Here are a few fun facts about her:

• Performed for the first time at Jus Truffs, Bangalore.
• Started out with Improv comedy, moved on to sketch comedy, did a few videos, and then moved on to stand up.
• Favourite one-liner joke is ‘The number of times your mom calls you during the day is directly proportional to how characterless you are’.
• First job at Hippocampus, a Children’s Library. She then worked as a Chef and then eventually at a food laboratory.
• Performed in 100 shows in Bengaluru, Dubai, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Sweden.
• In 2015, quit her full-time job to start a career in comedy.
• First video was Anu Aunty – Engineering Anthem with Varun Agrawal, and then did the Maid Sketch with Sanjay Manaktala
• Portrayed the character of ‘Sumukhi Chawla’, an NGO employee, in India’s first mockumentary on YouTube – Better Life Foundation.
• Launched a video series called Behti Naak on her own YouTube channel. The character is a 10-year-old girl with a straight-faced humour.
• Worked in web series on Amazon Prime – Pushpavalli and Don’t tell Amma.
• Acted in Humble Politician Nograj a political satire Kannada film in 2018.

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Here are a few quick facts about Punit Pania:

• He is the single man behind ‘Chalta Hai Comedy’. Founded in 2015, it is one of the largest independent producers of stand-up events in various cities of India. Every month, over 20 shows are held under this banner with the biggest and wackiest artists of the country.
• Punit organises and hosts all shows of Chalta Hai Comedy across Mumbai, Pune, Surat and Baroda and has also performed in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Vizag and Goa in different comedy formats.
• He has produced over 200 shows over including several sold out concept shows.
• Punit is a master of observational comedy and talks around suburban philosophy mostly.
• He is fluent in 5 languages – English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi.
• An MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, he had an 11-year long corporate stint before joining comedy.
• His YouTube channel has 7,527,799 video views and 69.1K subscribers.

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He has contributed to feature films, namely A Gentleman, Farzi, Ranga Half-Pants, Stree, Game Over; web series on Amazon Prime, The Family Man and 2 AM. He has written a novel titled ‘Ranga Half-Pants’.

Here are the best videos from the exceptionally talented Suman Kumar!

Understanding women and the array of emotions that they can experience at a given point of time, psychology, being human like Salman Khan, and on how your child completes you, maybe not the way you would want him to. Check the complete video to know!

Growing older, paracetamol and doctors is a comedy set on how hangover is a constant part of life as you grow old, and if Jesus can really save us. He also mentions how doctors are morbid people who eat upma and talk about how anal sex can cause AIDS. Suman is right in calling it disgusting, the upma! There’s more to it, watch here.

This video is all about funny, small town cricket stories, tambrams, and the right way to taste wine. Watch here.

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Comicstaan Fame Arnav Rao kills it in Media, God & Google

Highlights of the video:

When drunk pig broke into a camp

Audience member requested jokes on Christianity & Islam

On google being the God

There’s more to this! Check out the complete video here:

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He has been featured in The Hindu as well as The New Indian Express, and has performed in Chennai, Bangalore and Coimbatore, Navin has also performed alongside some of the top comics in the country including Sanjay Manaktala, Praveen Kumar, Aravind SA, Karthik Kumar, Sundeep Rao, Kartik Iyer and Kenny Sebastian. He has come up with his new video South Indian vs Hindi.

Here are the highlights of Navin Kumar’s stand-up: South Indian vs Hindi

He starts off his video by quoting the comments from a feminist and an egalitarian on a standup comedy video, wherein the feminist male advised the comic to be a little more responsible and not use the cuss words, and an egalitarian female shuts him up. A great start to a great video.

Navin Kumar clarifies why he performs in English and not in Hindi

He prides himself in speaking Hindi better than most Tamilians.

He has learnt Hindi from the experts – the railway station ladies!

Agli gaadi or Ugly gaadi? An announcement or a disclaimer?

He even talks about the invention of ‘Zero’ and the misuse of ‘Shoonya’. Navin also shares his agony that whenever he tries to talk in Hindi, his colleagues don’t act considerate and use simpler Hindi replies

Chutzpah of travelling to Gurgaon

Road fights be like…

Here’s the complete video. Watch and go ROFL!

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Punit has produced over 200 shows over the past year including various sold out concept shows. He is trying his best to make himself believe that whatever the question maybe, the answer to knocking midlife crisis is comedy. His observational comedy is inspired by suburban philosophy.

Having organized and hosted shows of Chalta Hai Comedy across Mumbai, Pune, Surat and Baroda, and performed in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Vizag and Goa. This gives him considerable experience in entertaining diverse crowds at a variety of venues and in different formats.

Check out comedy videos from Punit Pania

India is a nation of overgrown Mama’s boys, some of who eventually turn wife-beaters. This video, Raja Beta, mentions a stark combination of the privileged child refusing to grow up and mummys not letting him.

From philosophers to scientists to journalists, putting the facts right has been the toughest of the tasks, and one of the most dangerous vocations of history. Punia says, “The truth has always been worshiped but lying will always be more profitable.” This video ‘Fake news, Mob Lynchings aur Vikas’ is for new India.

Indian Jobs and interns is as realistic as it get gets. This video is for India’s youth that is struggling to find jobs, and interns are made to survive on coffee and free WiFi.

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Check out these videos of our favourite comics who have had a classic ride in public transport.

Karthik Kumar tells us what Chennai has that any other city doesn’t. Share the ride with him to know

Praveen Kumar talks about how sleeping alone is not fun in the sleeper buses

Our all time favourite! Take a ride in the Delhi metro with Aakash Gupta

And a monorail ride with Rahul Suramanian

Abish Mathew doesn’t miss the most important part of travelling in the public transport

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How did you develop interest in comedy?

Raised in a family that enjoyed watching comedy serials and sitcoms, inclination towards comedy had to happen. Also, TV was not really an idiot box before K serials appeared and took over. We used to watch every comedy serial broadcasted back then; like, Flop Show, Shrimaan Shrimati, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Hum Paanch, Tu Tu Main Main, Hadd Kar Di, Family No. 1, Hum Sab Ek Hai, Zabaan Sambhal Ke, and the likes.  I still believe Gudgudee on Zee, Aflatoon on SabTV, and The Great Indian *Comedy* Show were the most underrated shows of our times. Enough nostalgia.

To top that all, my family is pretty much into liking live comedy in different forms. My father got me interested in comedy, and he was my companion in discovering comedy shows on TV. He used to take me to Kavi Sammelan (Poetry Recitals). I feel Kavi Sammelans laid the foundation of stand-up comedy culture in India, as it used to be a place where 12-15 poets gathered on stage to recite poems and anecdotes that were either funny or nationalistic. In fact, Kavi Sammelan is the proof that India was always interested in comedy, stand-up comedy just gave it a proper tag and made it a viable career option.

What do you consider was your first step into the comedy world?

I remember my first tryst with comedy. It was in the 4th standard when I became a news reporter for a fancy dress competition. My Mom had my dress sorted but had no idea what I will say on stage to complement my outfit. The only thing I knew was, it had to be something funny. It was the day of the competition, and I still had no material to present. But something clicked, and just half-an-hour before leaving for school I wrote random lines on things that I was aware of; a few jokes from Current Affairs section, Sports, Weather, and the likes. I recited those jokes to my mom and she laughed. I went on stage and won hearts. And luckily, the prize too. Looking back, I can say that, that was a really tight set.

Apparently, I pulled of a ‘Last Week Tonight’ before John Oliver made it a famous thing. Here’s the proof that I was way ahead in time.

How did you get into stand-up comedy?

As I grew up, I kept up with comedy through Shekhar Suman’s satire, pre-memes twitter era, and AIB podcasts. But I still never knew that I will do stand-up at some point in time.

It took two ‘Biswa’s (Biswapati Sarkar & Biswa Kalyan Rath) and regrets-to-taste to get me into stand-up comedy. In 2015, I was a big TVF fan and a bigger Biswapati Sarkar fan, I met him at the Permanent Roommates success party. We talked for a good 15-20 minutes about the craft of writing and many things profound.

This conversation inspired me to start a podcast channel in IIT Madras along with two other friends.  I was a writer-editor of the podcast and wanted the podcast to reach the masses. So in order to advertise the podcast, we started a facebook page where I used to put funny observations related to the institute, which people related-to, to a great extent and the page started to get good traction. I liked the validation and started observing things keenly, to look for pattern that would be relatable to everyone. Eventually, I started sharing content about not just the institute by also about life in general.

Meanwhile, my girlfriend and I attended a stand-up show in Canvas Laugh Club, which had then not-so-popular Biswa Kalyan Rath in the lineup. We were left impressed! I became so much interested in comedy that I started following everything that had comedy associated with it. I attempted mimicking Arnub and got a chance to roast the Director of IIT Madras. My impression of Arnub wasn’t really impressive, but the jokes worked! This gave me confidence that I can translate the written jokes into a performance as well.

After passing from the IITM, I went to an open mic with 10 odd jokes that were written while collecting material for the facebook page, and to my surprise, people laughed and enjoyed. That was it! I haven’t looked back ever since. Now, this human being needs more and more validation from people every week by saying things that mostly make no sense at all.

What are the challenges you’ve faced in your journey?

I was not getting enough open mics to perform initially but everything changed as I started a room for open mic. Now, I make sure there are enough spots for new open mic-ers at my venue as I can relate to their pain.

Your key achievements?

A few achievements which deserve a mention are: (a) Successfully Roasting the Director of IIT Madras, (b) Got laughs in my very first open mic, boosted my confidence, (c) My joke made it to Reddit front page.

Any bombing moment?

Bars and naïve comedy audience are what I sometimes find difficult to perform to. Once in a bar, the crowd was so dead in my set that I got off the stage in 2.5 minutes from a 7-minute slot. My words before getting off stage were, “Okay then”, which apparently was the biggest laugh of the evening.

That night I considered leaving comedy, but I went to another open mic the next day and the jokes worked Confidence regained!

Any experiences with annoying audience members?

None, yet! Thankfully.

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The Chennai boy mocks the old school thoughts and belief in this one-hour stand-up special. Each and every pun lands right on spot and if you are actually from Tamil Nadu or have been there at any point of time, you will be able to relate to it.

The Pros

First, let’s talk about the pros. Well, where to start? Right from the beginning till the end, Aravind’s act is a laugh riot. Let me a give you a few examples of how he ripped through the idiosyncrasies of a Tamilian. At the very beginning of the act, he talks about his experience of going to America and how when he was at the one of the South Indian restaurants there, a man walks up to him, and asks him, if he is a Brahmin. When he replies to it in affirmative, he goes on to ask, which sect does he belong to even within that. These are things which we observe in Chennai, but nobody talks about it. But, Aravind does just that, and with a general dose of humour. Another such example is where he talks about a North Indian friend who spent a lot of money to go to F1 race here in India just for a few seconds of thrill and then he asks, “Will you see any self-respecting South Indian do that?”

There’s one on how sex education is taught there, but if I continue to list out every joke, it might be giving out too much!

But, the stand-up comedian saved the best bit for the last and ends it with a bang. He explains why the Lungi Dance and Chennai Express is not actually a tribute to Rajnikanth or the people of Tamil Nadu. He dissects each and every line of the first para of the song and proves just that. “Coconut mein Lassi Milake’ – Coconut is from Kerala and Lassi is from Punjab; so, where does Tamil Nadu come in the middle of it,” he asks. This closing act is one of the best I have seen in a long while.

The Cons

Now, to the negatives of Madrasi Da. The only one I could think of is the fact that it is too Tamil Nadu, especially Mylapore-centric; Mylapore is an area in Chennai. People from other parts of India might not get the jokes as much, though they are completely accurate and witty. They might have to google for key words while they are watching it.

Apart from this, ‘Madrasi Da’ is quite a tight performance and one might even fall of their chairs while watching this one, as did some members of the audience!

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