Comedy is serious business with only one purpose — to make people laugh. But it is no laughing matter that it is turning into a risky business. You never know when and where someone will be offended and file a complaint. Instead of whipping up a chuckle fest, comedy shows are courting controversy and writers are feeling the heat. Is it time to draw the line? And if not, should they prepare to face the onslaught and get mired in a legal wrangle.

The small screen comic caper, Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai, drops a sexual innuendo and leaves it for the audience to interpret it as they wish