He has recently come up with two new videos, which are quite a joyride!

Indian Food & Talented People

This is Ketan’s first video, and is all about people who are as talented and down to earth as it can get! But he tells us, those are the kind who trigger depression in you. As you while away the time on Instagram waiting for magic to happen, these gifted people are using their gifts to their full potential.

Ketan also talks about the time he decided to visit France…well, the French part of India and tasting French cuisines to his delight. This adventure ended when he figured that the only spices they were aware of were salt and sugar.

He ended the video with a concrete opinion about Raisins–“Raisins shouldn’t be called dry fruits, since they aren’t completely dry”–and the people who eat it.

Ketan also shared a secret in this video about why wine complements French food.

Watch Indian Food & Talented People to know it:

Birbal & Comfort Zone

Ketan’s second, Birbal and Comfort Zone leaves you pondering about a lot of things. One being, those people in our lives who are constantly talking yet not arriving at the crux of it all. He also enlightens us on ‘How did Birbal actually die.’ And no, it is not how you think.

Ketan also talks about the comfort zone and the struggles of life.

Want to know? Watch Birbal & Comfort Zone here:

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Just cannot be on video calls the whole day, who’s got time to bath.

When the brain orders, you must comply.

No, brain! You cannot switch yourself off, I’ve got work to do.

Or Bye. And sometimes, neither.

But when we unmute for a meeting.Office coffee machine benefits: you get coffee that you don’t have to make, it’s free, it’s effortless, you can have it as many times you like, you get to get up from your workstation, you get to chat with people on the way to the coffee machine. Sigh. 

But deep inside, we all have lost what is needed to go to office. We’ve sort of become the fat-tummied working-from-home generation.

Movie halls/theatres don’t seem too happy either.

Another upside to working from home and not having to go out.

But in the end…this is what we all feel.

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In his recent video, Parent’s Expectations, Adesh talks about how parents do something because they have to and then expect us to be obligated for it. He mentions how giving him food, clothes and education is really appreciable, but wasn’t required.

Now his concern is that his parents expect that he reciprocates by getting them good clothes and taking them to nice places. But what they should understand is, it should then be applicable to all the things they did for him as a child – including waking him up at 6 am.

Adesh further adds that once he was punished for stealing 2 rupees by having to stay locked up in his room, without internet. Now he gets punished when parents don’t lock him up, they ask him to sit in front of him. Now that’s the real Punishment! Watch this video to know the kind of tactics he uses to keep his father from checking his phone.

He also reminds how the stories when we were kids were so cute, Dogs and Goats were friends in those.

Kutta aur Bakri baat kar rahe hain…

Bakri: Ek number ka kutta hai tu, apni shaadi mein bhi nahi bulaya.

Kutta: Yaar mai toh bulane wala tha, but meri wife kitni badi Bitch hai.

The funniest bit was when he aptly mentioned how parents these days are so arrogant that they join their names to name their kid. As in, what have you achieved in life after all, that you decided to screw that poor kid’s name and life together. God save him from getting bullied all his life.

There is more to it than just this. Check out the complete video here:

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For those who have experienced getting high with friends in college, this will bring back some memories.

Devesh starts off by stating that his viewers think he is high when he gets on stage to perform and shares an insight as per which… “MBA is a scam.”

Why? Because they say it’s a two-year course and finish it off within a year and half.

Which brings us to another ‘Why?’. Here’s why.

Now, when it is time for MBA to get over, and you are not ready to accept the responsibilities, you seek ways to stay in your happy bubble. That’s exactly what his group did. They stayed back away from homes for another six months to make the most of their responsibility-free life!

But…when the urge to get high gets strong, stringent actions are required.
More Money or No Money, that’s not even the question!

Came to rescue the ‘Bhaang ka gola’ which was accepted in unison by the approving lot. But there was a slight problem…how do you eat Bhaang?

Now it was time for the leader to step up. What follows further is an absolutely hilarious tale of indulging in the pleasures of Bhaang and the chaos it led to.

To know how the leader became the leader, and how bhaang almost landed them at Sharda hospital, you have to watch the video.

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Humour Sapiens got into a Tête-à-Tête with Subhashish Bharuka. Read more about the man right here!

1. How did you develop interest in stand-up comedy?

I was 8 years old when I got on stage in a fancy dress competition in my school, dressed as a scarecrow. I thought, everyone would make fun of me. Instead, all the kids found it hilarious and I won the first prize. That’s when I developed the love for stage and to perform in front of an audience. Post that, I did theater in school and later on went on to do it professionally. I wrote scripts for the plays in which I would play the protagonist. (Self obsession you see. Lol.)

Cut to 2008, I went to see a show of Papa CJ in Delhi and instantly realised that’s what I’d like to do. I tried a few open mics in Delhi but dropped and went on to pursue my masters in Leeds University. At the summer ball for my batch, I performed a 20-minute set which everyone loved except the Chinese students, because I had made fun of them.

After returning to India, I moved to Bangalore in 2015. That’s when I found out about the open mics happening in the city. My first open mic was at Urban Solace. Since then, it’s been a continual journey to keep writing and working to improve my art.

2. What was your first stage experience like?

Most first timers have a stage fear, I was sort of used to being in the spot. I went to watch an open mic at Urban Solace and back then there were open mic spots available easily. I registered to perform for the same gig. It was an instant high, though my thoughts were raw and totally unstructured as a first time open micer.

3. How has the journey been so far? Were there any challenges that you had to face?

To say the least, it’s been extremely fulfilling. I’ve produced 22 shows in Bangalore with WEDx being the show that would be house-full every time. I have been doing open mics as regularly I can. There are challenges in every field. Stand-up being one of the most challenging performing art forms. It takes a hell lot of patience and practice to perfect the art, and can even take a decade or more. It’s an ongoing process and I hope to continue it for as long as it takes to get somewhere in the circuit.

4. Your key achievements?

I had the opportunity to open for Jeeveshu, Atul Sir, Kunal Kamra and the latest sensation Anubhav Singh Bassi. In addition to the these, Comedy Barrel is a small stand-up comedy production company, under which I’ve produced WEDx and Let’s Do the 90s show across packed rooms and the audiences simply loved the line up and the show concept.

5. Any experience with annoying audience member?

Not particularly. Thankfully, I’ve had no hecklers to deal with yet. Hopefully, when I do record a couple videos and release it online, there’s going to be online heckling for sure.

6. Any bombing moment you’d like to share?

Oh. Bombing is very close to my heart and mind. Haha. I have bombed so much, it’s not even funny. And it’s a good thing because I had a full time corporate job and my writing time would not be more than half an hour a day. To hash out content was the toughest part of it. I feel comics who are younger and have no responsibilities are the luckiest. They can pursue this full time and can attend all mics happening.

Thankfully, I’ve been able to put together a 30 minutes set now which has been tested with multiple audiences. But without bombing a comedian cannot grow on comedy.

With so much done & dusted, and a lot yet to be tasted, Subhashish rocks everything he does. We wish him luck! Connect with him on facebook.

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1. How did you develop interest in stand-up comedy? What was your first stage experience like?

Ah, well. I was in college, we always used to do things like mad ads and skits partly. They all seemed fun and safe. It never occurred to me that as a person I could go upon stage and say “This is what I think”, except when we all saw Russell Peters, when we were like 18 years old.

Fast forward to 24, that is four years ago , I saw the explosion of stand-up in India. By then, my engineering job had already left me brain dead and heartless. The stage just seemed like a place where I could vent my frustrations. It was catharsis. Helped. After the first few times on stage , money or no money, I was hooked. Watched every video I could find from Dave Chappelle to Bill Burr, who in my opinion are the best in the world. Even though I didn’t quit my day job, I kept on doing it for the next three years without any plans of stopping anytime soon I started it out of frustration and ended up liking it.

The first few times on the stage were quite bittersweet. My very first time on stage was in front of a couple of retired army personnel, just chilling and here I was going on and on about ISIS and how Malayalis shouldn’t join them because their accents aren’t good for terrorism. It got laughs and a middle aged woman came up to me after the show only to tell me, “Hmm, You have great confidence.” And she walked away. It was brutal and re-assuring at the same time. Well that was enough for me to keep me going next three years. I’m blunt, I know. The next few times, it got easier as I was learning how to actually construct jokes.

2. How has the journey been so far? Were there any challenges that you had to face?

The journey was been wonderful, never regretted my time on stage, be it in an open mic in front of one person on a rainy weekday or performing in front of five hundred people as part of a festival. My day job kept pulling me away and I wasn’t in a position to leave and pursue stand-up full time. This is something I regret. I had to leave comedy for a year in between to take care of things at home and at work.

But doing stand-up and travelling and telling jokes for a living is the ultimate dream. Nothing more satisfying than that for me, and I am slowly, organically getting there. Coming back and starting from scratch again was challenging, stand up is like a muscle, if you are not on stage for at least 3-4 times a week, you will become rusty, you won’t hit all the punches. Although the stand up landscape changed when I came back, there are so many aspiring comedians in the city now, so many open mics, which is fantastic although now the competition is very high. Comics push each other now. Which is kind of a good thing. Some survive the grind, many don’t.

3. Your key achievements?

Well, I have been playing colleges around the city. Traveled around South India to Pondicherry, Coimbatore, Wayanad, Kochi just to showcase my material to see if it works everywhere and to know if it is universally relatable. Went to Sri Lanka to perform, where I got called which ended up being more fun than I thought. I do corporate shows around the city too for companies like Bosch, Cognizant. I get calls from many start ups, they have more relaxed rules than big corporates which I prefer more. Planning on releasing a video soon, when I think its ready within in the next two months.

4. Any experience with annoying audience member?

Weirdly, I was known around the circuit as the “dark black” guy. Sadly. It wasn’t due to my complexion. Well, mostly it was. Sometimes my perspective goes, a little on the other side. I don’t feel bad about anything I say on stage. Approval and disapproval both work for me. I have always believed that 50 percent disapproval means the joke is great and on the fence, as long all the facts are right. But there have been times when people got offended when I least expected it. The weirdest would be when I got anonymous messages to stop doing “Anti-government” jokes through SMS, well I did use the “M” word. (Mitrooon). It was funny though, it was all threatening but without grammar. Nowadays, we have to dissent without using actual names, not that I do a lot Modi jokes, but at times it is inevitable that you have to dissent. Sometimes Dissent is art. Example: Kunal Kamra.

And there was once this visibly christian person (Collared T shirt, tucked into his jeans with a very visible rosary) walked off the venue, because I said “Tsunami’s are like Mass Baptism”. Ooops. So that has happened. I think I kind of justified the name given to me.

5. Any bombing moment you’d like to share?

Ah, Bombing stories, Hmm, I guess every comic can share a weekly bombing story from the first year of their career. At least. I remember the most brutal one for me was when I was doing a open mic, and there was a entire joint family of orthodox Christians, with kids, grand kids, adopted kids, second uncle twice removed. You know the usual. They were close to easily 30 people, filled up the room, and I was closing the show. Just saw the other comics bomb so badly, because nothing worked and I was trying to re-write all my material within an span of 30 minutes. Ended up singing happy birthday to one of their kids. The biggest applause we got was when we walked off stage. It was brutal.

At this point I should clarify, I have nothing against Christians. Ssshh.
I love everybody, so everyone will get made fun of.

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He mostly talks of things that are related to love, religion and politics, in a way only he can. His narration style is as funny as his content. Parvez uses satire and a politically accurate way to take a dig at the societal norms in practice for ages. His stories are inspired from his personal experiences and pretty much relatable. Parvez Hassan’s new video Delhi Metro & Love Jihaad is not in support of people who blatantly force others to change themselves or their religion for the sake of love. He says, “Love is a beautiful thing, it goes beyond religion/caste/gender, please don’t let it die.”

Here are the highlights of his video:

Things to do when you are stuck with creepy #Sanskaari uncles in a metro

What to do when you get involved in the eternal love affair

Challenges faced at Rajiv Chowk metro station in Delhi

It’s time you take a stand

There’s more to it than just this!

Watch Parvez Hassan’s Delhi Metro & Love Jihaad here:

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Manik Mahna shares his school time stories of examinations, and the stress students have to go through and his experience of playing hide and seek with his friends. It is too funny and too relatable to miss.

Anirban Dasgupta on the PT sirs from school, his troubles with Hindi being a Bengali, and troublesome subjects. He also talks about the deep relationship that English capital letters and small letters have.

Amit Tandon shares his experience as a father of a school going kid, and the way school curriculum has changed. Making your kid the Earth or a Brinjal is a trigger to multiple personality disorder, he puts rightly!

Siddharth Dudeja, in his calm and subtle style of narration, talks about schooling system, becoming the Captain Planet and his take on education for all.

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Therein, they discuss about this disorder in a normal fashion, without making it sound like an exaggerated ailment. In its first episode, comedian Neville Shah features as a guest. They have plans of roping in more actors and comedians to bring this issue to light.

Good job, Azeem!

However, in case you missed, Azeem Banatwalla’s second Amazon Prime Special is here, and is called ‘Problems’. He is at his finest and you cannot afford to miss his unmatched form and confidence. There are no two thoughts about it that his observational skills are excellent and he puts across his narrative in a well conceptualized fashion.

In this video Azeem Banatwalla talks about the real meaning of being a #Chowkidar. It’s topical, it’s funny!

Here’s a sneak peak into the world of our chowkidar leader and the sub-titles that are equally funny to complement it.

Like it? Now watch the complete video on Amazon Prime Video.

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Check out the video! And laugh out loud.

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