Cyrus Broacha
Cyrus Broacha
Cyrus Broacha is a TV anchor, theatre personality, comedian, political satirist, columnist, podcaster and author. He is also a prankster, best known for his show Bakra on MTV and his show The Week That Wasn't on CNN-IBN.He has also given voiceover as Angada in cartoon film Ramayana...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth7 August 1971
CountryIndia
award golden national thinks
My mother thinks I'm a national treasure. She's the only one who thinks my Golden Kela award is the greatest gift ever.
father son people
I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing the tradition, I have named my son after Mikhail Gorbachev, someone whom I admire. He gave his people freedom.
india comedy problem
That is the problem with comedy in India. Spoofing sells. Come up with original comedy about the hilarious nation we are, with funny accents and odd rituals, and we get into trouble.
lazy firsts comedy
The first rule of comedy should be, you must be very lazy. Whoever works should be immediately removed.
play unemployed wealthy
Unless you are wealthy, you cannot afford to act or direct one play and remain unemployed the rest of the time.
theatre littles little-money
There's little money in theatre.
genes south
We South Asians have sycophancy in our genes!
desire great serve
I have a great desire to serve humanity without ever actually getting off my chair.
computer
I don't keep a mobile, I am not computer savvy; I am not on any website. I live like a cave man.
dressing enjoying fooling good living people playing pranks time
At the end of the day, I know that I make my living by dressing up, fooling around, playing pranks and giving people a good time. I am enjoying the ride.
forms
As a test cricket lover, and as a cricket lover, I like all forms of the game.
manage women
I have no idea how women manage their hair. Seriously.
realised
I realised that a television show on political lampoon was one genre that was missing.
came grew quirky realised
I grew up in Delhi, where there are no Parsis. But once I came to Mumbai, I realised how quirky Parsis are.