Kapil Sharma’s The Great Indian Kapil Show and Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent Season 2 are pretty famous and loved shows today that needs no introduction. While the previous initially aired on TV under two different names – Comedy Nights with Kapil on Colours and The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony, it began streaming on Netflix India since 2024 as The Great Indian Kapil Show. As for Samay’s show, the controversial stand-up show – which originally streamed on YouTube, made its approach to the OTT giant just last month.
But why do we are saying Samay is the brand new Kapil? Well our justification is listed below and tell us when you agree with it.
Samay Raina Is The Latest Kapil Sharma?
Ever since Kapil Sharma began hosting his talk shows – complete with skits, audience interaction and a sit-down chat with celebrities, the platform has been used time and time again to advertise movies and shows while also celebrating the success of real-life achievers. Since moving to Netflix, The Great Indian Kapil Show has seen stars like Salman Khaan, Ajay Devgn, Rani Mukerji, Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Jr NTR, Kriti Sanon, Kartik Aaryan, Varun Dhawan, and plenty of more make their approach to the fun couch to discuss live, love and movies.
While fans now await season 5 of The Great India Kapil Show, Netflix announced that the second season of Samay Raina’s headline grabbing arise comedy show would begin streaming on their platform. Unlike Kapil’s sit down comedy, IGL sees contestants placed on an unconventional performance attempting to impress the judges and emerge the winner. While a few contestants have managed to win hearts or make the news, the show’s guest judges have also stole the highlight.
IGL Now A Movie Promotion Platform?
Within the 4 episodes released, India’s Got Latent Season 2 has seen the promotions of two movies – Alpha and Bhai Tera Star Hai, each directly and not directly. Let’s elaborate. The show’s opening episode features Alia Bhatt and Sharvari as their guest judges. While the promotions of the YRF spy motion thriller was the foremost focus of the show (like the way it’s done on The Great Indian Kapil Show), Alia wearing an ‘Alpha’ for nearly your complete episode made sure the film got the highlight without it actually being pushed down the audiences’ throats.
And now, in episode 4, Samay and the makers have done it over again. This time as well, without out-and-out promoting Raghav Juyal’s soon-to-release Bhai Tera Star Hai, the host made sure all who tuned in to look at the show knew in regards to the film’s release. The truth is, Samay just about gave the film a shout out by when he and Raghav roasted Alpha underperforming on the box office.
One a part of the episode saw Raghav Juyal promoting his film saying, “Meri film aarahi hai Bhai Tera Star Hai bahut…” Interupting him, Samay interjected, “Kitni baar khudhi hi batana padega dost. Kaisa star hai?” To this, the dancer-host-actor replied, “Koi nahi, Alia Bhatt ne bhi khudh hi bataya tha.” Raina, quipped, “Uski bhi nahi chali.” Watch the bantar here:
Netflix Dominates Movie Promotions?
With 2 out of 4 episodes directly or not directly promoting movies, it looks as if Netflix is ensuring all Bollywood stars/makers knock on their door relating to promoting their movies. Do you agree with our evaluation? Do share your thoughts within the comments.
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