Shots fired: Shekhar Suman takes a dig at Indian fugitives, says 'they used to fly airplanes, play cricket'
Mumbai, June 6
After his brave and relentless satire on his chat show, actor Shekhar Suman, has taken a dig at fugitives, who left India, calling them "glib talkers" with immeasurable charm.
The actor, who is receiving a lot of good response to his recently released streaming show 'The Pyramid Scheme', spoke with IANS along with Ranvir Shorey, Shreyansh Pandey and Paramvir Cheema during the promotional run of the show. He said that he had to put in a lot of work to cultivate the charm of a conman.
The actor told IANS, "The first prerequisite of a con man is the charm. Everybody gets swayed by the charm. They are the glib talkers. Very, very glib, very sharp. These people are very intelligent, except their energy is somewhere else. These kinds of people are very cunning, quick thinking and stuff like that. So, you catch them at one place, put them in jail, get them out and then do something different again".
He further mentioned, "They don't stop. But yes, I've seen a lot of characters like that. There are a lot of people who have left India now. with a lot of money from the banks. And they are comfortably living a very good life outside. Look at them, listen to them. Earlier, they used to fly airplanes, play cricket. So, if you listen to all these people, your character is right in front of you".
Meanwhile, the series is based on the intriguing world of pyramid schemes. It also stars Paramvir Singh Cheema, Aanjjan Srivastav, Alfia Jafry, and Ashish Raghava, Akhilendra Mishra, Smita Bansal, Vijay Kumar, Indresh Malik, Ravi Bhel, Sushant Singh, Sonal Jha, and Sadanand Patil.
Produced by The Viral Fever, created by Shreyansh Pandey, 'The Pyramid Scheme' is directed by Ashish R Shukla and Shreyansh Pandey, The series is available to stream on Prime Video.
— IANS
Reader Comments
Interesting to see an actor calling out such hypocrisy. But I feel our legal system also needs to be stronger so they can't escape so easily in the first place. 💭
Shekhar Suman is the real hero for speaking truth to power! He's always been bold. And yes, "fly airplanes, play cricket" - we all know who he's referring to. These conmen need to be called out like this! 🎯
Well said, Shekhar ji! But we must also ask - why are these people still able to influence our society? The charm works because we as a society still worship wealth and status over honesty. 😔
I always respected Shekhar Suman's straight talk. He's not afraid to name and shame. The fugitives he's talking about - they used to be our heroes once, now they're criminals. Karma is watching! 💪🇮🇳
It's easy to point fingers but difficult to solve the root problem. The pyramid scheme itself wouldn't work if people weren't greedy. Shekhar Suman is right though - these conmen have a unique charm. His show sounds interesting, I'll check it out! 📺
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