My wife is funnier:Cyrus

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RIB-TICKLER: Cyrus Broacha. (TOI Photo)

...says funny man Cyrus Broacha in an EXCLUSIVE interview with KT as he gets even funnier when asked about certain other things


Blessed with a ready wit Cyrus Broacha's rib-tickling sense of humour is hard to match, not to mention hard to stomach as well. Shaking a leg on the sets of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 2 (JDJ2), the funny man tells KT what it is like dancing to someone else's tune for a change and why he has kept away from laughter challenges despite his talent. Though he shot back answers with a straight face we still took his answers with a pinch of salt.

On humour running in the family: My wife is even funnier than me but no one is ready to take her on the show. I have actually tried promoting her so much as a female stand up comedian. Par koi sunta hi nahin hai. Now she is growing a beard and taking steroids to turn into man so that she can make career as a comedian for herself.

On not being on the Laughter Challenge: That's because they shoot in Andheri and I only come till Mahim, Baba! If they want me on their show they will have to shift location, I will not come all the way to Andheri, it's like flying to New Delhi for a shoot.

On Navjot Singh Sidhu: Sidhu and I are very good friends and what many people don't know is that he's a very soft spoken person. But he just goes mad once the camera is turned on. He can't even recognise me and thinks I am a waiter who served him somewhere. But that's ok. (Laughs)

On Shekar Suman: Yeah, I have heard about him, he's into body building these days, right? Actually I have heard his coach is that body builder who had to give up her medals for substance abuse!

On being on telly soaps: Well, I will consider it only if Ekta Kapoor offers me the role of Baa's dead body at the age of 450 years. As I have passed my prime to play a glamorous young woman on these saas-bahu serials, playing Baa's dead body is one role I am really looking forward to.

On being on a dance show: I was forced into it by my manager who said this is the only way people will notice us. So I agreed to dance to her tunes, but I am disgusted now.

On co-participants: Everyone on the show is really old, the women participants are all above 50 and the men are taking painkillers and steroids so that they can dance without any serious health complications. I can name females who are old but try to look young through make up.

There is this guy Toby, a choreographer, who is 47 years old but he looks so young on the show with the help of medication and make up! It's ridiculous.

On his dancing prowess: Arre I am fed up, seriously I am dying to lose this competition but these guys have decided to keep me on for another week. My children keep asking me, 'when will you come home dad' as they find it embarrassing to tell their friends their daddy is a dancer!

On the judges of JDJ2: Oh they all love me yaar. Mercifully none of them (Jeetendra, Urmila and Shiamak Dawar) have come down and touched me like they do to others contestants. But instead they treat me like an animal and keep calling me to them making strange sounds! I am ok with that though.

On Bollywood dreams: Oh yeah! I have very big Bollywood dreams and I have already signed a comedy film with Kunal Vijaykar. There is no big star cast in the movie except me, Boman Irani and Dia Mirza who we have paid Rs 1 crore. People want to see females more than males, so we have paid Dia and will show her to them!!!