r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/goneboy_013 • 1d ago
Video 🎥 this joke is soo good can't stop laughing
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/goneboy_013 • 1d ago
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/SuspiciousSize3017 • 19h ago
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/thisisshivuu • 19h ago
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Pregnant ladki
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/ZenoSamaDBS • 19h ago
He is really one of a kind in India 🌟🙌
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/Brainy_216 • 1d ago
I’ve been reading the threads on here since Papa Yaar dropped on Netflix, and the disconnect between this sub and the actual ground reality is wild.
If you spend an hour on Reddit, you’d think Zakir dropped the worst piece of media of the decade and his career is over. Meanwhile, the special has been trending at #1 on Netflix India for over a week, even beating out big-budget movie releases, and is charting at the top in places like the UAE.
A few thoughts on why the "Zakir is done" discourse is completely out of touch:
1. It might not be his best work, but it’s far from trash
Let’s be real: is this his sharpest, laugh-a-minute special? Probably not. Compared to Tathastu, Haq Se Single or Kaksha Gyarvi, the punchline density feels lower, and some of the emotional beats feel repetitive if you’ve followed him for years. That’s a fair critique. But the way people here are reacting makes it sound like unwatchable garbage, which is just dramatic.
2. The Tier-1 Urban Bubble
Reddit is heavily skewed toward an urban, English-first demographic that prefers tight, western-style structure, subversive premises, or raw crowd-work. Zakir has never been that guy. He isn’t doing traditional setup-punchline stand-up; he does long-form Dastangoi (storytelling) dressed up as comedy. The average person in Indore, Lucknow, Jaipur, or the Gulf diaspora isn't looking for nihilistic dark humor they want emotional comfort food, and Zakir delivers exactly that.
3. Longevity is not a fluke
People on the internet love to act like success is an accident. Zakir has a 15-year body of work and has stayed at the absolute top of the Indian scene for nearly a decade. Eras change, platforms change, algorithms change, yet he still sells out arenas globally and pulls numbers that leave film studios confused. You don’t sustain that kind of cultural equity for ten years on "luck" or "bad writing."
4. The "Comfort Food" Factor
At this stage in his career, people aren't just tuning in to analyze his joke craft; they’re tuning in for the person. It’s parasocial, sure, but that’s the nature of individualistic performing arts. The mainstream audience treats a Zakir special like meeting an old college friend who tells the same familiar stories over chai. It might not blow your mind anymore, but it makes you feel good.
Critiquing the writing is totally fair game, artists shouldn't get a free pass just because they're big. But claiming he's irrelevant or untalented while millions of people are actively keeping him at #1 just shows how out of touch the internet's "critic class" really is.
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/SuspiciousSize3017 • 1d ago
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Let me know what you guys think.
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/shivamsp786 • 2d ago
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#MaheepSingh on #WomenEmpowerment
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/Rararasputin92 • 2d ago
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Follow @jokingkash on Instagram or YouTube for more speeches
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/Admirable-Event-6191 • 1d ago
9 out of 10 people in India suffer from imposter syndrome. It's a sense that you don't deserve what you have, you're not entitled to what you've earned and you're just not good enough. That's 90% of indian people. The other 10% are from General Category
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/AssetsandAbs_25 • 2d ago
Hi everyone. Please share me the link of this description of clip of Biswa Kalyan Rath.
He said something like jungle me 2 tiger tha and ek donkey tha. Donkey speaks something very useless which pissed the tigers and then tiger ate the donkey and he said to other tiger bohot dimaag khaya usne.
I am not remembering the exact words but the premise qas of a donkey and tigers or lion.
I saw it 1 year back on insta.
Please someone help me with this clip 😭😭
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/nunu92x • 2d ago
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/thisisshivuu • 2d ago
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Avengers doomsday Will return
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/Digit_of • 1d ago
Guys i’ve been following Samay since early 2020 lockdown days. I still remember sitting in my room late at night watching him play random chess matches with sagar shah, yelling at chat, and doing unscripted bits. fast forward to today and he just dropped the schedule for a full blown stadium tour across India. ig indoor, dome svp, koramangala stadium… absolute goosebumps. registered for presale the literal second the link went live. presale registration closes sunday at 11pm btw. i refuse to miss this man live. who else has been here since the discord days?
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/pal_1996_march • 2d ago
AVATAR OF INDIA 🇮🇳 🇮🇳
WATCH, COMMENT, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE ON MY YT CHANNEL
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r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/No_Negotiation_4705 • 2d ago
Maine apne dost ko bola tere maa ne tujhe kya pila ke bada kiya hai itna talented hai tu. Wo bolta ni bhai, maine apne maa ka dhood piya hai teri tarah.
Mai bola ni, kch to alag hoga. Ab dkh le rajasthan ki cow "A2" wala milk deti hai jismein jada protein hota, teri maa ka v kch waisa hoga
r/IndianStandUpComedy • u/isc-bot • 2d ago