This episode is about Jaspal Bhatti's friend, who is very ill, getting hospitalized in his name.
The episode illustrates the misery of a chief guest (Jaspal Bhatti) who actually arrives at a function on time.Ī satirical take on fake medical reimbursement claims of employees. Episodesįollowing is the complete list of episodes: EpisodeĪ satirical take on chief guests arriving late at public functions and thus making audiences wait. The cast remained the same in every episode, although they played different characters as each episode essayed a different story.Īnother 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. The show was shot completely in Chandigarh with some episodes being shot at Punjab Engineering College ( Jaspal Bhatti is an alumnus of that college ). The show was immensely popular and still gets repeated re-runs on various Doordarshan channels. The other cast members are dressed variously as a police inspector, a doctor, a peon, etc.Īll 10 episodes of Flop Show are satires done on socio-cultural problems of the common man. Jaspal Bhatti appears as an eye-patch wearing, menacing looking director. It features most of the main cast collectively playing musical instruments as a band. This is followed by the title song "Flop Show", which mocks the show itself as being misdirected.
It starts off with a dedication to those whom the specific episode is poking fun at. Although only 10 episodes of the show were ever produced, the show has had a long and powerful legacy.įlop Show has a distinctive opening sequence. The sitcom was a satire on the socio-cultural problems faced by the common man in India at the time. His wife Savita Bhatti produced the show and also acted in all the episodes as his wife. The show was written and directed by satirical humourist Jaspal Bhatti, who also played himself as the main character. Flop Show is an Indian television sitcom that first aired on Doordarshan in 1989.
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