Are Bollywood stars finally comfortable with self parody?

There is hardly anyone in BTown at least for now who can match Ranveer Singhrsquos quirkiness When Hrithik Roshan recently dared the Ram Leela star to pose on one of Mumbairsquos thoroughfares he went the distance and then some more Not only did Ranveer step out of his car on the shoplined Linking Road wearing a Krrish costume but also did some mean moves leaving onlookers amusedRecently dared by Hrithik Roshan to pose on one of Mumbairsquos streets not only did Ranveer Singh step out of his car on the shoplined Linking Road wearing a Krrish costume but he also did some mean moves leaving onlookers amused The actor was clearly okay with the crowd around him breaking into chuckles PicYogen ShahRanveerrsquos antics on the streets raised a laugh among social media groups too but the actor doesnrsquot seem to care about it The laughter serves as a motivating factor for him to exude more confidence He is known to do zany things because of his innate ability to laugh at himself Not many in BTown have this quality as they prefer to stick to their primnproper appearances How many stars do you know who would dare to poke fun at themselvesVideo gagaEnough has been said of Alia Bhatt and her now famous IQ thanks to her faux pas on Karan Joharrsquos chat show The actress came up with a cracker of an idea mdash a funny video titled Alia Bhatt mdash Genius Of The Year where she mocked herselfAlia Bhattrsquos critics were silenced when she made fun of her lack of general knowledge by appearing in a spoof videoAt that time she had said ldquoI chose to laugh about it as it was better that way In fact my father Mahesh Bhatt would make it a point to tell me who the chief minister was whenever I was travelling to other states I was always into movies and music but after my jokes started doing the rounds I decided to brush up on my general knowledge as wellrdquoThe meme museJokes about characteractor Alok Nathrsquos Sanskari Babuji image burst on the scene last year After having essayed the role of a revered Babuji in countless films jokes about him spammed inboxes but the veteran actor remained unfazedAlok Nath was unfazed despite jokes about him spamming inboxesHe even began listing his favourites during interviews and was even part of a video spoofing Arvind Kejriwal A while ago when memes about Neil Nitin Mukesh did the rounds he listed his favourite jokes on the lsquothreeinonersquo actorWhen memes about Neil Nitin Mukesh did the rounds he listed his favouritesWhatrsquos in a nameNewcomer Tiger Shroff had to contend with jokes about his name even before his debut film Heropanti had releasedTiger Shroff laughed it off when parallels were drawn between Kareena Kapoor and his looks When parallels were drawn between his looks and Kareena Kapoorrsquos appearance Tiger did not roar in disgust but laughed at himself At that time he had said ldquoIf people think I look like Kareena I take it as a compliment Shersquos gorgeousrdquoKhantasticSohail Khan and Salman Khan appeared on a comedy show to promote their film Jai Ho The latter laughed the loudest when the former shared an anecdoteSalman Khan right laughed the loudest when Sohail recalled an anecdote that made fun of the Dabangg actorSohail recalled that once Salman had called him up to say that he had got it the lsquoitrsquo referring to a story idea But Sohail thought that Salman was talking about securing bail or a visaGetting sportyNot very long ago Sonam Kapoor was picked on for ending almost every other sentence with ldquoYou know what I meanrdquo on a talk show Later a song making fun of this was widely circulated At that time she had reportedly stated ldquoMy friends and I laugh at it I donrsquot think many people have a sense of humour but I can laugh at myself Irsquom constantly explaininghellipyou know what I mean But I have realised that I use those words a lotrdquoCouple capersFarah Khan and hubby Shirish Kunder clearly donrsquot mind laughing at themselves While Farah has no qualms cracking jokes about herself Shirish takes recourse to social media to share wisecracks many of which are about himselfShirish Kunder and Farah Khan have no qualms about making fun of themselvesSample this ldquoIrsquove convinced my wife to do one hour of meditation everyday Thatrsquos the one hour of peace Irsquoll getrdquoAbhishek Bachchan too is known to be able to laugh at himself He displayed his love for selfdeprecating humour by commenting about his Cannes experience with wife Aishwarya RaiAbhishek Bachchan left recently joked that he makes his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan look good He went on to say that when compared to him anyone can look goodSharing a photograph where they had posed for the paparazzi he wrote on a microblogging site ldquoI make her look good Then again anybody compared to me will look goodrdquo It is also well known that Shah Rukh Khan loves making wisecracks and poking fun at himself