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Jaspal Bhatti
Born(1955-03-03)March 3, 1955
Amritsar
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, director
Years activePresent
SpouseSavita Bhatti

Jaspal Singh Bhatti (born 3 March 1955, in Amritsar, India) is an Indian television personality famous for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He is most well known for his television series Flop Show and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India's national television network, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Early years

Jaspal Bhatti was born on 3 March 1955 at Amritsar in a Rajput Sikh family. He graduated from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh in Punjab, as an electrical engineer. He was famous for his street plays like his Nonsense Club during his college days. Most of these plays were spoofs ridiculing corruption in society. Before venturing into television, he was a cartoonist for the The Tribune newspaper in Chandigarh.

In the 1990s, he pioneered the home-made comedy on Indian Hindi TV channel Doordarshan. He also was famous for his career in acting and comedy.

Flop Show

His low-budget Flop Show show in the early 1990s is remembered even today. His wife Savita Bhatti produced the show and acted in all the episodes as his wife. Only 10 episodes were ever produced, but the show has had a long and powerful legacy and is well remembered. One of his co-actors Vivek Shauq has been very successful since his stint in Flop Show, having found a footing in Hindi cinema.

Subsequent work

Bhatti's subsequently acted and directed the popular TV series Ulta Pulta and Nonsense Private Limited for the Doordarshan television network. What attracted audience to his shows was his gift of inducing humour to highlight everyday issues of the middle class in India. Bhatti's satire on the Punjab police Mahaul Theek Hai (1999) was his first directorial venture for a full-length feature film in his native Punjabi language. It was well received amongst audience for its simple and honest humour. He played the role of Jolly Good Singh, a guard, in the movie Fanaa. He played a comical college principal in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe. He also starred in the comedy Punjabi film Jijaji.

Bhatti appeared in SAB TV's Comedy ka King Kaun as a judge with actress Divya Dutta. In his latest stint, Bhatti and his wife Savita competed in a popular Star Plus show Nach Baliye which went on air in October 2008.[1] The couple put their best foot forward to entertain the audiences with their dancing and comic skills.

The cartoonist, humorist, actor and filmmaker is focusing on acting as he is getting numerous offers from Bollywood producers as a comedian.

Current projects

Jaspal Bhatti has set up and is busy with a training school[2] and studio in Mohali near Chandigarh rightly called "joke factory" which is popular and quite sought after.

After several years, Bhatti is launched a new 52-episode comedy series titled Thank You Jijaji[3] on Sony's family entertainment channel, SAB TV. Bhatti, with wife Savita is busy conducting auditions these days for his new comedy series and other projects. They will be shot at his own MAD Arts film school at Chandigarh.

Bhatti at a 2009 carnival at Chandigarh put up a stall displaying vegetables, daal and oils. The onlookers were invited to throw rings around them to win these costiler goods as prizes to poke fun at the government's failure to control inflation.[4]

In 2009, Bhatti school’s, Mad Art’s, animation film “Nanhi Chidiya” on female foeticide won the second prize in the Advantage India organized by 1take media. It won a certificate of merit at IDPA-2008 Awards in Mumbai.

Bhatti was granted the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the first Golden Kela Awards.[1]

Critical response

India’s leading media critic Amita Malik says of him: "Bhatti has the correct style for TV, an understated, quiet humour which sinks in without shouting, and which mercilessly exposes both corruption in our every day life and the typical people, who thrive on it. The grim fact and the hard truths of our society so bitter otherwise are made so funny through the adept handling of Bhatti, that cleansing laughter is created out of common malpractices."[5]

Private life

Bhatti married Savita Bhatti on 24 March 1985[citation needed] and has a son, Jasraj Bhatti, and a daughter, Raabiya Bhatti.[6]

Movies

TV serials

  • Ulta Pulta
  • Flop Show
  • Full Tension
  • Thank you Jijaji

References

  1. ^ LC News
  2. ^ MADArts - Jaspal Bhatti Film School
  3. ^ Thank You Jija Ji
  4. ^ Comedian Jaspal Bhatti holds a spoof on inflation in Chandigarh
  5. ^ http://madarts.in/the-team/the-director/
  6. ^ "Bhatti's film makes it to Sandfly Film Festival - Times Of India}". indiatimes.com. 2012 [last update]. Retrieved 7 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

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