A scene from In the Clutches of the Gang, a Keystone Cops silent comedy directed by George Nichols and Mack Sennett

The business of making people laugh is no joke; it is both an art and science to make a comedy film that manages to tickle the audience's funny bone. Drawing inspiration from tthe challenge, veteran student of cinema, Jethu Mundul will be conducting an introductory course on the history of early comedy in World Cinema. He is a graduate of FTII, Pune, and has also taught film history and editing at the FTII, NID, and other Indian institutes.