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India's Shashi Tharoor has a request for Pakistani comedian Akbar Chaudhry

India's Shashi Tharoor has a request for Pakistani comedian Akbar Chaudhry

He taught us how to speak English like Tharoor, now the politician wants him to mimic PM Imran Khan.
Updated 03 Mar, 2021

Comedian Akbar Chaudhry's mimicries are so funny that even his subjects find hilarious! Indian politician Shashi Tharoor is a fan and has a request for the Pakistani comic.

After being a total sport and enjoying being the butt of Chaudhry's jokes in a video uploaded on February 25, he has asked the comedian to perform his next skit on Prime Minister Imran Khan.

"Next one on Imran Khan please!?" he posted on Twitter.

In the video, Chaudhry pokes fun at the politician by demonstrating how his followers too can "speak English like Shashi Tharoor”.

He then demonstrates three steps — making a milkshake out of an Oxford dictionary and drinking it, injecting one of the man's interviews in his veins, and later crushing the pages of the dictionary and snorting them.

Akbar told Geo TV that his Indian friends say his video has been circulating in WhatsApp groups in the country and giving our neighbours a couple of laughs.

His subject matter is impeccable — Tharoor is well known in India for his verbiage that often leaves people scratching their heads. His Twitter is a goldmine for people wanting to learn big, often unusable, words.

And the list goes on. Who else do you think Chaudhry should mimic?

Comments

Khaled Mar 02, 2021 06:41pm
Not a bad idea.
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Thinking Mar 02, 2021 06:52pm
Indians made better jokes on tharoor, I opened this story with a lot of expectations. suggesting to make next skit on ik, is not a good idea. It's going to drag his famous Oxford education and Germany border issue. Tharoor definitely hit the nail on its head
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Zulfiqar Mar 02, 2021 06:53pm
Mr Tharoor getting offended for no reason. Plenty of Pakistani comedians have imitated Imran Khan way of speaking.
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Chrís Dăn Mar 02, 2021 07:04pm
I love both.
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Manish Desai Mar 02, 2021 07:33pm
Can we please have more of this and less of...whatever we have been doing to each other since independence?
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IndianReader Mar 02, 2021 08:28pm
In Indian parliament the opposition too have high calibre politicians, of international repute.
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azmat shah Mar 02, 2021 08:35pm
@Zulfiqar who told you he got offended. i think he took it in the right spirit
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LgbtqX Mar 02, 2021 08:46pm
Sashi is a better comedian.
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Fast comment Mar 02, 2021 09:23pm
Shashi Tharoor is far better than other Indian politicians. Having seen his appearances on BBC he’s impressive. I wish instead of advising Chaudhry Akbar, he should visit Pakistan and help rapport the emerging new friendship. Your books sales will further boost in Pak, though at the moment it’s selling like hot cake. Pakistanis wish to see your new book, suggesting ways & means to have closest normal relationships between India & Pak. Gandhiji & M.A.Jinnah wish to Pak-India, as good neighbors like Canada & USA.
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D’Souza Mar 02, 2021 09:23pm
@Zulfiqar “ Mr Tharoor getting offended for no reason” Can your brain process information? Does the article not especially say he took it positively?
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RationalBabu Mar 02, 2021 09:24pm
@Zulfiqar read closely, Mr Tharoor has not been offended in the slightest!
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SHAW S Mar 02, 2021 09:50pm
I like him speak his mother tongue English; Specially when speaking with white Brits, he twists his mouth, squeeze his lips and loosens his tongue; .... But thats a picture of how a POS like looks like;
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Jawad Mar 02, 2021 11:15pm
How is this guy even funny
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Hansoti sh Mar 02, 2021 11:30pm
@Zulfiqar offended? No more like a great sport
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M. Saeed Mar 03, 2021 12:00am
He appears to be a big fan of Shashi Kapoor to have his name rhyming with him.
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RationalBabu Mar 03, 2021 12:52am
@SHAW S everybody may not agree with his politics but he is very articulate and a brilliant orator. If Congress manages to dump the dynastic politics and puts younger politicians like Tharoor in charge he would certainly revive the party’s future and give it a contemporary outlook.
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Observer Mar 03, 2021 02:30am
Shows we are the same people divided by politicians for their own benefit!
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Zulfiqar Mar 03, 2021 02:39am
@RationalBabu well I think he was a bit offended even though he took it with a smile or he wouldn’t have jumped at the first opportunity to advise a comedian from across the border to pick on one of his own. Mr Tharoor could have easily passed a light hearted comment without advising. He certainly has the language skills for it .
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KJ Mar 03, 2021 04:21am
Tharoor speaks English that was spoken many decades ago in British Raj time frame, or probably even earlier than that... nobody in England talks like that anymore... somebody needs to tell that to him...
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Wahid Akhram Mar 03, 2021 10:22am
@KJ : Sure, I will tell him, when I see him next time. However, old habits die hard. He is not a native English speaker.
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AnilSahu Mar 03, 2021 10:27am
@Zulfiqar not him but you got offended because he named imran khan
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Zak Mar 03, 2021 11:22am
Comedian Akbar Chaudhry's mimicries are so funny that even his subjects find hilarious! Indian politician Shashi Tharoor is a fan and has a request for the Pakistani comic. This man is an avid anti Pakistan character.
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Zak Mar 03, 2021 11:24am
@Zulfiqar Mr Tharoor getting offended for no reason. Plenty of Pakistani comedians have imitated Imran Khan way of speaking. Tharoor is useless man and anti Pakistan. PMIK is a legend, Modi is a chaiwallah.
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Paddy Mar 03, 2021 11:27am
Why give any attention to this murderer Tharoor?
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bimal william Mar 03, 2021 11:38am
It is said that one must write or speak to express not impress. In the subcontinent it is believed that people speak English to impress and to make the people believe that they are the most intelligent people.
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RationalBabu Mar 03, 2021 03:13pm
@Zak IK born into privilege like all Pakistani politicians, Modi an humble ‘chaiwala’ - like lots of politicians in India. Just look where India stands - and look at pathetic .....!
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j Mar 03, 2021 11:10pm
@Fast comment Visit Pakistan? You are asking him to commit political suicide? No thanks '
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ajay Mar 04, 2021 01:12am
@Zak look at the caliber ,intelligence, capability and Karishma of Indian politicians and look at yours , who cant even speak good English.. that's the reason where Indians stands in the world and Pakistanis.
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Zak Mar 04, 2021 02:01am
@RationalBabu @Zak IK born into privilege like all Pakistani politicians, Modi an humble ‘chaiwala’ - like lots of politicians in India. Just look where India stands - and look at pathetic .....! Pmik is an educated person with humanity who does not go out killing minorities unlike the illiterate chaiwallah. We know where India stands, with no toilets.
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Zak Mar 04, 2021 02:19am
@IndianReader In Indian parliament the opposition too have high calibre politicians, of international repute. 80% are criminals, rapists, mafias.
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zulfiqar Mar 04, 2021 05:08am
@AnilSahu not at all sir. As I said IK gets mocked all the time in Pakistan. He has a distinct style of speaking just like Mr Tharoor. I was surprised Mr Tharoor could have used this opportunity to pick on one of his own political opponents but he made a tongue in cheek choice. Opportunity missed for him.
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Wiser Mar 04, 2021 06:13am
@Zulfiqar Shashi Tharoor, getting offended. Criminals like that don't get offended instead you need to know his level of crookedness to understand the sarcasm.
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Aziza Mar 04, 2021 01:47pm
Sure he has.
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Hsjdjek Mar 04, 2021 05:23pm
@Khaled
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Charles Mar 05, 2021 03:42am
@ajay!!! Yeah, I look at your PM, a chaiwala and most others are just like him,let alone English,their hindi is also offensive to ears!!!!
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