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'Koffee With Karan 5' Review: Karan Johar's chat show's off to a spectacular start

Season 5 of 'Koffee With Karan' saw its premiere with Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt on November 6.

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There were digs at Alia Bhatt and there were self-directed digs at Shah Rukh Khan. But what the heck! Either way, Shah Rukh proved he is the king of self-deprecating quips.

Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt dazzled in unison on the inaugural episode of the new season of Koffee With Karan (KWK). Of course it was Shah Rukh who took the lead warming up to the momentum of the sometimes-silly questions until there came a point when he was simply unstoppable.

Karan pointblank demanded to know why his star-guest had not turned up for the last season of the show. “I wanted the TRPs to go down,” came the deadpan reply.

When Karan cribbed about conjectures regarding the status of their friendship,who but Shah Rukh Khan could get away with something like this: “I have to constantly justify my nationalism. You’ve to justify your love for me.”

There was a takeoff on Arnab Goswami (“Why do you want me to make him famous?” SRK quipped before doing it)  and a crack about Ranveer’s underwear being padded in Befikre (was it???).

What was truly heartwarming was the healthy camaraderie between SRK and Alia. The actor made endless jokes about their age difference and his ignorance of the youngsters’  ‘cool’ domain.He also cracked jokes about Alia’s abysmal performance in the rapid-fire round two seasons ago on KWK when she was trolled mercilessly for not getting the name of the President of India right.

“This time she’s got it right. It’s Narendra Modiji,” deadpanned SRK. Is it any wonder then, that both host Johar and co-guest Alia were doubling up with giggly laughter?

While Shah Rukh did make politically incorrect remarks(as only he can) Alia’s foot in the mouth moment came when she commented on Kangana Ranaut’s airport looks. “She has so many of them. But where does she go in them?” Alia asked not so innocently. She also denied being in a relationship with Siddharth Malhotra or anyone else. Shah  Rukh looked duly shocked at that one.

Going by the number of brash statements that were made in the first episode of this season’s KWK (SRK let slip that Karan not only buys him his clothes but also insists on accompanying  SRK into the trial rooms) we can “safely” assume this season is going to be a knock-out one.

And yes, Alia did get the name of the President Of India right this time. Hope Kangana is impressed enough to share some of her airport looks with Alia.

Rating: *** ½  stars (3.5 stars)

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