1. Haq Se Single – Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain’s forte is story-telling and in his stand-up, he keeps his audience engaged in the stories of his love life.

Stand-up comedy, back then, wasn’t even a thing— open mics were just small gatherings of like-minded people, and that’s why if you look at the original batch of comics, we all know each ...

Even though the English comedy scene in India is quite nascent, from 2008-09 onwards we’ve gotten a whole bunch of comics. You have people like Zakir Khan, Anubhav Singh Bassi, who’ve ...

That Comedy Club started as a temporary setup at Beer Republic on Church Street, but in the year that it’s been around, it’s hosted the who’s who of Indian stand-up – from Anuvab Pal to ...

More than 10 years after stand-up comedy first arrived in India, the art form is still in its nascent stages. Even in larger cities like New Delhi, the scene is dominated by male comedians.

The video streamer has ordered 14 stand-up comedy specials featuring some of the country’s top comedians, even though it has yet to sign up any in the U.S.

Clearly, comedy is top dog on streaming platforms like Amazon Prime Video: the first Indian original to return (on July 12) is the reality show, Comicstaan . Ten stand-up comics vie for the title ...