Boman-Arshad hope to cheer audience with 'LOL: Hasse Toh Phasse'
They have been friends from before they were stars and now Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi have teamed up again for LOL: Hasse Toh Phasse, a show that they hope will bring some cheer to people during the pandemic. The actors, who have worked together in films such as the Munnabhai series and Jolly LLB, will be seen co-hosting the Amazon Prime Video's show.
Last one to laugh wins
The show premieres on April 30. The two stars will be playing referees and keeping an eye on ten of India's best comedians viz Sunil Grover, Gaurav Gera, Suresh Menon, Cyrus Broacha, Kusha Kapila, Mallika Dua, Aditi Mittal, Aadar Malik, Ankita Srivastava, and Aakash Gupta who are doing their best to be the last one laughing in this comedy battleground.
Was thrilled to know that I would meet Arshad: Boman
Boman said, "Honestly, I was thrilled when they said Arshad because eight months after sitting at home, I needed to see someone who, I know, genuinely makes me laugh," he said. "I kept forgetting that it was not just Arshad who would be there, it was these 10 wonderful people who cracked us up through the entire shooting schedule," Boman added.
It is our job as actors to create laughter: Arshad
Arshad joked that the streamer hired Boman to fill the frame as he said he's extremely talented. Asked whether it was challenging to do comedy at a time when there was so much tragedy due to coronavirus, Arshad said, "As actors, it was their job to give people something that they can watch, laugh at, enjoy, and have a good reason to stay home."
Boman and Arshad have worked together in several films
Notably, when Arshad got his break in movies with Tere Mere Sapne in 1996, he recommended Boman's name to producer Jaya Bachchan but Boman said having just done his first play, he felt he was not ready. "But it's so strange that many years later when I did my first Hindi film (Munnabhai MBBS in 2003), it was with Arshad," Boman said.
