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East India Comedy
FormerlyEast India Comedy
IndustryComedy, Stage performing
Founded2012 (2012)
FounderSorabh Pant
OwnerSorabh Pant
Websiteeastindiacomedy.com

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 the 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 other comedians.[9]

Performers

The group consists of six 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 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 member of EIC and has done over 300 shows in the last three years.[14]
  • Sahil Shah: Regarded as One of the most promising names on the comedy circuit. Sahil Shah has also appeared in one episode of Channel V's You're fired!.[15][16]
  • Azeem Banatwalla: Azeem is an engineer turned comedian. He is a travel writer and in past has written for The Man and worked with National Geographic Travel.[17][18]
  • Atul Khatri: Atul 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.[19][20]
  • Kunal Rao: Kunal is a retired chartered accountant. He debuted his comedy from comedy tour Holy Krao in 2012 and has done more than 300 shows since then. He has also written humor columns for Mid-Day, HT Brunch, Hindustan Times and Maxim.[21]

References

  1. ^ "What We Do". East India Comedy. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dubey, Gaurav (3 August 2014). "Are Bollywood stars fine with Indian stand-up comics mocking them?". mid-day. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. ^ Pant, Sorabh (2014). Under Delhi. Hachette India. ISBN 9350098105.
  5. ^ Why is India so reluctant to talk about sex?. BBC. 10 December 2014.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Stage is set for the Ghanta Awards 2014". Indian Express. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  8. ^ Chatterjee, Arundhati (9 February 2013). "Vote for the worst of Bollywood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. ^ Jain, Tanvi (10 June 2012). "Comic Timing". Indian Express. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Funny Thursdays in Bangalore – Entertainment – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  11. ^ ""Pant on Fire" Comedian Sorabh Pant's English Comedy Special". Dubainightplanner.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ "Twitter@6: 30 interesting Indians to follow – India News – IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Sapan Verma". East India Comedy. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  15. ^ Chatterjee, Arundhati (24 September 2012). "For the love of gags". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  16. ^ "highlarious-presents-neeti-palta-sahil-shah-daniel-fernandes-200039490". Zomato. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  17. ^ Mehta, Siddhant (30 May 2012). "Azeem Banatwalla Walks Into A Bar". NH7. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  18. ^ "BEST IN STAND-UP COMEDY: Azeem Banatwalla, Neville Bharucha, Amogh Ranadive, Dhruv Deshpande". BlueFROG. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Atul Khatri". Polka Cafe. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  20. ^ "What's on bookings open". The Comedy Store. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  21. ^ "Kunal Rao". East India Comedy. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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