All India Bakchod, commonly abbreviated as AIB, is an Indian comedy group. The group was initially founded by Gursimran Khamba and Tanmay Bhat and was later joined by Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya. All four members are equal owners of the group.
The group maintains a YouTube channel that shows their comedy sketches and parodies on topics such as politics, society, and the Hindi film industry, and much of their reputation was founded on their online presence.
Initially, the group produced podcasts, before using YouTube in 2013 as a medium to share their comedic work. Joshi had noted that the reason for their use of YouTube was that they simply did not have funds for advertisements and other promotional materials, and instead relied upon social media to promote their work.
Current Work[]
As of March 2015, the group has amassed over 100 million views on their videos and has 2 million subscribers on YouTube. The group has multiple employees for script writing, brand consulting, and coordinating academic and corporate workshops. In December 2014, AIB organized a roast show, All India Bakchod Knockout Championship featuring Karan Johar as the host with Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor as subjects of the roast. The event is claimed to have raised over 40 lakh rupees for charity organisations such as Being Human and Vogue Empower, which works for women empowerment. They also perform regular stand-up acts across the globe.
AIB also has an advertisement wing called Vigyapanti, which was started in early October 2015. It was kicked off by the release of an online video titled "Creep Qawwali", which was an advertisement for the start-up dating portal, Truly Madly.
AIB started a news comedy series called On Air With AIB on the Star Network in October 2015. The 20-episode show (10 in English, 10 in Hindi) was released on Hotstar first, followed by weekend airing on STAR World India and Star Plus.
AIB also conducts screenwriting workshops under the banner AIB First Draft
On Air with AIB[]
On Air with AIB is a typical news comedy show that aims to find comedy in tragedy. Hosted by Rohan Joshi, Tanmay Bhat, Ashish Shakya and Gursimran Khamba, the show featured interviews, sketches and an examination of systemic issues that the country faces. The show has been co-hosted and written by Zakir Khan.
Season 2 of On Air with AIB is released only on Hotstar.Season 2 of On Air with AIB is released only on Hotstar.
| Episode | English Title | Hindi Title | Airing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why Be Good? | Zaban Sambhal Ke | 29 October 2015 |
| 2 | Aag - The Fire | Aag - The Fire | 5 November 2015 |
| 3 | Cop Blocked | Dar ke Aage Police Hai | 12 November 2015 |
| 4 | Space - The Final Frontier | Thoda Adjust Karo | 19 November 2015 |
| 5 | HIV/AIDS - Red Ribbon | HIV/AIDS - Nazar Hatao Jan Gavaon | 26 November 2015 |
| 6 | Monumental Screw Up | Purana Quila Nayi Vaat | 3 December 2015 |
| 7 | Delhi Smelly | Kaat Kaleja Delhi | 10 December 2015 |
| 8 | Ignorth East | Gharwale Baharwale | 17 December 2015 |
| 9 | Get High on Your Own Supply | Aakhri Nasha dil pe chadha | 24 December 2015 |
| 10 | Sex and the CSE | Phool aur Kante | 31 December 2015 |
Season 2 started on 6 March 2017.
| Episode | Title | Airing date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nationalism Vs Anti-Nationalism | 6 March 2017 |
| 2 | Political Acronyms Are Dumb | 8 March 2017 |
| 3 | Back to School with Kanan and Biswa | 10 March 2017 |
| 4 | Purani Jeans Purani Soch | 13 March 2017 |
| 5 | Pseudoscience | 15 March 2017 |
| 6 | Trip Talk With Rahul | 17 March 2017 |
| 7 | Broad Bandh | 20 March 2017 |
| 8 | Fake News | 27 March 2017 |
| 9 | Kangarude | 29 March 2017 |
| 10 | 2 Fast 2 Dumb with Kenny Sebastian | 31 March 2017 |
| 11 | Domestic Disturbance | 3 April 2017 |
| 12 | Straight Otta Noida | 5 April 2017 |
| 13 | One Tip, One Hand with Varun and Neville | 7 April 2017 |
| 14 | Science, Bitch! | 10 April 2017 |
| 15 | Aadhar Ya Na-Dhar | 11 April 2017 |
| 16 | D
Pedo Media |
12 April 2017 |
Politics[]
AIB has taken often controversial stances on many liberal issues.
In 2013, they uploaded a satirical video called Rape: It's Your Fault, starring Kalki Koechlin and Juhi Pandu. The video went viral with over 5 million views, and started conversations about the way that rape victims in India are treated in the media and by law enforcement.
AIB has been highly critical of Facebook's Free Basics program, on the grounds that it violates net neutrality. In 2015 the group made three videos, all of which went viral, published on YouTube, urging people to write to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to keep India's internet neutral towards contents and content providers and providing a substantial boost to the pro-net neutrality SaveTheInternet.in campaign. Later TRAI supported net neutrality and ruled against differential data pricing based on content which resulted in ending zero-rating platforms in India including Free Basics and Airtel Zero.
In 2016, they uploaded a satirical video called The Demonetisation Circus based on the Modi government's decision to demonetise banknotes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000. The video exposed the problems faced by the common public and the attitude of citizens towards their brethren in a satirical manner.
The Royal Turds[]
The Royal Turds is a comedic awards ceremony that recognizes the worst of the Hindi film industry. It is presented by All India Bakchod, in collaboration with other stand-up comedians such as Abish Mathew.
The event is organized and promoted by OML and NH7, respectively. The ceremony is conducted in a stand-up comedy format, and its variations are recreated by the group in several shows at the same or different locations, sometimes even in other Indian cities.
The statuette is a golden mug, depicting the article that is generally used by people of the region to clean up after defecation. Selected clips of the event are published on YouTube, although no clip has been published since the Royal Turds 2013.
