Cultural Academy releases famous comedian Nazir Josh’s performance on COVID-19

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 14: Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) Muneer-ul-Islam today released a video featuring famous comedian  and satirist, Nazir Josh-aka Ahad Raaze on coronavirus pandemic, its precautions and preventive measures.
The video was shot at Josh’s residence and in which he is seen doing a solo performance in his unique style and genre. Josh– who has a huge fan fallowing across Jammu and Kashmir scripted and directed the short performance.
Meanwhile netizens have hailed the Jammu and Kashmir for giving wider space to the artists amid lockdown and coronavirus scare and demanded more creative packages.
“As we all know that comedy art is also an important medium to reach the masses. In this this regard, a famous Kashmiri comedian artist, Nazir Josh worked on the message which we released today,” Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) Muneer-ul-Islam said.
The Secretary said that Art can play a vital role in making people understand the concepts about this deadly virus. He said, besides this people—who are under complete lockdown also needs some infotainment. “Cultural Academy is doing its part in exploring various genres,” he said.
He said Academy has launched a campaign, ‘Together We shall Overcome’— in which several artists have been roped in and who contribute their art pieces from their homes.
“For Instance, we started a song a day  and it generated a huge response,” he said,  adding “ The songs were sung by prominent singers of Jammu and Kashmir in several languages including Urdu, Kashmir, Dogri, Punjabi and later on shared widely on social networking sites,” he added.
The Secretary said that JKAACL launched a campaign to educate and inform people about the dangers of Coronavirus—and the steps are being taken to protect the society at large from this dreaded virus. He said, besides these action video songs, skits, (Laddi Shah) and also through the medium of video-magic fun have been launched.

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