Now, Kamra mocks ‘Viksit Bharat’

Mumbai: Undaunted by protests and clamour to jail him from the ruling ally Shiv Sena, standup comedian Kunal Kamra hit back with a new video – this time targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the state and centre, as well as right-wing outfits.

The new parody song is “Hum honge kangaal ek din…” which Kamra presented as the new Anthem of a Viksit Bharat (Developed India), comes with a higher dose of satire than the one ostensibly targeting Shiv Sena’s Deputy CM Eknath Shinde two days ago which sparked a nationwide furore.

Without batting an eyelid, Kamra sings it to the accompaniment of a guitar - and peals of audience laughter - and dares the powers-that-be which have summoned him for a probe in Mumbai.

The number has barbs and stings, like: ‘Mann me andhvishwas, Desh ka satyanash’; ‘Honge nange charo aur’, ‘Karenge dange charo or’, ‘Police ke pange charo aur’; ‘Man me Nathuram, Harkate Asaram’; “Hoga gai ka prachar', 'Leke haathon me hathiyar’; ‘Hoga Sangh ka shishtachar', 'Janata berozgar', 'Garibi ki kagaar’; and closing with the crescendo ‘Hum honge kangal ek din...’.

For effect and views, Kamra has strategically interspersed it with videos of the vociferous protests against him, the raw violence perpetrated by Shiv Sena activists at the Hotel Unicontinental (Khar), the naked vandalism, his effigies being burnt at several places.

Not surprisingly, in barely a couple of hours (till 5.30 pm), Kamra’s new video got more than five-lakh eyeballs, 30K-plus likes, and around 2K shares.

The shooting venue or date of the latest video is unclear since rowdy Shiv Sainiks had vandalized The Habitat Comedy Club in the hotel and later a civic squad came and razed certain alleged unauthorized portions there.

Buoyed by support and sympathy from all over the country and outside, the new video virtually mocks and cocks a snook at the Mahayuti allies or the police which have called for a 'grilling' after his tight ‘roasting’ of Shinde.

Currently in Puducherry, Kamra has assured full cooperation and sought a week’s time from the Mumbai Police to come and record his statement in the issue on the boil for three days now.

The Shiv Sena activists continued to slap dire warnings to Kamra and how they would deal with him ‘Sena-style’ if he refused to apologize to Shinde.

Another FIR was registered against Kamra in Dombivli police station on Monday.