The cancelling of Munawar Faruqui’s show has made a bad situation worse for comedians. Several comedians in the city fear performing after Munawar Faruqui’s event got cancelled in Bengaluru on Sunday. Gaurav Purohit, a stand up comedian, believes if comedians are penalized for their jokes, the art form will die out gradually.”I do not want […]
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Kannada comedians get fewer open mic opportunities than English comedians in Bengaluru’s established comedy clubs. In Bengaluru, amateur Kannada comedians seek opportunities in the open mics hosted by four Kannada collectives, namely Tharle Box, NamduK, Lolbagh and Ondh Joke Hella. English comedians however, have an array of opportunities to perform in open mics hosted at […]
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Very few stand-up comedians choose to be political, while others fear backlash from viewers for speaking against the government. By Nikita Arora A Facebook post of Kunal Kamra, a popular stand-up comedian, reads, “One day your landlady will ask you to vacate her house and look for another place because of your political opinion. And […]
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