MUMBAI: Top Bollywood comedian Johnny Lever has stated that he is ‘big deewana’ of Pakistani comedy King Umer Shareef.
He expressed his utter love and respect for Pakistani star during an interview with Express Tribune.
The veteran comedian has been a strong proponent of cultural exchange across the barbed line of control.
He finds no shame in admitting that Moin Akhtar and Umer Shareef have taught him a great deal and feels the schism between the two entertainment industries is only imaginary.
“I’m a really big deewana of Umer Shareef’s style of comedy. Even when I was starting out, I used to watch Pakistani comedy programmes and learnt a lot from them,” he recalls.
He also complimented Pakistani comedy sense and rated ahead of Indian version.
“Despite cultural similarities in both countries, the humour consumed by Pakistani audiences is slightly different. It is slightly ahead of India.” Explaining the undercurrent of this theory, Johnny says it is all thanks to the ‘forward nature’ of Pakistani comics.
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