

Outnumbered the people who disliked them by ten times to one. And yet the videos got over 8 millionįar more importantly, on the video page, the people who liked them YouTube videos do not magicallyĪuto-play in front of you. No one was forced to watch it, we didn’t buy airtime on every single

The video came with a clear disclaimer with several age and content warnings. People have thought in one form or another privately for years.Ī lot of the laughter that night came from that spirit (there’s yourĪnswer, people who wondered why everyone was laughing at terrible It was just liberating to be able to say those things, things that It didn’t matter because they happened in the spirit of irony and good humour. Honest, it was a phenomenally entertaining evening. In a crowd full of (wait for it) consenting adults. To our pleasant surprise, we managed to bring together consentingĪdults who were willing to be made fun of by other consenting adults The roast format to a country where celebrities aren’t often known to

Show, with the sole intent of making people laugh and/or think.ĪIB Knockout was another such attempt to try something new and bring

Tried to experiment with content be it on Youtube or a live comedy People who’ve been following our work will know that we’ve always Under the circumstances, this is us being pragmatic. Phonecall or a morcha at our front door or a gunman on a grassy knoll. This is not something that’s happened because of a 3 am That it’s because so many people watched it that it broke YouTube, theįirst things first no one person or force forced us to take this The AIB Knockout video has been taken down. Or whatever you want to call them, they’re still just jokes. How dare you? Baahar mil.' – Desi Voltaire 'I may not agree with you, but I will defend to death my right to get On Wednesday, the organisers of AIB Knockout came out with a statement in their official Facebok and Twitter pages retaliating allegations of crass comedy. The members of expletive-laced comedy show ‘AIB Roast’ have removed their latest three part video from Youtube after it sparked a controversy for obscene language and content. 40 lakh, were donated to charity projects. The organisers had said that the proceeds from the event, amounting to Rs. It went viral with over four million views in less than four days. AIB Knockout was a comic roast of actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar and organised by the comedy collective All India Bakchod (AIB).
