Bhide adds, "These days, if you look at comments under comedy videos, people troll us saying, 'Go learn stand-up from Pu La.' We thought, why not really do it? We idolise him too. We can't ever be as good as him, but we started picking up his style. We realised there was a huge demand for this overseas also, as there are so many Maharashtrian expats. So we've performed shows in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, too."

Bhide's show is based on Deshpande's Mi ani Majha Shatrupaksha, in which the writer relates how he hates people who brag about their new house and renovations. "He had this bit about how his friend dragged him to his house to show off his automatic washing machine — a big deal in those days — and Pu La points to his toilet and asks, 'Do we have to apply pressure there, or is that also automatic?'"

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