Movers
and
Shakers
on
Sony
Entertainment
Television
used
to
be
the
most
talked-about
stand
up
comedy
show
a
few
years
ago.
But
its
latest
avatar
on
Sab
TV
doesn’t
seem
to
be
catching
on
with
the
glory.
That,
in
spite
of
bagging
celebrity
guests
like
Anupam
Kher,
Govinda,
Isha
Khoppikar,
Kader
Khan,
Mahi
Gill,
Mika
Singh,
Nupur
Mehta,
Om
Puri,
Sameera
Reddy,
Saroj
Khan,
Satish
Kaushik,
Shaan,
Sonu
Nigam,
Sonu
Sood,
Sukhwinder
Singh,
Pakistani
starlet
Veena
Malik
and
the
Indian
hockey
team!
So
what’s
going
wrong
with
M&S
this
time?
The
look,
feel,
format
and
suave
host
Shekhar
Suman’s
trademark
wit
is
almost
at
par
with
the
earlier
edition.
But
the
jokes,
gags
and
punches
are
contributed
by
a
different
team
now,
apart
from
the
show
having
a
new
director
Shashant
Shah,
who
also
directed
the
touching
film
Dasvidaniya
and
the
successful
TV
series
The
Great
Indian
Comedy
Show.
The
show’s
earlier
creative
director
Abhigyan
Jha
has
moved
on
to
direct
his
own
show
Jay
Hind
on
the
internet,
followed
by
The
Late
Night
Show
on
Colors
with
Sumeet
Raghavan;
the
same
host
of
Jay
Hind.
Many
feel
that
the
similar
formats
of
Movers
and
Shakers,
Jay
Hind
and
The
Late
Night
Show
have
divided
the
viewership
and
diluted
the
M&S
brand
loyalty.
Moreover,
Shekhar’s
favourite
mimicry
characters,
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee
and
Laloo
Prasad
Yadav,
are
more
or
less
absent
now,
as
they
are
no
longer
viewed
as
frontrunners
in
Indian
politics.
Another
change
in
Movers
and
Shakers
is
the
absence
of
Bollywood
publicist
Dale
Bhagwagar,
who
used
to
be
Shekhar
Suman’s
personal
publicist
as
well
as
the
media
manager
of
M&S
for
some
time.
Whatever
the
reason,
let's
hope
that
Movers
and
Shakers
will
be
back
to
its
old
glory!