Cyrus Broacha and Kunal Vijayakar's new show will leave you in splits

Cyrus Broacha and Kunal Vijayakar have been friends for a long time mdash from the start of the 1990s to be exact And over the last two decades or so they have proven that some partnerships are meant to last From creating satirical shows for TVacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088to bringing the funnies to a live audience the duo is now back with a new show titled How I Met Your Father Directed by Raell Padamsee it also stars actor Gopal Dutt and Broachas 10yearold daughter Maya We meet the duo before a rehearsal at a Bandra venue Excerpts from the interviewShraddhaacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Whats the story behind the titleCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088You see Kunal and I have known each other since 1991 And as two heterosexual males we spend far too much time with each other for it to be considered normal Obviously questions have been asked Youll even find him at my kids school functions more often than my wife Maya has even been introducing us as her dadsKunal Shes been watching too much Modern FamilyI think she wants gay dadsCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088And yet again Ive disappointed herKunalacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Coming back to the topic a lot of people ask us all the time how we met Thats how we came up with the title And it made perfect sense to include Maya in it especially since shes interested in acting She comes on in the beginning where she raises the question of how I met her fatherAnd that leads to various situations and setupsCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088I would have used my son happily but hes charging money laughsBroacha and Vijayakar top with Gopal Dutt PicsShadab KhanShraddhaacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088What can the audience expect at the showKunal The posters of me dressed as a woman standing next to Cyrus imply that this is a sex comedyCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088My worry is that the LGBT community will come for the opening show and be very disappointedKunal In all honesty though theres a lot of standup and audience interaction that Cyrus does Then there is sketch comedy which Gopal and I are doing So at the end of it its three people with varied sensibilities coming togetherCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Youre boring us with your big words But yes weve got interesting things happening Well have funKunalacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088And as some great person said If you have fun the audience will have fun with youCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088No great person said that Iacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088told you that while peeingKunalacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088I just called you a great personCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088When your photographer arrives ask him to do a shoot with Kunal outdoors He hates the sun He wants AC everything mdash AC car AC house and AC theatre alsoKunal Im 52 years old Ive worked for most of my life I think I deserve itCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088What have you done in your life I should tell them what a lazy writer you are Kunal steals from himself Today he wanted to reuse a script from two years agoKunal Thats okay rightCyrus No thats still plagiarism even if youre plagiarising from yourselfShraddha Dont you tire of each otherCyrusacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Give me any other person mdash no waitmdash give me a plant as a friend and Ill take it today Have you had a pimple that doesnt go away Hes that pimpleKunal At least a pimple is small Cyrus is like a rash A very itchy one