Performance in comedy missing these days, says Johnny Lever

The 57-year-old actor was last seen in comic caper ‘Entertainment’.

Veteran comic actor Johnny Lever says comedy, which is more of a performance based art, is missing from films now.

The 57-year-old actor, who was last seen in comic caper ‘Entertainment’, says genuine comedy has been replaced by dialogues and punches in films these days.

“Performance in comedy these days is missing. It is all punches and dialogues that is being served as comedy in films nowadays,” Johnny told PTI.

“Comedy is more an art of body language and gestures — it is more a performance of an artist than the lines given to him/her,” he added.

During his recent visit to the Capital, Johnny, who has appeared in over 250 Hindi films, reasoned that the “lack of performance” leads actors and writers to construe double-meaning dialogues as comedy.