By News18
When Farah Khan recently sat down for a chat with Munawar Faruqui for her YouTube vlog, she seemingly left the comedian a little disappointed. It all started after Munawar opened up about his time in jail and talked about the intense environment in Bigg Boss.
However, when Farah asked the stand-up comedian, 鈥淲hich was worse? Jail or Bigg Boss?鈥, Munawar didn鈥檛 hesitate and responded by saying, 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 even compare. It鈥檚 offensive to compare.鈥
Munawar Faruqui鈥檚 response seemingly shook Farah, who then decided to lighten the mood by asking, 鈥淲hich had more irritating people?鈥 To this, Munawar quickly replied, 鈥淏igg Boss.鈥
When And Why Was Munawar Faruqui Jailed?
Munawar Faruqui was arrested in January 2021 after a complaint was filed against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during one of his shows in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
According to police, the complainant overheard 鈥榬ehearsal jokes鈥 that the Mumbai-based artist was going to crack on his show. The complaint was filed by Eklavya Singh Gaur (36), son of local BJP MLA Malini Laxman Singh Gaur, based on which Faruqui and four others were arrested, police said. Gaur and his associates had gone to the show as an audience, where they objected to the comments and created a ruckus over it. They also forced the event to stop.
The comedian had to stay in jail for 37 days but was later granted bail by the Supreme Court.
Later in November of the same year, he took to social media and announced that he had quit stand-up comedy. Back then, the comedian had issued a statement and alleged that 12 of his shows were cancelled in just two months due to threats of vandalism.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Munawar Faruqui was recently seen as a special guest on Laughter Chefs season 2. Besides this, he also made his acting debut recently. His web series, First Copy, is currently streaming on Amazon MX Player.