How Kapil Sharma’s Show “Comedy Nights With Kapil” Objectifies Indian Women
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only, and perhaps, the most important part that has been sadly overlooked by
viewers, is that the punch lines are created generally by targeting women, and
portraying them as mere objects of fun and mockery.
The
fact that the show is liked by one and all, winning several awards in 2014, makes
me wonder more and more that are we still living in a society where the husband
tries to have affairs with beautiful women, fools around his wife, insults her
in almost every matter, and wins the hearts of audience?
The popular TV show “Comedy Nights With Kapil” has been
entertaining Indian audience from over an year now. Celebrities from all age group mainly into
entertainment, cricket and corporate world have made their appearances in the show,
cheerfully mentioning how much they and their families love watching it. The
success of the show is attributed to Kapil Sharma’s simplicity, and of course
his excellent comic skills. The ease with which he connects with his guests and
audience gets him the credit of wining highest Television Rating Poing (TRP). Everyone else in the show is for completing an
average Indian family including his darling wife, ‘dadi’ (grandmonther), ‘bua’
(maternal aunt), neighbor Palak, her mother and Gutthi, and servant Ramu. The
roles are created to entertain us by cracking jokes that arise from our daily
mundane lives.
So everything is great ‘till here. The only, and perhaps, the
most important part that has been sadly overlooked by viewers, is that the
punch lines are created generally by targeting women, and portraying them as
mere objects of fun and mockery. Though Kapil’s on-screen wife heartily
welcomes all the jokes made by a husband to his wife, but the message that gets
circulated with this screenplay has serious repercussions. Not just his wife,
but other female roles in the show which are played by men off-screen, happily
portray Indian woman as a desperate, dumb, ingenuous being who knows nothing
about politics, science, entertainment or aesthetics etc.
The fact that the show is liked by one and all, winning
several awards in 2014, makes me wonder more and more that are we still living
in a society where the husband tries to have affairs with beautiful women,
fools around his wife, insults her in almost every matter, and wins the hearts
of audience? We all talk about women empowerment these days, but at the same
time we still love watching a show that mocks at the different roles women play
in our lives. Can we please have some intelligent comedy content that are
beyond husband-wife chemistry, and that instead focus on real issues that our
society has been facing from infinity?
Can we please stop objectifying Indian women!
Can we please stop objectifying Indian women!