Varun Grover was just another lyricist in the industry, not much known, till 2015. But in 2015, he won the award for Best Lyricist at the 63rd National Film Awards for his song Moh Moh Ke Dhaage from the movie Dum Laga Ke Haisha.

The very same year, his film Masaan released which fetched him national and international recognition. Varun wrote the song ‘Tu Kisi Rail Si Guzarti Hai’ for the movie.

Who doesn’t know Gangs of Wasseypur! Varun, in collaboration with Piyush Mishra bestowed upon us those cult tracks of Gangs of Wasseypur 1, and was the sole lyricist for Gangs of Wasseypur 2.

He has also written the song Panchi Ud Gaya for Newton, and worked on the songs of Udta Punjab with lyricist Shelle.

Varun – The Script Writer

Varun scripted the movie Masaan and even received a 5-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.

He has also written various shows, such as the Netflix Special ‘Sacred Games’ and The Great Indian Comedy Challenge.

Varun – The Stand-up Comic

In early 2018, Varun’s stand-up bit on Padmaavat left the audience laughing out loud. His YouTube video witnessed 5.6 million views. It was crystal clear that the section of society which was not able to make sense out of the whole controversy was able to relate and find reason in his comical voice.

Time and again, Varun Grover has proved that not only does he outshine every medium of expression, but his content is worthy too.

Being one of the writers on the show, The Great Indian Comedy Challenge, Varun has always been a part of the Indian stand-up comedy circuit too.

He is known to take on serious issues, give them a funny twist and not sound insensitive at all. After all, how many comedians on the circuit can do that? Varun recently started the Azaadi tour with two other prolific talents – Rahul Ram and Sanjay Rajoura wherein they highlight what’s wrong with the nation and talk about socio-political issues in part stand-up comedy, part musical and part diatribe.

Varun Grover is an IITian, Writer, Comic, Award-Winning Lyricist – a man of many talents and the kind of kid your parents always wanted. His brilliance not only makes us want to see more of him, but it inspires us too!

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The younger generation is sceptical about the news they receive from mainstream media, which is apparently straitjacketed, but prefer to be presented with all facts. And comics are doing exactly that, presenting condensed news without bias. The tongue-in-cheek way of narrating news sure makes you laugh but leaves you pondering too.

Some of the comics who are taking on the political comedy are:

Kunal Kamra

In a secret affair with Modi government, Kunal Kamra is habitual of taking on them with his political humour and accepts backlash in stride. A politician once told him, ‘’Go ahead, do comedy but leave politics for us.’’ To which Kamra says, “Sir, aap pe hi chhoda tha. Par aap log comedy kar rahe ho.”

Shridhar Venkatramana

Known for his ‘Prime Time Jokes’ – a series of Stand-Up Comedy videos based on the Prime Time news events that happened around us. He presents intellectually stimulating ideas which are hilarious at the same time.

Vipul Goyal

Apart from talking about Bollywood, relationships, advertisements, Vipul also enjoys talking politics in his acts. However, he ensures that he doesn’t offend anybody’s political sentiments.

Varun Grover

People these days are more aware now and are fed news at all times through all channels. This makes for a fertile ground for stand-up comics. His tour ‘Aisi Taisi Democracy’ is all about giving satirical twist to news, and audience fell in love with it.

Vir Das

Politics occupies Das in a big way! His gig, The Secret Set includes subjects related to politics, religion, racism and the Indian accent. He is often seen taking a dig at politics.

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Kunal Kamra suggests who should become India’s next prime minister, and the front-runners as per him are the corporate giants like Mukesh Ambani and Ratan Tata. He also mentions how it led to mocking accusations from the “bhakts”, and his experience of being threatened by one of them.

Varun Grover takes up the case of Modi ji’s Canada visit, and how UP’s Chief Minister did supercool pragmatic things. He rightly puts that our leaders have a sense of humor, and it can’t be disproved mathematically. Watch it to know it.

Rajeev Nigam hilariously talks on the contemporary issues, such as Modi’s hand in construction of Patel statue and Rahul Gandhi’s commitment of giving Rs 72,000 to every Indian. He also talks about the respectful titles that are given to renowned people these days.

Vibhor Chaudhary in his video on Modi ji, Cow and Elections, hilariously talks about PM’s confidence level and Delhi CM’s tantrums. He also briefly mentions Mulayam Singh and Yogi Adityanath, and elaborates on the politicians being mythological characters, Check out the video.

Abijit Ganguly is troubled because he feels Modi ji is always making him work, even on his week-offs. And we must say, he is right! Whatever impressed him about the PM, now seems annoying. He briefly talks about Manmohan Singh too, to prove a point, which you will get to know when you watch the video.

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As we waited with bated breath, the awesome threesome came and the show began with Rahul Ram, amazing song writer and composer, singing a song on pollution, which definitely set the mood.

It was followed by Varun Grover, extremely talented writer and comic, talking about the current happenings and latest news. He sure gave the newsy act a quirky twist and left us giggling. We were treated to the Tinder profile of Modi Ji from 2014 and 2019. Striking differences in looks, we must say. Modi Ji of 2014 looked very much like him, however, Modi Ji of 2019 looked like Vivek Oberoi! Strange, isn’t it? 

Sanjay Rajoura, renowned stand-up comic, gave sarcastic twist to his narrative. He talked about how Indian men have been affecting the society and many other societal issues, and we couldn’t have agreed more.

While we were indulged in quirkiness of the comics, Rahul Ram kept us engrossed with his musicals on unemployment, pollution and the election month which is currently going on. He left us humming the tunes of his wacky songs.

The show ended on a high note with audience applauding and giving them the well-deserved standing ovation.

The trio blew our minds, leaving us wanting for more!

Varun Grover added, “Political Satire is very difficult in India because, iska seedha sambandh reality se hai.”

They are taking the Aazaadi tour to other parts of India too. Do drop in on their next ‘Aisi Taisi Democracy’ show and get face to face with reality.

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Here are a few quotes by Indian comedians to tickle your funny bone as well as the brains.  

1. BISWA KALYAN RATH

Speaking for the introverts, he said, “When you grow up introverted, your idea of enjoying is different. If you tell me bro, enjoy yourself. I will go sleep for three days.”

2. KANAN GILL

Putting us back in our places, reminded us, “You can’t be impatient with your parents. They are like, ‘we used to clean your potty, remember that?'”

3. TANMAY BHAT

When Tanmay deciphered Daler Mehendi songs for us saying, “Table Tennis athlete from China is called Ding Ning. If you say her name eight times, somewhere Daler Mehendi starts to sing Rang De Basanti.” Oh, well!

4. VARUN GROVER

An initiative to remind us how old we are by Varun Grover. When he decided to tell us how some things have lost their sheen by saying, “Kiran Bedi, Manmohan Singh, Derek O’Brien and Floppy Disk. Things that were awesome in the 90s but are horribly depressing now.”

5. ADITI MITTAL

Aditi Mittal told us about how our society thinks about an independent girl when she ripped an uncle who told her, “Beta lovely comedy, but do your parents know that you are saying all these things on stage?”

6. PUNYA ARORA

In a man’s world, showing everyone the mirror of sarcasm, Punya said, “What would you do if you woke up as a man one day? I’ll be like woah, now I can do anything.”

7. SORABH PANT

Taking a humourous dig at IIPM founder, Sorabh Pant said, “Just saw Arindam Chaudhari. Told him, ‘I recognise you.’ He burst out crying, ‘I wish you were University Grants Commission.'”

8. TANMAY BHAT

When Tanmany spoke against bullying. Said, “I have always been overweight, and a huge part of my childhood revolved around trying to be funny as a defense mechanism.

9. BISWA KALYAN RATH

Bringing us back to reality said,”People say reality is stranger than fiction. I don’t agree. Mere ko ek bhi panda dikha de jo kung fu kar sakta hai.”

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