The biography of famous comedian Jaspal Bhatti

Jaspal BhattiJaspal Singh Bhatti   was born on 3 March 1955 at Amritsar in a Rajput Sikh family. By profession he was an electrical engineer having pursued the same from Punjab Engineering College,Chandigarh . He was the  best known TV Comedian till date. He has been the propounder of TV Comedy and had acted in Bollywood movies.

He was famous for his street plays like his Nonsense Club during his college days. Most of these plays were spoofs ridiculing corruption in society. Before venturing into television, he was a cartoonist for the The Tribune newspaper in Chandigarh.

His low-budget Flop Show show in the early 1990s is remembered even today. His wife Savita Bhatti produced the show and acted in all the episodes as his wife. Only 10 episodes were ever produced, but the show has had a long and powerful legacy and is well remembered. One of his co-actors Vivek Shauq has been very successful since his stint in Flop Show, having found a footing in Hindi cinema.

Bhatti’s subsequently acted and directed the popular TV series Ulta Pulta and Nonsense Private Limited for the Doordarshan television network. What attracted audience to his shows was his gift of inducing humour to highlight everyday issues of the middle class in India. Jaspal Bhatti’s satire on the Punjab police Mahaul Theek Hai (1999) was his first directorial venture for a full-length feature film in his native Punjabi language. It was well received amongst audience for its simple and honest humour. He played the role of Jolly Good Singh, a guard, in the movie Fanaa. He played a comical college principal in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe. He also starred in the comedy Punjabi film Jijaji.

In his latest stint, Bhatti and his wife Savita competed in a popular Star Plus show Nach Baliye which went on air in October 2008.  The couple put their best foot forward to entertain the audiences with their dancing and comic skills.

In his later years, Jaspal Bhatti set up a training school and a studio in Mohali near Chandigarh called “Joke Factory”.

He also launched a new 52-episode comedy series titled ”Thank You Jijaji” on Sony’s family entertainment channel, SAB TV. It was shot at his own MAD Arts film school at Chandigarh.

Bhatti at a 2009 carnival at Chandigarh put up a stall displaying vegetables, daal and oils. The onlookers were invited to throw rings around them to win these costly goods as prizes to poke fun at the government’s failure to control inflation.

Bhatti was granted the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the first Golden Kela Awards.