Comedian Samay Raina's IndiGo Flight Chaos Goes Viral with 'Panoti Guy' Sighting

Recent widespread disruptions across IndiGo's flight network, marked by numerous cancellations and significant passenger chaos at airports nationwide, coincided with a viral social media moment involving comedian Samay Raina. Raina shared an Instagram reel from an IndiGo flight, capturing a serendipitous encounter with a former contestant from his YouTube show, 'India's Got Latent', affectionately known as the 'Panoti Guy'. This individual had previously joked that places tend to shut down whenever he visits them, a quip that resonated strongly with the ongoing airline operational issues.

The 'Panoti Guy' is Monal Kohli, whose self-deprecating joke, 'Jahaan bhi jaata hoon, woh jagah band ho jaati hai' (Wherever I go, that place ends up shutting down), became a running gag. Social media users quickly drew parallels between Kohli's 'curse' and IndiGo's recent operational turbulence, leading to a surge of memes and humorous comments. The timing of Raina's video, filmed amidst the airline's significant service interruptions, was deemed 'too perfect to be real' by many online commentators.

This viral incident also brought renewed attention to a past controversy involving Samay Raina and his 'India's Got Latent' team. Earlier in the year, the show faced considerable backlash for insensitive jokes targeting individuals with disabilities, prompting criticism from disability rights groups and legal intervention. While Raina and his team issued apologies, the controversy had lingered, and the recent IndiGo-related reel has reignited public discussion around the comedian's content.