On Air with AIB: Our favourite comedy group is making their debut on TV!

All India Backchod, the one comedy group that disappoints the least in the country, is back with a new video and by the looks of it, its big news.
And, no before you even think of it, let’s tell you, it’s not another Roast. (Though we wish it was)

Not just happy with being infamous for the AIB Roast which made Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor the victims of insult comedy, aided with a cameo by Karan Johar, the band of funny boys decided it’s time they take their notorious reputation to smaller screens. Literally.

Eight months after their Roast, the comedy group launched the trailer for their next big project in association with Star and the all new Hotstar platform.

The group has come up with a solution for all those complaining about how India has nothing that can match up to the likes of ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ or ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ despite the country being a goldmine of laws, policies and politicians that can be mocked, ridiculed and laughed at.

According to their trailer, the bad boys of comedy will be soon seen hosting a news comedy show, which would be aired on Star Plus, Star World and Hotstar.
Titled ‘On Air with AIB,’ the weekly series premiering on October will have 10 episodes each in Hindi and English.



The video, which already has 129,635 views shows Tanmay Bhatt, Rohan Joshi, Ashish Shakya and Gurshiman Khambha walk in to the Star Office and bump into two fans who are suffering from the ‘Oh my god. You guys did the roast. Still can’t make up our minds on whether it was awesome or against Indian culture but oh my god you guys did the Roast’ syndrome and who assume that the fantastic four are at the Star Office to pitch Round 2 of the AIB Roast.

The four try their best to convince the two that their new show will hardly be anything like the AIB Roast in vain as the two are convinced that despite AIB’s claims of the new show being ‘a news space comedy,’ it will still bear resemblance to the slapstick comedy displayed in their previous project.

Giving AIB tough competition in the humour department, Star India CEO uday Shankar while talking to IndianTelevision.com, said, "I am told that based on extensive, exhaustive research, AIB are considered mildly entertaining and we should give them a show on our network. I have complete faith that we will regret this in the months to come."

Granted, AIB making their debut on television is great news, considering the quality of content on the idiot box is worse than the plot of Hero (if there was one), the big question still is, will AIB be successful in shying away from their slapstick, overdramatic brand of comedy and herald the onset of intelligent comedy on the small screen and more importantly, is that even possible?

Guess, we’ll have to wait and watch.

For now, have a look at their video.



Image credit: Indiatimes