Rishi Budhrani restages Can I Make You A Suit, Mate?

Comedian is back with more loving tales about his father, tailor Jimmy Budhrani

- Charmaine Lim

Since TV personality Rishi Budhrani performed Can I Make You A Suit, Mate? in 2022, people have come up to him to share more tales of his father, tailor Jimmy Budhrani.

The 40-year-old recalls one instance: "After a few drinks, a man said, 'Your father's first car was a Honda. I borrowed it and then got caught by the police. Ask your father about it.' I was like, 'Wait, what? What's your name?'"

The show is returning for a five-day run from Oct 23 to 27 at the Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre @ Wild Rice after its sold-out two-day run at the Esplanade's Kalaa Utsavam - Indian Festival of Arts 2022.

This anecdote and other stories have given Budhrani more fodder for the show, a loving comic tribute to his father.

Though the comedian calls it a story based loosely on a tailor who shares his father's name, it tells much of the story of Mr Prakash Budhrani, better known to his clients as Jimmy.