''Jay Hind!'' is an Indian

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and

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hosted by Sumeet Raghavan, which was broadcast on the

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. It was launched on 15 August 2009, and published new episodes twice a week. The final episode was broadcast in October 2014. The show was created by Abhigyan Jha as a sequel to the late-night television comedy show '' Movers & Shakers''. It was produced by Mrinal Jha for Undercover Productions Ltd. By 2014, the show had a team of 15 scriptwriters. ''Jay Hind!'' included satirical commentary on current events, jokes about politicians and other public figures, and comedy about sexuality and other controversial subjects. The presenter and guests freely used profanity. In 2012, a

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about the Sikh runner Fauja Singh, which included jokes about the

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, was sharply criticized by the Sikh community. In 2011, the show's website was hacked by anti-Indian fundamentalist activists. A version of the show adapted for television, called ''The Late Night Show'', was broadcast on

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. It debuted on television on 3 March 2012. ''The Late Night Show'' excluded some of the more controversial commentary, in order to be accepted for syndication. There was also an English-language version of ''Jay Hind!'', called ''Better Late Than Never'', which focused on international news. Abhigyan Jha was nominated for the Best Director (Comedy) award at the

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in 2011, for his work with ''Jay Hind!''.

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* {{official, www.jayhind.tv Indian stand-up comedy television series 2009 Indian television series debuts 2014 Indian television series debuts Indian comedy television series