

Not that the ‘mother who understands no boundaries’ won’t translate, but some meme-worthy jokes are instant hits: when that BhaDiPa ‘Mum’ - an avid watcher of TV - begins to take down razais from the attic, and her grown-up kids ask her why she wants to do that in the middle of Pune summer, she answers in all seriousness: Winter Is Coming.) (Plus, their ‘Mother’ series is so funny, you wish the jokes could be translated to other languages. They started out with on the couch interviews with celebs (a little like Between Two Ferns) and moved on to live shows. The BhaDiPa (Bharatiya Digital Party a Marathi YouTube channel that makes comedy and music content) have taken Marathi comedy out of the comedy sketch shows on TV (where the judges are louder than the jokes), and offered really fresh content on YouTube. ‘In "The Whistleblower", Zainab stands for her truth and holds her ground’: Sonali Kul.

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