India’s most loved humorist, Jaspal Bhatti’s vision is alive and kicking. The Chandigarh Administration is celebrating the contribution made by him by holding ‘Jaspal Bhatti Humor Festival’ on his birthday this year, which is on March 3.
Addressing a Press conference, Jitender Yadav, Director, Department of Cultural Affairs, said that the event would be a two day affair and would showcase comedians from all over the country. The event hosted by the Administration will be staged at Tagore Theatre on March 3 and 4. Yadav said that artists from Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab were going to be a part of the festival. AIB, Jaswinder Bhalla, Bal Mukand Sharma, Rana Ranbir, Surendra Sharma, Deepak Raja, Amit Tandon, Rupesh Tillu and Sumedh Shinde would be the star attractions of the two day festival. Savita Bhatti, wife of Jaspal Bhatti, said that it was a commendable effort to pay respect to the man who had made Chandigarh his personal and professional base.
“The festival will be a living testimony to the ground breaking work Bhatti did and it will be our effort to showcase different forms of humor through the coming years”.