All India Bakchod

All India Bakchod
Members Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba, Rohan Joshi, Ashish Shakya
Website Official Website

All India Bakchod usually abbreviated and referred to as the AIB is an Indian comedy group. The group was initially founded by Gursimran Khamba and Tanmay Bhat and was later joined by Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakiya. Abish Mathew frequently collaborates with them. All the four member are equal owners of the group. The group maintains a YouTube channel that shows their comedy sketches and parodies on topics like politics and the Indian film industry, and much of their reputation was initiated through their online presence.[1] Initially, the group produced podcasts prior to using YouTube in 2013 as a means to share their comedic work.[1] Joshi had noted that the reason for their use of YouTube was that the group simply did not have funds for advertisements and other promotional materials, and instead relied upon social media to promote their work.[2]

Current work

As of March 2015 the group has amassed about 63 million views of their videos.[1] and has over 1 million subscribers on YouTube. The group also has multiple employees for script writing, brand consulting, and coordinating student and corporate workshops.[3] In December 2014, AIB organized a roast show, All India Bakchod Knockout Championship featuring Karan Johar, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor.[4][5] The event is claimed to have raised over Rs 40 lakh for various charity organisations such as Being Human.[6]

Controversy

Akhilesh Tiwari who is president of Brahman Ekta Sanstha in Mumbai, filed a written complaint at Sakinaka police station on 2 February 2015 for use of filthy and abusive language in the AIB Knockout. Police initiated an inquiry into a complaint against the participants from Bollywood film-maker Karan Johar, actor Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh. The video was uploaded on YouTube on 28 January 2015 and programme was organised in south Mumbai on December 28.[7] Maharashtra government also ordered an inquiry against event organizers and participants.[8]

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan criticized the group's roast event. He said ‘I completely believe in freedom of speech but as creative persons we have to understand that we all have a certain responsibility towards society.’[9] In response Anurag Kashyap posted a link on his Facebook page where Aamir had spoken in defence of the DK Bose song from the movie Delhi Belly (produced by Aamir Khan). Aamir had said, "I have already informed my audiences that it is an adult film. Please do not go with your kids and those who have a problem with this kind of language shouldn't come either. I try my best to inform the audiences before-hand. Then they can decide themselves. If the audience is adult, they can decide themselves. So from my end I do all these things for my fans."[10] AIB had provided a statutory warning at the beginning of the video describing the 18+ offensive nature of the content of the video. Just to ensure that people get the message, they made their ‘roast master’ Karan Johar repeat the warning.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chakraborty, Shruti (16 September 2014). "Can YouTube sensation All India Bakchod laugh its way to the bank?". QZ. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Nathan, Archana (18 October 2014). "Jokes apart...". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Sengupta, Devina (25 July 2014). "New startups in comedy business step up hiring as humour delights". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh in All India Bakchod Knockout". Deccan Chronicle. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Murthy, Sushmita (16 December 2014). "All India Bakchod boys to roast Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Gera, Sonal (22 December 2014). "Ranveer Singh’s PDA with rumoured girlfriend Deepika Padukone and kiss with Karan Johar". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "AIB roast: Police complaint lodged against Bollywood stars for filthy language". Times of India (Mumbai). PTI. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Maharashtra government orders inquiry into "offensive" comedy show". ABP Live (Mumbai). PTI. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Aamir Khan lashes out at AIB roast". ABP News. 10 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "After Aamir Khans aib roast putdown anurag kashyap reminds us of delhi belly". ABP News. 11 February 2015.