The year that made you ROFL

If this doesnrsquot make you grab your television remotes then nothing will as we dive into a world where AC units go subzero men experience the joys of pregnancy and Ganpati immersions turn into unexpected reunions midday catches up with actors from the television industry to hear the quirky tales behind each scene that left them and the audience rolling on the floor laughing From viral memes to unexpected twists actors spill the beans on the hilarious side of the small screen proving that comedy knows no bounds in the world of entertainmentKaran SharmaI remember one funny sequence from Sasural Simar Ka 2 where my brother Aarav is dead and my sisterinlaw meets a tantrik who advises her to go to Paatal Lok and bring his soul back So she temporarily kills herself goes to hell saves him from a demon and then brings him back to life When we read the scene it was too hilarious We wondered what we were expected to do but the audience enjoyed it so we didnrsquot mindPavitra PuniaIn the show Naagmani I remember the scene when the female lead takes a scooter to go to the moon to rescue her husband and child trapped on it This was around this time that Chandrayaan 3 landed on the moon There was a meme about how Narendra Modi should have taken tips from us on how to land on the moon In fact our show has been a successful source of content for several memesMonika KhannaWhile I was not part of this show Nath Zewar Ya Zanjeer there was a scene that left me in splits During the Ganpati festival the lead character is cemented in the idol On route to the immersion her husband discovers this when he sees her scarf floating in the water He immediately recognises his wife and rescues her It was an unbelievable scene When I heard about it I had to watch it and laughDelnaaz IraniThis was for the series Khatti Mithi on Amazon miniTV and I was making a special appearance in an episode Rakesh Bedi and I had a scene where he had to flirt with me in front of my kids and since wersquove done so much work together we got carried away with our improvisations In the scene when my daughter introduces me to his character he says ldquoBahut khoobsurat hairdquo I get shocked and I ask him to repeat himself As part of our improvisation he went on a compliment spree He said ldquoMy eyes are prettyrdquo and we all burst out laughingSheeba AkashdeepI play a witty Punjabi woman in Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si In a scene where I have scolded my daughterinlaw I turn around and talk to myself My dialogue is ldquoWow Mein beautiful ho gayi bahut Mein kya karu apni sundarta ka I have become beautiful What do I do with this beautyrdquo Then I removed my undereye pad which was hilarious I have a few phrases in the show which gives my character and the show comic reliefSonal PanvarIn my comedy show Happu Ki Ultan Paltan there was an episode where Happu got pregnant The characters believe that male pregnancy is a possible phenomenon But when he goes into the delivery room it turns out that the fiasco was originally caused by a bloated stomach due to gas It was a hilarious scene and a funny experienceReem ShaikhDuring an intense scene of Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal we wore fake vampire teeth As soon as I widened my mouth to do the vampire growl the fake teeth came off It had the entire set in splits because we were all ready to give the scene the final touch To then have this mishap when all were expecting to finish the shot in one take was hilarious I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyesAnupama SolankiIt was a particular scene from NathmdashKrishna Aur Gauri Ki Kahani where I placed a hightech device on top of the air conditioner to reduce the temperature to subzero degrees and suddenly everything freezes in the room even a person cannot move towards the phone to call for help While it was supposed to come across as a horror scene the audience had a hearty laugh The meme went viral asking how the AC went below minus 10 degrees I was surprised by the memes on it the audience is too creative but I am glad they liked my comical vamp character I credit the writers for thinking out of the box