serious. As a child, we have always seen how people made fun of each other’s caste, creed or colour. But in reality, it is no less than a crime to make fun of someone’s body, shape or colour.”

“As human beings, it is a crime to laugh at someone’s insecurity or difference. Such behaviour is dangerous to mankind. Everyone has a personal life which is to be respected and not to be made fun of.

‘Bhramanti’, the first song from the upcoming Vikram Gaikwad-starrer Marathi film ‘Raghuveer’, was released on Thursday. It traces the life of Samartha Ramdas Swami as he mediates in solace. The Marathi film tells the story of Samartha Ramdas Swami, who started the Shree Samartha religious sect to work for the liberation of India and for the renewal of true spirituality. The film has been written by Abhiram Bhadkamkar.

Samartha Ramdas Swami supported Chattrapati Shivaji, who was trying to overthrow the Aurangzeb.

He established the Mathas (holy places where like-minded religious people could reside and work) at many locations.

Talking about the song, director Nilesh Kunjir said, “This film has a lot of emotional connection for me and a lot of people will relate to this. Bhramanti has a great melody and encapsulates Swamiji’s journey. Hence, we thought to release this song first.”

The song has been sung by Ravindra Sathe,...

Actor Navin Prabhakar is looking forward to the release of his Marathi film ‘Soham’. The plot of the film will really awaken people, says the actor. “Soham is directed by Datta Bhandare. It’s going to be a well-budgeted film and there’s depth in the story and the characters of the film. The plot of this film is that we have westernised English education at a level which is not necessary at all.”

“If we bring richness to our languages and learn them, that is a very commendable thing. Like in the film, the school where I was shooting, there were students who were 12 to 13 years old going in a line, in a disciplined manner but were fighting in Sanskrit. Can you imagine that? We are living in India, we speak Hindi language, follow Hindu culture and religion is Hindu and we don’t know anything about Sanskrit but there are songs of Sanskrit,...

Comedian Navin Prabhakar, who is known for his ‘Pehchaan Kaun’ act on ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’, has opened up about doing live shows again after the pandemic, and gave a brief of his next performance in the national capital.

Prabhakar said: “Usually, I give one hour to my live stage show and from this January, I am preparing my own one-man show, ‘Non-Stop Laughter with Navin Prabhakar’. The duration will be two hours and it will be in all new setups.”

Navin, who has been doing live shows for a long time now, missed them the most during the lockdowns.

“Of course I missed doing live shows a lot and it was a long break. But I did not get demotivated. I started watching films. I studied films like a student. As an actor, it was a very fulfilling exercise that helped strengthen my knowledge of films and also my acting craft,...

Known for his act of a Mumbai bar girl, Julie, on ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’, Navin Prabhakar spoke about the inspiration behind his act on the comedy-based reality show hosted by Kapil Sharma.

He said: “This is an on-the-ground experience, we keep searching for characters, and the ones who really search for it do get it. So, I got this character in Lokhandwala (Mumbai). During that time, we were not able to afford the incoming and outgoing calls on mobile phones that would cost 16 rupees.”

“So, I used to make sure no one saw me and would go to the Pco and make calls. So that time this character (a bar girl) was already inside, I copied her body language and voice and added my own script to it. And that’s what the audience witnessed on television and the rest is history,” he said explaining how a real...

Well-known actress and TV personality Archana Puran Singh recently remembered late comedian Raju Srivastav and shared her experience working with him in films.

She said: “I have done numerous films with him and realised that he was a very fine actor but then, he became more popular with his stand-up comedy. I think he was an actor, a stand-up and a wonderful comic talent. It is heartbreaking as we lost him too soon.”

Archana added his last visit to a comedy reality show and the way he expressed his love for comedy.

“Just one week before he was hospitalised, he came on the set of ‘India’s Laughter Champion’ and graced the sarpanch’s chair. And in this very studio where the set was put up, standing on the stage he said ‘I want to live on this stage, and I find my share of happiness here. He told me...

Comedian Sunil Pal recently revealed an interesting story behind his popular comic character Ratan Noora during the Raju Srivastav special episode of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. Ratan Noora is the character which made him a winner in the first season of ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’.

He will grace the special episode as a celebrity guest along with comedians Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar, Khayali Saharan, Ahsaan Qureshi, Sunil Pal, Rajiv Thakur, Navin Prabhakar, Rehman Khan, Suresh Albela, Rajeev Nigam, Rajat Sood, Jayvijay Sachan and Kettan Singh.

In a conversation with the host Kapil Sharma, he said: “In my hometown, government servants used to get alcohol on credit as the shop owners knew that every month on a particular date these people would get their salary, so they would reach their respective houses to get their money. For this very reason, people over there would drink a lot.”

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