She has a head full of curlers, a face pack, hideous eye wear (some unapologetic male stubble) and is quite the motor mouth. She has an opinion on everything and is not hesitant to let it be known. You know the person I’m talking about; its Pammi Aunty, the new viral phenomenon that has everyone in splits with the faithful recreation of the quintessential Punjabi aunty, her typical preoccupations, her pet peeves and interests.
Who or what is Pammi Aunty?
The Pammi Aunty videos feature the TV actor Ssumier S Pasricha known to serial watchers as Shailendra form the popular show Sasural Simar Ka. Here’s a selection of some of the best Pammi Aunty videos featuring the towel enwrapped, strangely outfitted Ssumier S Pasricha (note how there is a head towel with the curlers ineffectually stuck on top?); some of which you may already have seen on Whatsapp or Facebook: While the Punjabi may be difficult for some of us to decipher, the characters of overbearing aunties and opinionated middle class women of a certain age are readily understood. So here’s Pammi Aunty and her rants; her astute observations and her straight faced humour as she sallies forth about anything and everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1t5fHKeYjk
Here Pammi Aunty tells her partner in gossip, the recurring Saral behenji about her Sita moment when the Nagin dance caused her to want the earth to open up and swallow her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jefUuLPRj4Q
Here she pours her scorn upon those who claim to be very interested in football. She promises kulcha chhola to anyone who gives the correct answer to the question: how many wicketkeepers and bowlers there are in football. “Hor Ki!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc1m-ck7mx4
Here our aunty takes a dig at Hrithik Roshan’s tweet about traveling economy and adds less than complimentary views about the Mohenjo Daro trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0nZkCSHpI
Clearly matchmaking is one of her fave activities and a recurrent theme in the Pammi Aunty videos. Here she urges against a match because of Brexit; the boy is bound to lose his job and return home she says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tn8MxieucY
Here Pammi takes a dig at mothers in law who want to control their daughters in law and also makes her views known about expensive religious rituals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnJ9VWsgOcY
Pammi is in Goa and she is delighted at how well she is being treated but she didn’t miss the opportunity to offer criticism, lage haathon…. Hor ki!
Author – Reena Daruwalla
