Producer
Based on the lack of creative content in TV productions. It parodied an attempt to produce a television programme by individuals with money but no qualifications. Jaspal Bhatti plays the producer here.
Flop Show - Episode - Producer
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Flop Show - Episode - Line Man - Telephone Customer
Telephone Customer
A parody on the working of the Indian telephone department and its officials. It shows the delays in getting telephone connections, and the poor quality of telephone infrastructure in those days.
Flop Show - Telephone - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Telephone - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Telephone - Part 3 of 3
A parody on the working of the Indian telephone department and its officials. It shows the delays in getting telephone connections, and the poor quality of telephone infrastructure in those days.
Flop Show - Telephone - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Telephone - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Telephone - Part 3 of 3
Flop Show - Episode - Govt. Officer
Govt. Officer
A satirical take on the functioning of government offices. It parodies the misuse of government machinery, portrayed through a government official (Jaspal Bhatti) deploying public officials and resources to search for his missing pet dog.
Flop Show - Office Misuse - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Office Misuse - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Office Misuse - Part 3 of 3
A satirical take on the functioning of government offices. It parodies the misuse of government machinery, portrayed through a government official (Jaspal Bhatti) deploying public officials and resources to search for his missing pet dog.
Flop Show - Office Misuse - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Office Misuse - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Office Misuse - Part 3 of 3
Flop Show - Episode - Meeting
Meeting
This episode takes on the daily routine of Government bureaucrats who spent most of their day in meaningless meetings and even appoint committees for making trivial decisions.
Flop Show - Meeting - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Meeting - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Meeting - Part 3 of 3
This episode takes on the daily routine of Government bureaucrats who spent most of their day in meaningless meetings and even appoint committees for making trivial decisions.
Flop Show - Meeting - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Meeting - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Meeting - Part 3 of 3
Flop Show - Episode - Ph.D - Professor and Ph.D student's guide
Professor and Ph.D student's guide
A satirical take on the harassment that professors guiding post-graduate research students submit them to. In this episode, Jaspal Bhatti plays the professor guiding a Ph.D student. He gets all his domestic chores done through his protege. Eventually, he agrees to pass his student's thesis with the intention of getting him married to his sister-in-law.
Flop Show - PHD - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - PHD - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - PHD - Part 3 of 3
A satirical take on the harassment that professors guiding post-graduate research students submit them to. In this episode, Jaspal Bhatti plays the professor guiding a Ph.D student. He gets all his domestic chores done through his protege. Eventually, he agrees to pass his student's thesis with the intention of getting him married to his sister-in-law.
Flop Show - PHD - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - PHD - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - PHD - Part 3 of 3
Flop Show - Episode - Contractor
Contractor
A take on the poor quality construction of Government-built apartments and the shoddy work of contractors. It showcases the troubles of residents of housing complexes.
Flop Show - Contractor - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Contractor - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Contractor - Part 3 of 3
A take on the poor quality construction of Government-built apartments and the shoddy work of contractors. It showcases the troubles of residents of housing complexes.
Flop Show - Contractor - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Contractor - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Contractor - Part 3 of 3
Flop Show - Episode - Property
Property
A satirical take on the travails of honest real estate property owners. This episode highlights some of the devious schemes used by tenants for usurping residential property belonging to others.
Flop Show - Property - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Property - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Property - Part 3 of 3
A satirical take on the travails of honest real estate property owners. This episode highlights some of the devious schemes used by tenants for usurping residential property belonging to others.
Flop Show - Property - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Property - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Property - Part 3 of 3
Flop Show - Episode - Medical Bills
Medical Bills
A satirical take on fake medical reimbursement claims of employees. This episode is about Jaspal Bhatti's friend, who is very ill, getting hospitalized in his name. When he passes away, people assume Jaspal Bhatti to be dead.
Flop Show - Medical Bill - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Medical Bill - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Medical Bill - Part 3 of 3
A satirical take on fake medical reimbursement claims of employees. This episode is about Jaspal Bhatti's friend, who is very ill, getting hospitalized in his name. When he passes away, people assume Jaspal Bhatti to be dead.
Flop Show - Medical Bill - Part 1 of 3
Flop Show - Medical Bill - Part 2 of 3
Flop Show - Medical Bill - Part 3 of 3
Flop Show - Episode - Chief Guest
Chief Guest
A satirical take on chief guests arriving late at public functions and thus making audiences wait. The episode illustrates the misery of a chief guest (Jaspal Bhatti) who actually arrives at a function on time.
Flop Show Chief Guest Part 1 of 2
Flop Show Chief Guest Part 2 of 2
A satirical take on chief guests arriving late at public functions and thus making audiences wait. The episode illustrates the misery of a chief guest (Jaspal Bhatti) who actually arrives at a function on time.
Flop Show Chief Guest Part 1 of 2
Flop Show Chief Guest Part 2 of 2
Flop Show - Episode - Doctor
Doctor
A take on the callous working habits of doctors in Government hospitals. Jaspal Bhatti plays a doctor who loses his watch in a patient's stomach during a surgery.
Flop Show - Doctor - Part 1 of 2
Flop Show - Doctor - Part 2 of 2
A take on the callous working habits of doctors in Government hospitals. Jaspal Bhatti plays a doctor who loses his watch in a patient's stomach during a surgery.
Flop Show - Doctor - Part 1 of 2
Flop Show - Doctor - Part 2 of 2
Flop Show Television Series Episodes
Flop Show is an Indian television sitcom that first aired on Doordarshan in 1989. The show was written and directed by satirical humourist Jaspal Bhatti, who also played himself as the main character. His wife Savita Bhatti produced the show and also acted in all the episodes as his wife. The sitcom was a satire on the socio-cultural problems faced by the common man in India at the time. Although only 10 episodes of the show were ever produced, the show has had a long and powerful legacy.
Flop Show has a distinctive opening sequence. It starts off with a dedication to those whom the specific episode is poking fun at. This is followed by the title song "Flop Show", which mocks the show itself as being misdirected. It features most of the main cast collectively playing musical instruments as a band. Jaspal Bhatti appears as an eye-patch wearing, menacing looking director. The other cast members are dressed variously as a Police Inspector, a Doctor, a peon, etc.
All 10 episodes of Flop Show are satires done on socio-cultural problems of the common man. The show was immensely popular and still gets repeated re-runs on various Doordarshan channels. The show was shot completely in Chandigarh. The cast remained the same in every episode, although they played different characters as each episode essayed a different story.
Another distinctive aspect of the show was a joke in between the casting credits at the beginning and a satirically reworded popular Hindi film song played at the end of every episode.
Cast
Jaspal Bhatti
Vivek Shauq
Savita Bhatti
Rajesh Jolly
BN Sharma
Kuldeep Sharma
Ravi Sharma
Prem Kakaria
Binny Grover
Devender Mundepi
Payal Chaudhary
Vinod Sharma
Rajinder
Brijesh Ahuja
Kishore Mehta
Shyam Juneja
Flop Show has a distinctive opening sequence. It starts off with a dedication to those whom the specific episode is poking fun at. This is followed by the title song "Flop Show", which mocks the show itself as being misdirected. It features most of the main cast collectively playing musical instruments as a band. Jaspal Bhatti appears as an eye-patch wearing, menacing looking director. The other cast members are dressed variously as a Police Inspector, a Doctor, a peon, etc.
All 10 episodes of Flop Show are satires done on socio-cultural problems of the common man. The show was immensely popular and still gets repeated re-runs on various Doordarshan channels. The show was shot completely in Chandigarh. The cast remained the same in every episode, although they played different characters as each episode essayed a different story.
Another distinctive aspect of the show was a joke in between the casting credits at the beginning and a satirically reworded popular Hindi film song played at the end of every episode.
Cast
Jaspal Bhatti
Vivek Shauq
Savita Bhatti
Rajesh Jolly
BN Sharma
Kuldeep Sharma
Ravi Sharma
Prem Kakaria
Binny Grover
Devender Mundepi
Payal Chaudhary
Vinod Sharma
Rajinder
Brijesh Ahuja
Kishore Mehta
Shyam Juneja
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