This poll season, Akash Banerjee hopes to take political satire mainstream

Political satirist Akash Banerjee is posing tough questions to the establishment -and getting away with them

Akash Banerjee knew it was time to move on from broadcast journalism when a co-anchor held him in a chokehold during a special episode on the Great Khali he was hosting many years ago. Another time, he shot for a James Bond segment, dressed in a bow tie and with a charming Bond girl by his side. “Television makes you do some crazy things,” laughs Banerjee.
 
Much before that, his stint in radio was equally adventuresome: Banerjee played Dr Love on Radio Mirchi, handing out late-night relationship advice to anxious listeners in a seductive baritone.
 
Technically, Banerjee still