East India Comedy
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| Website | eastindiacomedy | |||||||||
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| Also known as | EIC | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012–Present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.49 M (9 Jun 2020) | |||||||||
| Total views | 188.68 M (9 Jun 2020) | |||||||||
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East India Comedy is a group of 5 Indian stand-up comedians that performs comedy shows, organizes comedy workshops, corporate events and scripts, movies 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 Kunal Rao, [9] Sapan Verma and Sahil Shah.[10] Sorabh Pant and Atul Khatri left EIC in 2017 to pursue their solo careers.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "What We Do". East India Comedy. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ 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 978-9350098103.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "LiveInStyle". Live In Style.
- ^ Jain, Tanvi (10 June 2012). "Comic Timing". Indian Express. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Fernandes, Daniel (6 August 2017). "'You Started It' with Daniel Fernandes". Daniel Fernandes, Youtube channel. Retrieved 6 August 2017.