Sunil Grover’s avatars get standing ovation in Auckland

Living up to the excitement and expectation of his fans in Auckland, Sunil Grover aka Dr Mashoor Gulati, Rinku Bhabhi, Gutthi and duplicate Amitabh Bachchan delivered a massively successful show in Auckland last week.

Actor and stage comedian Sunil Grover stood in different characters donning a saree with a broad vermilion on his forehead playing the avatar of Rinku Bhabhi; the comedian jumped at the first chance walking amongst the audience and interacting with them.

The much-anticipated show of the year received an almost full house booking with families and friends queueing outside the Convention Centre to see the actor perform live.

In his starting acts, Sunil Grover dubbed speeches of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former President of USA, Barrack Obama and also Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in his voice making humorous anecdotes while welcoming his audience in the auditorium.

Sunil charmed the audience with his witty one-liners, picking up on the audience who arrived late to the show. Against the background of his signature music video in which he complains not being loved by her husband, Sunil raved the audience with several anecdotes and jokes that got the audience of their seats laughing.

What made the show an actual ‘paisa vasool’ was his charm and part of the act to engage with the audience seated by make them dance with him, crack jokes with them and play silly games that brought more laughter and smiles.

Sunil used seemingly mundane words and situations relevant to New Zealand and created comedy in his act.

“Who would have thought here that Mission Bay, Papatoetoe, DOL, Immigration at the airport and Maa da Achaar would create such hilarious comedy acts on stage and Sunil Grover performed used these words to create a never seen comedy act on the stage,” a member of the audience said giving feedback on the show.

He equally charmed the audience with his avatar Dr Mashoor Gulati, Sunil Grover himself, Gutthi, and duplicate Amitabh Bachchan where he picked a random person from the audience and played ‘Kaun Nahi Banega Crorepati’, a parody of the famous Indian games show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

The surprise elements of the evening were Dr Mashoor Gulati inviting ten ladies from the audience for a ramp walk on the stage, dance and gave a sponsored goodie bag to the most cheered contestant. Another act just after the interval that Sunil Grover played was reading a poem on the life and his struggles, then narrating a seemingly real-life horror story and scared the audience with a thunder.

Sunil Grover’s brilliance on stage was not just his comic timings, and different characters that bring to life on stage, and but even when playing actor Sunil Grover, he presented himself to the crowd with utmost humility and won the hearts of his audience.

Addressing the guests at the meet and greet one-day ahead of the show, Sunil Grover did not hesitate to mingle with every guest present at the event and shared a laugh or two with them. Sunil mentioned his inspirations that he draws from his real-life experience that he enacts them or scripts them for his sketches, both on-screen and on stage.

“He is one of the most humble stars that I have ever met,” a guest present at the meet and greet event said. 

CFI Events is the Events Manager of show co-ordinated by RS Promotions, presented by Travel Corner & Bindu’s Brows+Beauty.

(All pictures: Blank Canvas Productions)