Shekhar Suman’s show Shekhar Tonight is continuously making headlines. In the most recent episode, his video of Donald Trump vs buffalo has gone quite viral. Even before this, he has made strong sarcasm on paper leak, oil price and value of rupee. It seems as if these videos of his have created an atmosphere. Video clips of every show of Shekhar are going viral on social media. Gathering views and comments in millions. Shekhar’s familiar style of sarcasm on the current situation makes people laugh and also forces them to think. It seems that the arrow has hit the right target. The audience cannot stop themselves and share it with full emotion.
Along with this, many questions are viral on social media these days. Those questions are- Has Kapil Sharma’s comedy become a thing of the past? what comedy on Shekhar Suman’s satire Is it becoming heavy? Have the days of comedy passed and the days of satire returned? If this is true then what is the reason for it? There was a time when the content of Kapil Sharma’s comedy also went viral – it was a special dose of late night entertainment for the audience. People would burst out laughing. Kapil Sharma’s show was also a platform for promotion of celebrities and upcoming movies. Then comedy was dominant over satire but now the situation has reversed.
Today people watch less comedy and more satire.
But seeing the situation, the question also arises whether The Kapil Sharma Show is no longer relevant after the arrival of Shekhar Suman’s show? Have people started watching Shekhar’s satire more than Kapil’s comedy? After all, why have people started liking watching and listening to satire more? However, the current trend of popularity shows that people are preferring to watch and listen to comedy less and satire more. Maybe this is also the delicacy of time! These days, people are getting to hear less creative satire, and when an old host like Shekhar Suman presents it, it was bound to be a hit.
Shekhar Suman is an experienced artist. Has been a theater actor. His delivery is extremely dramatic. He is equally famous for political satire. From the era of Movers and Shakers to Shekhar Tonight, in every episode of his shows, he openly satirizes current national and international events before meeting and interacting with a special guest. Every party is their target. Any leader can become a victim of his arrows. His style has been neither friendship with Kahu nor enmity with Kahu. He can take a sharp dig at any incident.
What is the difference between Kapil Sharma Show and Shekhar Suman Show?
The important question is whether Kapil Sharma’s comedy show is away from discussion after the arrival of Shekhar Suman’s new show or is it getting less viewers? So the answer to this is neither completely right nor wrong. First of all, there is a fundamental difference between Kapil Sharma’s show and Shekhar Suman’s show. It cannot be compared. Kapil Sharma’s show is purely comedy. It is not necessary for comedy to be based on the current times, whereas satires are meant to be a satire on the present. Sometimes, Kapil has been satirized on the stage through Kiku Sharda or Sunil Grover. But every show of Shekhar Suman is completely based on satire. Their offering has its own USP.
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Shekhar Tonight Show on open platform like YouTube
Let us tell you that just as Kapil Sharma’s show used to air on Sony channel earlier, similarly Shekhar Suman also started Movers and Shakers on Sony. However, later on, The Kapil Sharma Show shifted to Netflix. Only those who have subscribed can watch Netflix shows. Its clips cannot even be shared. All the promos that come or the parts that are released by Netflix are available to the common people. But it seems Shekhar Suman learned a lesson from these constraints and started his Shekhar Tonight show on an open platform like YouTube.
YouTube means a medium accessible to everyone. Anyone can view it anytime, and can also share it. In today’s era, sarcasm or reality is mostly seen and heard on social media, so undoubtedly Shekhar Suman’s show benefited from this and the audience enjoyed listening to the sarcasm on politics. Within no time its parts went viral.
However, this is not the reason for the popularity of Shekhar Suman’s new show. Satire has its own psychology. These are the voices of the hearts of the common people. What the general public is unable to speak, write or wants to hear from someone else’s mouth, writers, satirists or artists express it and become the language of the public. Humor is momentary whereas satire, while making you laugh, also causes deep wounds. Shekhar Suman’s specialty has been that he makes everyone laugh and hurt everyone equally with his arrows of sarcasm. Whether it is good or bad – neither friendship with anyone, nor enmity with anyone.
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