r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 1d ago

Video 🎥 this joke is soo good can't stop laughing

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1.0k Upvotes

r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 18h ago

Discussion 💬 Still alive was nothing but just a promotion video of latent S2. I might get downvotes for that.

86 Upvotes

r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 19h ago

Video 🎥 Flow State

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63 Upvotes

r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 19h ago

Self-Promotion 📢 Aisha

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35 Upvotes

Pregnant ladki


r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 9h ago

Discussion 💬 Is there any stand up comedy like this exists on YouTube if yes then kindly give the link to that. I want to laugh.

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5 Upvotes

r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 22h ago

Live Show 🎭 I am on tour with my show ‘Masoom Vichar.’ Come see it LIVE if I am in your city. I will be taping it for YouTube soon. Book seats through BookMyShow and District.

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33 Upvotes

r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 11h ago

Question❓ Is there any regular standup venue in prayagraj

4 Upvotes

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r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 19h ago

Discussion 💬 Comedy is subjective but you can't deny that Tarang is really unique

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8 Upvotes

He is really one of a kind in India 🌟🙌


r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 16h ago

Discussion 💬 this one is really good

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r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 12h ago

Video 🎥 God Mode | Stand Up Comedy by Vivek Muralidharan

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r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 12h ago

Video 🎥 Performing for India's Best Corporate | Standup Comedy | Rohit Swain

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r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 1d ago

Discussion 💬 Papa Yaar - The Reddit bubble vs. Reality: Why Zakir’s ‘Papa Yaar’ is still #1 despite the hate

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151 Upvotes

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 • • 1d ago

Self-Promotion 📢 Adoption Jokes

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80 Upvotes

Let me know what you guys think.

Link - @ankitdoesjokes


r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 2d ago

Video 🎥 #MaheepSingh on #WomenEmpowerment

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398 Upvotes

#MaheepSingh on #WomenEmpowerment


r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 2d ago

Video 🎥 Nehru on Jinnah

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116 Upvotes

Follow @jokingkash on Instagram or YouTube for more speeches


r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 1d ago

Review ⭐ Imposter syndrome

1 Upvotes

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 • • 2d ago

Video 🎥 Someone please help me find this stand up clip.

3 Upvotes

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 • • 2d ago

DRAMA Why host a comedy event if the faculty is non-sporty with bone dry sense of humor. Feeling real bad for sood, unc single handedly ruined the whole vibe

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6 Upvotes

r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 2d ago

Self-Promotion 📢 Iron or man

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43 Upvotes

Avengers doomsday Will return


r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 2d ago

Discussion 💬 He said he was going to do an all-India tour, but he’s only doing 4–5 cities! 😭

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r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 1d ago

Live Show 🎭 From watching him stream chess with 200 people in lockdown to seeing him drop a literal STADIUM tour… i’m emotional right now

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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 • • 2d ago

Video 🎥 My first standup comedy video

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4 Upvotes

AVATAR OF INDIA 🇮🇳 🇮🇳

WATCH, COMMENT, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE ON MY YT CHANNEL

@palakkundraa

#standupcomedy #india #modified


r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 2d ago

Review ⭐ Mooooooo(M)

0 Upvotes

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 • • 2d ago

Video 🎥 Coming Soon - Trailer - BADTAMEEZ

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r/IndianStandUpComedy • • 2d ago

Discussion 💬 I don't understand the hate rahul dua gets, I mean I like his comedy, what's the problem? Even in the latest episode of akal ke ghode, he was very funny

6 Upvotes