East India Comedy
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| Formerly | East India Comedy |
|---|---|
| Industry | Comedy, Stage performing |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Sorabh Pant |
| Owner | Sorabh Pant |
| Website | eastindiacomedy |
East India Comedy is a group of Indian stand-up comedians that performs comedy shows, organizes comedy workshops, corporate events and scripts movie and television shows.[1][2] The group claims to be India's busiest comedy company with a record 130 shows across the country in the calendar year 2013.[3][4] East India Comedy maintains a YouTube channel that shows their comedy stints and satires on topics like politics, religion and the Indian film industry.[5][6] Much of their reputation was initiated through their online presence. The group hosts India’s version of the Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies), the Ghanta Awards.[7][8]
History
East India Comedy was founded by Sorabh Pant in 2012 along with Sapan Verma and Sahil Shah.[9]
Performers
The group consists of seven full-time performers and hires other comedians, cinematographers and editors as freelancers on project basis.[2] The full-time stand up comedians are:
- Sorabh Pant: Sorabh Pant is one of India's most successful comedians, having done over 250 shows in over 17 cities.[10][11] He has been rated amongst India's top 10 stand-up comedians by The Times of India.[12] In a poll by IBN Live in March 2012, he was listed No. 1 in the 30 most interesting Twitter users in India.[13]
- Sapan Verma: Sapan is one of the founding members of EIC and has done over 300 shows in the last three years.
- Sahil Shah: Sahil is regarded as "one of the most promising names on the comedy circuit".
- Azeem Banatwalla: Azeem is an engineer turned comedian.
- Atul Khatri: Atul,a former member of EIC is an Indian computer engineer and a regular performer at The Canvas Laugh Factory. He was one of the 3 finalists at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2012.He left the EIC in August 2017,being the member of the group for 5 years.
- Angad Singh Ranyal: Angad recently made his foray into professional standup comedy.
- Kunal Rao: Kunal is a retired chartered accountant.
See also
References
- ^ "What We Do". East India Comedy. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ a b Sengupta, Devina (25 July 2014). "New startups in comedy business step up hiring as humour delights". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Dubey, Gaurav (3 August 2014). "Are Bollywood stars fine with Indian stand-up comics mocking them?". mid-day. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Pant, Sorabh (2014). Under Delhi. Hachette India. ISBN 9350098105.
- ^ Why is India so reluctant to talk about sex?. BBC. 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Video: East India Comedy's new musical 'Wrecking God' shows why urban Indians dread religious festivals". DNA India. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Stage is set for the Ghanta Awards 2014". Indian Express. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Chatterjee, Arundhati (9 February 2013). "Vote for the worst of Bollywood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Jain, Tanvi (10 June 2012). "Comic Timing". Indian Express. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Funny Thursdays in Bangalore – Entertainment – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ ""Pant on Fire" Comedian Sorabh Pant's English Comedy Special". Dubainightplanner.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Nona Walia, TNN 11 September 2011, 11.06am IST (11 September 2011). "Comic Relief – Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Twitter@6: 30 interesting Indians to follow – India News – IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.