Press Release

Life OK opens ‘Comedy Classes’ on weekdays

1 October 2014

Premiering on Oct 7 at 10 PM, the show is a sitcom about an acting school called ‘Ache Din Institute’ with a crazy bunch of teachers and students.

This festive season, Life OK promises to add a smile on the face of its viewers by taking them back to the classroom. The channel is bringing together the biggest stars of comedy in its latest offering “Comedy Classes”. Premiering on October 7, the show takes 10 PM slot on every Monday-Friday.
Produced by Optimystix, the new show is a sitcom about an acting school called ‘Ache Din Institute’ with a crazy bunch of teachers and students.
The class consists of mad teachers such as Krushna, the flamboyant, flirtatious and artful acting coach who is a struggling actor himself and does odd jobs for a living. Bharti plays the dance instructor, whose contemporaries include Saroj Khan and Farah Khan. She has invented her own moves and grooves like Bharti-Natyam and Gambra (a mix of garba and bhangra). The ‘Kanjus’ but romantic old music master Sudesh who never misses a chance to mix two songs to create his ‘original’ compositions and the inimitable Urdu expert from Pakistan,Shakeel Siddiqui, who can speak no more than seven sentences in Urdu!

Ajit Thakur
 Ajit Thakur, EVP & General Manager of Life OK said, “This Diwali Life OK will be the biggest destination for the viewers with 6 new offerings in just 8 weeks. Comedy Classes will see us bringing the sitcom genre back to Indian Television. With the biggest names of the Indian comedy, Krushna, Bharti, Sudesh and Shakeel, the show promises to be one of the most awaited offering for the viewers.”
Vipul D. Shah & Sanjiv Sharma, Producers, Optimystix, said, “Comedy Classes is a very entertaining concept of mad teachers and students who will bring the house down with laughter through their weird classroom sessions. With a strong creative idea and powerhouse of talent, we are sure the audiences would love our new age classes.”
Source: Bestmediainfo.com
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