New Delhi, July 03: She`s back with a bang and is doing what she is best at hosting a show. The chirpy and vivacious Shenaz Treasurywala, better remembered as a MTV VJ Shenaz, and also for her debut with Shahid Kapoor in `Ishq Vishq` is back on TV.

But this time, its not a music show but the fourth edition of `The Great Indian Laughter Challenge`, which is being judged by former cricketer Navjot Singh Siddhu and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha.

Ask her what made her choose a comedy show and pat comes the reply, "I love to laugh. I`m not a bathroom singer but I`m a bathroom comedian." "One of my favourite pastimes when I go abroad is to visit comedy clubs. I have watched some of the best comedians in the world on stage," she adds.

Lauding the efforts of the patrons of the comedy show `The Great Indian...` she says, "It has brought stand-up comedy to India. And I was thrilled when I was asked to host it." But how different is the experience of hosting a comic show as compared to a music show? "They both have the same pre-requisites which is to be myself, have fun and allow my personality to shine through."

And when we ask her comment on the judges on the show, she had a good one. "I was a bit apprehensive about Mr Sinha before I met him. The media makes him out to be a tiger. I was worried he`d just ask me to be `khamosh.` But he`s a softie, very kind and encouraging with an excellent sense of humour." "And Mr Sidhu is a joker. He laughs as much as I do or maybe more. He`s an intelligent, well-spoken man with an interesting take on life, quoting Shakespeare, Keats, Gibran and famous Urdu poets, all in one breath. I`ve never seen anyone laugh so much!"

Bureau Report