JohnnyLever is undisputedly the "king of comedy" in Bollywood today having regaled cinegoers with his unique brand of humour in hundreds of films over the last more than two decades.
Now, in the silver jubilee year of his stint in Bollywood, the "superstar of comedy" JohnnyLever is all set to send TV viewers into splits with his new comedy serial 'Johnny Ala Re', his first ever show on the small screen.
Johnny will meet them in his own comical manner, ensuring that the audience are in slits, rolling in the aisles.'' On his part, JohnnyLever promised that he would leave no stone unturned in infusing laughter in the lives of TV viewers.
Lever in an interview earlier in the day said that since he first came to US with Amitabh Bachchan in 1983, he has noticed a change in audience expectations.
It was then time for JohnnyLever to make his appearance and very soon it was obvious why he is called the kind of comedy.
Lever then returned and talked about how marriage is like a chewing gum-very sweet initially then you can neither spit it nor swallow it- there is no choice but just keep on chewing it.
JohnnyLever: I used to practice mimicry, side by side when I was working at the factory.
JohnnyLever: Oh yes, I have been mobbed by people at functions many a times who ask me to perform something for them, or ask me to tell a joke and things like that.
Johnny sahab, you are great...aap hamesha khush rahen yahi hamari dua hai..
Every Johnny has his day (especially in a world where everybody is famous for 15 minutes), but Johnny Walker ruled for nearly two decades as one of Hindi cinema's most sought after funmeisters.
Johnny married Noor at the height of his popularity and spent the morning after his honeymoon sweating it out at the studios.
Johnny Walker may have passed away but his scratchy voice and goofy demeanour will linger on in the minds of cinegoers.
JohnnyLever - Humor Icon of Bollywood King of comedy, Junior Charlie Chaplin, India's gift to the nation, extremely talented Aslam bhai - these are the few words go by in addressing JohnnyLever.
Today Johnny is one of the most highly respected and highly paid comedians in Indian film industry.
Many used to watch me doing those plays and at the end they would all come and congratulate me. Most of them said 'Johnny you are extremely talented why don't you try your luck in films' this statement started to ring in my mind very often.
That's what Lever's name has long stood for in India and it is what made the 56-year-old actor — who will be in Singapore on Saturday for a performance at the University Cultural Centre — his generation's best-known funnyman.
That decade-long span was the 1990s, when Lever was at his peak and there were still a host of Hindi films with comedy sub-plots in their storylines.
Now the host of the TV comedy show Johnny Ala Re (Here Cometh Johnny) on Zee TV, Lever still dabbles in film but is nowhere near as prolific as he once was.
