Humour Sapiens got into a Tête-à-Tête with The Blackbuck Comedy team. Read on to know more about the people who are working to make you laugh!

Who all started The Blackbuck Comedy? How many members in the team now?

Initially, there were just two of us, Lakshaya Malhotra and Maninder Singh. We created this comedy production house. However, after Manish Jain, Pronoy Chowdhury and Ritesh Banerjee joining us, we are a team of five now.

So, how did you start it? How did the idea develop and when did you start hosting shows as a team?

We used to organise open mics in a café in Bangalore, but not under the banner of TBC. After a few months into organising the open mics, we thought of going by the name ‘The Blackbuck Comedy’. April 7, 2018 was when the first show went live under The Blackbuck Comedy banner.

Tell us a little bit about the background of the team.

We are a team who are corporate slaves by the day and stand-up comics by the night, and organisers on all days. None of us is a full-time comedian as of now, but we have high hopes from us.

Where all do you organise the shows?

We are pretty aggressive when it comes to organising shows in Bangalore. However, we are slowly spreading our branches across India, starting with Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh.

How did you create your space in the comedy industry?

It was never easy. To start off, we became a platform where new faces could display their talent. We gave chances to aspiring comics through open mics. We did make mistakes, but we learnt from them about what should be our next steps. It sure took some time but eventually we grew stronger. We are still learning, and still growing. As they say, the learning goes on.

The Blackbuck Comedy is a fairly recognised name in the comedy industry, especially in Bangalore. Reaching here has always been a team effort. But we are still working hard to gain acceptance in other cities and aim to grow further.

How do you all manage shows with your current jobs?

We usually have our shows or open mics during the evening. It was a little tough in the beginning, but it eventually turned out fine. And now we seamlessly manage TBC with our day jobs.

Big names you have worked with? And the names you want to work with?

We have worked with Aakash Gupta (of the Comicstaan fame), Gaurav Gupta, Manish Tyagi, Nishant Tanwar, Vijay Yadav, Rajat Chauhan, Anubhav Singh Bassi… and many more to come.

Humour Sapiens would like to wish The Blackbuck Comedy good luck for their future endeavours.

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The Opening

The show began with Maninder Singh urging everyone not to shoot ‘Bass Kar Bassi’ and put it on any porno website, leaving everyone in splits.

The opening act was from Subhashish Bharuka who apparently doesn’t like his name and doubts that his birth was actually a mistake. He talked about how he committed some mistakes in his childhood, one of which is getting married. He further talked about how Lakshman from Ramayana is so undervalued, and we acknowledged his contribution in the most cringe-worthy way possible. Want to know how? You have to hear him out in his next show!

Next up was Rupesh Kumar Yadav, who talked about standing on the National Anthem for 34 mins due to bad connection, his friend Chikki who’s a ticket checker at a movie theatre has acquired a no-genre-syndrome. And much more. Check him out on his next.

Bass Kar Bassi

Then came the man himself – Anubhav Singh Bassi who appreciated Bangalore audience for understanding art. He shared how Gurgaon audience challenges him to try and make them laugh. He went on to tell everyone that his father didn’t know what he does until a few months ago. Bassi disclosed what his father thought he does. Hint…Gutthi.

Just then, someone from the audience told us about him being from Muzzafarnagar. Bassi leapt on the opportunity to make fun and left everyone rolling with laughter. He told how, even today Muzzafarnagar chaps call a ‘memory card’ as a ‘chip’ and ‘earphones’ as ‘lead’.

Anubhav also shared his struggle of preparing for IPS and renting a separate house. He talked about how he prepared such difficult syllabus, reading newspapers and living in the momo-town.

Lastly, he called it a day by bringing our attention to the songs by lyricist Sameer. We could never have imagined what he unveiled to us, sheer talent and creativity of the lyricist. This one is an unmissable joke inspired from reality, and is sure to make you say, “Bass Kar Bassi.”

From start till the end, from jokes to audience interaction, Bassi’s demeanor with which he conducted the show was a complete value for money.

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The show kickstarted with Maninder Singh gearing us up for the night of laughter with his funny tidbits. The energy that was infused left every audience member enthused.

Then came the master himself, to own the mic and floored the audience.

Since it is the monsoon season underway, and cold and flu are talk, oops, sneeze of the town. Aakash talked about the types of sneezing and how sneeze differs from person to person. He funnily described the difference of how girls and uncles sneeze. Very topical, we must say!

Aakash went on to elaborate on the types of pan and for the Bengaluru audience, he shed some light on how the Haryana police beats people. Talking of police, he as well explained how the common people of Delhi become the eyes and ears of the Delhi police.

There were many funny snippets from Aakash that ensured we had a blast, especially when he talked about Delhi shopkeepers selling jeans and belts.

The way he made everything so relatable and drew a picture like everything is happening in front of your eyes is truly what makes him the Sky Gupta!

Also Read: AKASH GUPTA: TAKING OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY TO A NEW LEVEL

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The last weekend of 2018 was spent at the wonderful Zee5 Loft, Bengaluru amid the promising stand-up comics, at a show organized by The BlackBuck Comedy. Watching the house packed with heads enjoying and appreciating the power-packed performers was indeed a delight.

Good food, Great show, what else would you want on a Sunday night?

Maninder Singh aka Funny Manney was our host for the evening, and oh boy, what a host he was! Full of energy, crazy thoughts and the charm to keep you hooked whenever he stepped on stage. Being a North Indian living in the South, he sure had an insight. For the starters, he screwed up the famous Bollywood song “Kundi Matt Khadkao Raja…”, for ‘Kundi’ in Kannada means ‘Ass’ and in the North means ‘Latch’. We’d leave the rest to your imagination.

The lineup included Anand Rathnam, Manish Chaubey, Joteen Patro, Gautham Govindan, Arun Kiran, Lakshaya Malhotra and Sumit Sourav.

The first performer for the night, well technically, the second was Gautham, who broke the ice with the audience by making fun, of himself of course. He talked about his teeth being so crooked that it appeared to be the inside of a zip file. You got to see him to believe him, and that’s not it, he has other quirky tales to share too.

Then came Arun Kiran who could make you giggle just by the way he delivers his sets. This 26-year-old has a passion for poverty, or so he says, which is why he decided to pursue engineering and comedy. Big fan of Shaktiman, Arun is a kickass performer.

Manish Chaubey came next and left us all rolling with laughter. He shared about the atrocities that hit him, the struggles of his parents to recover from identity crisis by getting him kidnapped, and his tough work life where he is his own manager. But there’s a good thing that happened for him in the shitty traffic of Bengaluru, he found a girlfriend. Well, nope. We aren’t going to tell you how. You have to hear him out and go ‘awww’.

It was then time for Lakshaya Malhotra to keep the laugh riot going. And he didn’t disappoint us. The row of atrocities continued when he shared about his experience of watching Marvel & DC English movies dubbed in Hindi. He is certain that Thanos is somewhere here in Bengaluru enjoying Dosas. He signed off with an amazing piece of ‘Relationshit’ advice. Want to know, babu? Head over to his next show.

Joteen Patro came on stage with a mental note of taking autographs of whoever finds him funny. We could have given him ours. He told us that he quit his job, and his girlfriend didn’t, which is why she needs him more than ever, or so he thinks. Sounds strange? Well, not! Watch him to know his secret!

Anand Rathnam came complaining on the stage about how tinder happens to be the most horrible place. More so because, you can be a tea lover, a book lover but not really a kid-lover there. The complaints didn’t end there. He further talked about women and their deceptive leggings. Catch him live to know what’s so deceptive about the leggings.

Last, because late, was Sumit Sourav of the Star Plus’ Great Indian Laughter Challenge fame who talked about how his fans want to see him perform live only if he pays for their train tickets. He also mentioned how you have to parent the parents when they decide to explore the world of social media, because “humne duniya dekhi hai.”

There were a lot more fun jokes and anecdotes in their store, which you can indulge into in The BlackBuck Comedy’s next show.

Book The Tix

Jan 1: The New Year Comedy Show at the Enerjuvate (Jayanagar)

Jan 5: Saturday Comedy Dose 1.0 at Bearfoot Cafe

Humour Sapiens wishes you a year packed with jokes and laughter. Happy New Year!

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How did you develop interest in stand-up comedy?

I enjoyed watching comedy shows since childhood, and seeing those, I too wanted to make people laugh. Even during my school and college days, I used to be the go-to guy for laughs. A bunch of friends used to gather around me and I kept them entertained with jokes, and also roasting them at the same time. I had a certain level of comfort with them, so cracking jokes around them was easy. However, in reality, I suffered stage fright.

My sisters played a major role in me taking the humour route, as interacting with them brought out the funny inside me. Any conversation we had was bound to take a funny twist.

While growing up, I always pictured myself on stage and people listening to me attentively, whenever I said, “Mitronn”. And then one day, I went on stage, thinking that it would be the first and the last time I am being here on stage. I proved myself wrong the day I stepped on it for the second time.

Your first step into the comedy world?

It was during the school time, 8th standard to be precise, when I was asked to read the news during the morning assembly. Something took over me, and all I said was, “India defeated New Zealand by 28 runs. Now prayer by the person behind me.” Naturally, I ended up making fun of myself. The whole batch laughed and I became famous for such creative news reading. I sure was a little embarrassed later, but now, I can still pull such stunts with ease. Perks of being a budding stand-up comic, I guess.

How did you get into stand-up comedy?

The moment anyone asks me this question, I instantly go, “mera breakup ho gaya tha.”

But in reality, I wanted people to listen to me and my perspective of things. Yes, stage fear was always there, I did go on the stage with shaky legs for the first time, but prepared to tell people my perspective of things, whether they judge me or not.

I began attending live comedy shows to gain an idea on how to and what to do on stage. Then came the part where I got to perform at open mics and had amazing audiences to perform to. Which was mostly in single digit. Reality hit me hard!

What pulled me into comedy quite literally was that one open mic where the audience showed up in double digits, some 30 odd people, for a change. This first open gig of mine went pretty good. And gave me a confidence boost. Since then, I have been performing regularly at open mics, hosting shows and loving it!

What are the challenges that you have faced in the journey so far?

There have been quite a number of challenges that I have faced, like ‘single-digit audience members’ or No audience during open mics at all. People not supporting live shows or budding artists feel pretty demoralising. But we comics are on it to change it.

As an aspiring comic, I have faced the lack of opportunities, and this is the reason I decided to do something to attract the audience towards live comedy shows. So, I started a small production house named ‘THE BLACKBUCK COMEDY’. Under this name, I organize various comedy shows and comedy open mics at different venues across Bangalore. Everyone should get a fair chance to showcase the talent they possess. TBC is still growing as a production house, and I hope, it becomes well-recognised one day.

Your key achievements?

I performed for an NGO and contributed to raising funds for the cancer patients.

Opened the show for some big names like Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, who was an idol for me during my initial days of comedy, and still is.

Any bombing moment?

First of all, many people think that bombing is when you do good, just to clarify, bombing in terms of comedy means exactly the opposite of that.

Coming back to the question of bombing ‘moment’, I would say there were ‘moments’ with an ‘S’. And there always will be.

Any comedian who says that they haven’t bombed. Don’t trust, it’s a lie! Bombing is an inseparable part of a comedian’s journey.

I have bombed in front of audience ranging from 300 people to 1 odd person. There have been many instances and there will be in future. It’s just that, the best part of performing at open mics is, your ego goes down to zero or rather, negative. So, you eventually become all cool about bombing. It’s a part and parcel of the comedy world.

There’s a thing, I won’t stop because there are good shows too, where I don’t bomb but crack people up. Not every day is the same.

Any experiences with annoying members?

Not yet! And I hope this doesn’t happen in future. If at all it does, I will have another interesting story to tell at yet another show.

Connect with Lakshaya Malhotra on Instagram: pirated__punjabi

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