Krushna Abhishek is known more popularly as the “King of Comedy”. It is more because of his good sense of humor coupled with the spontaneous wit and humor and also his superb comic sense of timing which are all picture perfect. Caught up with Krushna in Sankraman Studio where he was doing a photo and promotional shoot for the 2nd Season of OMG! Yeh Mera India to be telecast on History TV18 Channel.
First of all enlighten us about the 2nd Season of OMG! Yeh Mera India to be telecast on History TV18 Channel?
In OMG! Yeh Mere India we will showcase the real India once again. An India which is unique as well as very beautiful too. Not only this we will show some unique stories which will be weird as well as interesting and the people involved with them are all sorts of people who are jara hatke, I mean they are also unique, intelligent as well as innovative and then people will say OMG!!! Which stands for Oh! My God India mein aise kamaal ke log bhi rehte hai aur aisi kamaal ki cheezein bhi hoti hai. For instance in Delhi there is a newspaper run by children in which they themselves do the reporting, interviewing, editing etc. At first the newspaper was of 1 page only but some organization in Delhi came to their rescue and they have not only increased the pages but it is also doing very well. There are many such unique stories but I won’t reveal more. Each episode is of half an hour and will have 4 stories and it kicked off on 6th Oct, 2016 to be telecast on every Thursday @ 8pm. We have a total of 10 episodes and the viewers will get to see 40 stories in all. Which in itself is a unique thing. And the 2nd season is also being telecast on History TV18 Channel.
OMG! Yeh Mera India also had its 1st Season. So how different will its 2nd Season be?
Yes! That’s true. History TV18 had telecast the 1st Season of OMG! Yeh Mera India in Jan, 2016. Which had proved to be very successful. At that time people from the Channel had gone to varied parts of India to scout & shoot the unique stories of India and then I used to host at least 4 stories from the Channel’s Studio. All the uniquely different stories were very well received by the viewers all over India. Normally a Channel suspends a show after the telecast of its 1st Season. But seeing the overwhelming response of the 1st Season, the Channel decided to have the 2nd Season from Oct, 2016. But this time with a difference. In spite of my over busy schedule I have personally traveled in many parts of India to scout for many more such unique stories and interact with the characters of this unique stories on a personal level and have a live telecast too after showcasing their stories. I met them, I interviewed them and also had lots of “masti” with them.
Would you like to add anything more on OMG! Yeh Mera India?
Actually when I did the 1st Season of OMG! Yeh Mera India I did not feel so much involved or attached to it. Frankly I had done the show at that particular point of time strictly on a very professional level. But when the hosting of the 2nd Season came my way I myself accompanied the team in different parts all of India and interacted with such amazing people of India and came to know their unique, weird and interesting stories and I was like shocked and surprised out of my wits and I felt Oh! My God toh hamara India aisa bhi hai!!! l was enlightened, entertained, discovered and learnt many new things about our India and today you must have seen that I am totally involved and attached to the show on a personal level too. In fact in the promos I have appealed to my fans and viewers, “If you really love me then don’t miss even a single episodes of the 2nd Season of OMG! Yeh Mera India starting 6th Oct, 2016 on every Thursday @ 8 pm.
You and Bharati were hosting the show “Comedy Nights Bachao” and now Mona Singh is the host and you both are contestants. Besides you are still making a lot of your presence felt during the show. Comment.
This is the new season of “Comedy Nights Bachao” and now it is known as “Comedy Nights Taaza” and barring me and Bharati even all the contestants are new. No doubt we were appreciated a lot during the show in its 1st Season. But we along with the channel wanted some freshness in the show and hence the 2nd Season is called “Comedy Nights Taaza”. As for everyone alleging that I am still making a lot of my presence felt then I would say yes because the show is still our baby. And with due respect to Mona Singh, who I would say is a very good host. But since the 2nd Season has just begun there are times when I feel like covering up for the minor loopholes and lapses and all for the betterment of the show. But all this arrangement is for a brief period, everything will gradually change in its due course of time.
How is your equation with Kapil Sharma now after all the verbal warfare between the two of you on account of your individual shows on different Channels Sony & Colors?
I strongly believe in letting bygones be bygones, no point in digging up the mud slinging grave, all thanks to the media. Anyways I have a great respect for Kapil Sharma and I salute him for literally elevating the status of the Stand Up Comdian’s, both on the artistic as well as the monetary level. That’s it.
You had a very harrowing struggling phase for big screen roles before you focused your attention to the small screen comic shows. Right!
Once again I would say that I always let bygones be bygones be they any issues concerning my professional as well as personal life. Yes I did have a very tough struggling phase as far as acting in films are concerned. The fault is all mine because I ended up doing some forgettable films. Then came the phase of Bhojpuri films which was also did not prove to be earth shaking although I have ended up doing dozens of Bhojpuri films with topmost Bhojpuri heroines like Rani Chatterji and Monalisa. Besides I could not make much stride in the Hindi film scenario too in spite of doing big films like Bol Bachchan and Entertainment. I do have a couple of good Hindi films to resurrect my position in the Hindi film scenario. Let’s see what future has in store for me.
Why did you give up doing Bhojpuri films, maybe by now you would have hit the Bull’s Eye even in that arena?
Maybe you are right. But at that juncture my small screen’s comic and reality shows came my way and I succeeded in carving a niche for myself through these shows. And I gave up on Bhojpuri films as I just could not spare enough time for them. But it has been a decade now and I am happy doing what I am doing as I not only got recognition but also earned a lot of name and fame through my comic shows. But I think I am going in for a new change of image since I did the 1st Season of OMG! Yeh Mera India. Since then whenever I am seen on airports or other public places, people just come up to me and thank me for enlightening them about India as they really like and appreciate me in this new avatar of the host of OMG! Yeh Mera India. Nobody talks about my comic shows at such times.
As a parting shot when I asked Krushna to spare a few words about his better half Kashmira Shah, Krushna just winked and grinned widely, then politely opened his Vanity Van’s door for me, signaling “The End” of the Interview session.
