1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:01,680 Welcome. To the show. 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:02,200 Hello. Bye. 3 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,400 Thank you for having me here. So we recently have the video. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,640 So how was the experience of getting viral? 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,920 It's a very mixed experience because when you upload 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,320 something, you don't know that whether you will attain virality 7 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,400 or not. Because sometimes Internet works 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,160 in mysterious ways, especially social media. 9 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,280 So the first time I uploaded the video. 10 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:30,550 So I was very unsure because as such a lot of comics, fellow 11 00:00:30,550 --> 00:00:33,230 comics were uploading and they were not getting as much 12 00:00:33,230 --> 00:00:36,910 response. But then I am glad that the 13 00:00:36,910 --> 00:00:42,390 short video format really that went viral so that attracted a 14 00:00:42,390 --> 00:00:45,230 lot of people to my YouTube video which very rarely happens 15 00:00:45,390 --> 00:00:47,390 and then I became a meme material. 16 00:00:47,630 --> 00:00:50,310 So yeah All in all it's a very mixed experience. 17 00:00:50,310 --> 00:00:53,990 I am still digesting it. This may be we have, we have 18 00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:57,070 been doing stand up for about 6-7 years now so. 19 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:01,780 Long time, right? So kind of was expecting this to 20 00:01:01,780 --> 00:01:06,580 happen, but I'm glad that it happened after a long delay so 21 00:01:07,020 --> 00:01:10,700 Instagram chances other views the same content. 22 00:01:11,540 --> 00:01:14,020 As a merry video, Nikal Keko, you are up in a channel Padalay 23 00:01:14,020 --> 00:01:22,820 or uska viral Ojay or meri apne me views nai I are who I so zu. 24 00:01:24,110 --> 00:01:29,750 Book or PHP Dalai upan apna ID credit laga ke contrast badaki 25 00:01:29,830 --> 00:01:53,510 ganavan adal diyas in a odissa wala jolley. 26 00:01:54,330 --> 00:01:57,890 You to pay Kuchar punch various to comedians with they come in 27 00:01:57,890 --> 00:02:01,930 like yeah riya Tom maybe kartha home open in those to the beach 28 00:02:02,850 --> 00:02:07,650 to is Kuja Kemujay stage for kanaji professionally kanaji 29 00:02:07,930 --> 00:02:11,610 that's how I hit open mic and when I hit open mics I realized 30 00:02:11,610 --> 00:02:20,810 that I'm kind of good at it so then he then. 31 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,520 Took help from them to guidance from them, and then I started 32 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,920 the scene here and that's how Comedy Highway came into 33 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:30,640 existence. And that has been that way. 34 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,880 More people started in back in 2016, right? 35 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:41,840 And right now 23 Kitna. Better bohad, better exponents. 36 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,720 East to the power X qk AB kitni resources and up to this data he 37 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,920 kitna natha. Those are Solana. 38 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,280 Rosa Solam Akapatha app paisa dekh Internet is the Jio nita 39 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:17,520 jio chodo ya normal 3G badiva you know to apake. 40 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,520 Data was costly back then. Right up data of mobile data of 41 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:36,720 Kartaka kita. Mobile data of Kartaka Ki 42 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:49,080 Kartaka Ki Ki. Itanasari 2 videos in I think 43 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,600 videos in Internet paravi aaj kismanam Indian stand up scene 44 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:04,160 say kisiko up abdus logo koi pachan pav you know so that is 45 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:09,080 there when data you have so many people to see and learn what to 46 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,040 do. So many videos that will tell 47 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,800 you what not to do in comedy. Which Bhati assag. 48 00:04:17,370 --> 00:04:23,410 A lot of data is there to learn and implement the right form of 49 00:04:23,410 --> 00:04:26,010 comedy that works for you. Apart from that, of course, 50 00:04:26,370 --> 00:04:30,530 Bhubaneswar seen there have been lately there have been a lot of 51 00:04:30,530 --> 00:04:36,250 new entrants and exponential growth is labeled wrong because 52 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:39,490 now we have a proper comedy club in the space. 53 00:04:39,810 --> 00:04:44,690 So Yampeto shows Othi Ratha her weekend bar Sekamedian Ana, like 54 00:04:44,690 --> 00:04:47,680 the bar Sekamedian I have today. The Calcutta, Mumbai. 55 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:48,400 Delhi. Karka chale. 56 00:04:49,160 --> 00:05:01,800 A kind to get be cry Gary take a about messages I am so yeah 57 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,040 dedicated space. Open mics. 58 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:11,680 Tom Go cafes. My Jacky py. 59 00:05:16,340 --> 00:05:20,980 But the struggle is same for every set is growth. 60 00:05:21,580 --> 00:05:24,020 This is a process basically starting from open mic. 61 00:05:24,540 --> 00:05:28,540 Mushroom. So you have been comment like 62 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:31,220 for six years? Six and a half, Six and a half 63 00:05:31,220 --> 00:05:34,300 years, according to you. What is the art of writing the 64 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:40,260 perfect joke? There is no hard fast rule up 65 00:05:40,260 --> 00:05:41,180 case. We will accept the. 66 00:05:41,810 --> 00:05:45,210 OK, lokbalnaya comedy sikhaya. There was a startup of the 67 00:05:45,210 --> 00:05:47,650 bandugya. This may be as a faculty front 68 00:05:47,650 --> 00:05:51,810 row, so this may be as a faculty to my workshops. 69 00:05:52,650 --> 00:05:57,770 But over the time when I realized Funny hona so se pehla 70 00:05:58,050 --> 00:06:06,570 to ye kya funny ho ho, fundamentally primary. 71 00:06:12,050 --> 00:06:14,410 Just a man personally. Mera alagya zakir bhai. 72 00:06:14,410 --> 00:06:16,250 Just a storytelling girl. Mera alagya map punchline 73 00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:20,130 Paliktom. So same in climax 74 00:06:33,690 --> 00:06:39,610 Palailaka. So character or environment 75 00:06:39,610 --> 00:06:42,810 create kartha like methylene type custody telling a Jabhava 76 00:06:42,810 --> 00:06:47,690 koha lakey chalraag journey pair format. 77 00:06:47,690 --> 00:06:53,690 That's OK hand fast ruling for someone who is starting, right? 78 00:06:54,330 --> 00:07:03,650 Now it's like starting basically from the open mic and then yeah, 79 00:07:03,650 --> 00:07:07,410 yeah, till date we do open mic Ville. 80 00:07:10,470 --> 00:07:25,910 Open my Sothika Janakili OK open make my to audience Kamati OK or 81 00:07:25,950 --> 00:07:32,230 what are a newcomer so they do even though newcomer so they on 82 00:07:32,230 --> 00:07:39,670 go first time. SSI Janavala Kapura show It's 83 00:07:39,670 --> 00:07:42,150 like host Uthara headlining act type Kautha. 84 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:49,430 Remember a senior. Local comics You thought a 85 00:07:49,590 --> 00:08:05,910 senior but Mike Utana? Karab Najay, but Mike to Karaj 86 00:08:06,470 --> 00:08:10,400 N. Is also has to be that 87 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,320 intelligent, otherwise it won't work. 88 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,960 You know. Gana to koibi gallega. 89 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,800 No offense to musicians. Dance to koibi gallega CK No 90 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:26,200 offense to dancers. Poets please take offense. 91 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:31,000 Rhyming words to may here poet Look bechel over there. 92 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,630 Heartbreak ke Badkaskar. So for stand up we are it 93 00:08:34,669 --> 00:08:38,909 process anarchy instant hasana to apka koibe art form of the 94 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:46,510 yusra Jo stage art format and methaliya stand up we are 95 00:08:46,510 --> 00:08:51,470 dynamically measure out there so you have to stand to the 96 00:08:51,470 --> 00:08:57,790 audience so you take back instant feedback so that way its 97 00:08:58,070 --> 00:09:06,600 different and. Tough also after building this 98 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,560 community in Bhubaneswar basically, right? 99 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,960 What are the growth perspective you see from here in the space? 100 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,080 What? Can be money wise everything 101 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,720 like building the community, growing it and money with us. 102 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,680 Money wise for we think here we though people are. 103 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,160 Instead of calling shires poets dancers for their cultural 104 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:28,840 activities, they are preferring stand up comedy. 105 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:36,540 So we get money. Community building a It's a very 106 00:09:36,540 --> 00:09:38,900 tight scene. We have only 1516 people in 107 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:43,460 Bhubaneswar doing stand up. So I when I started, we were 108 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:47,220 just four people to matters the kettle. 109 00:09:48,820 --> 00:10:04,600 Or maybe give up, but stand up. Withstand withstanding, failure 110 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:12,120 is very important. Traditional WhatsApp sent me up. 111 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:21,160 They're gonna job data memory cards and I got to send to my 112 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:33,180 coach Clips. So I've done, like, various 113 00:10:33,180 --> 00:10:38,220 college shoes, right? College shows are always fun. 114 00:10:38,820 --> 00:10:41,060 Crowd already hyped up with you, they're just happy to see you 115 00:10:41,060 --> 00:10:50,780 there, you know. So Tana jokes merits personality 116 00:10:50,780 --> 00:10:54,420 merit because you are the staff in the college show. 117 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:58,380 But of course for content can be restrictions. 118 00:10:59,510 --> 00:11:03,710 Mix experience Abta Madani Arata College shows me Lamma Karuna 119 00:11:03,710 --> 00:11:07,390 college shows. But AB Jada why club shows me 120 00:11:07,430 --> 00:11:15,270 Wagara Mahari Japamu Jatholi employed Janta you know a 121 00:11:15,270 --> 00:11:17,750 service valley Janta Mujee military. 122 00:11:18,910 --> 00:11:27,990 Corporate shows, corporate Janta military, you know to Usma 123 00:11:27,990 --> 00:11:30,230 Jabav. Which of Job carrying a Tavan 124 00:11:30,230 --> 00:11:48,910 Gopatha Chaliga Philip Pantseropa they can hang, a mere 125 00:11:50,190 --> 00:12:01,430 show they can to hook. US client Sapna So Ratsko, 126 00:12:01,430 --> 00:12:04,550 that's why just like a sovacha Vajataka shift feruskat Gariyal 127 00:12:05,310 --> 00:12:23,430 Kitra SRT in the Ferruto Ramsalan Chaanj. 128 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:32,900 Kind of arts scale. The trend may, but they were 129 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:35,340 seeing a toll on my health also, So I had quit. 130 00:12:35,340 --> 00:12:38,860 Have you the better experience? Then later I did MBA, joined a 131 00:12:38,860 --> 00:12:41,620 bank. Also bad work culture. 132 00:12:41,620 --> 00:12:44,660 So I was like, OK, fine, because I couldn't go up on stage only 133 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:48,140 in the in the couple of months that I was there in the in the 134 00:12:48,140 --> 00:12:50,620 bank. So I was like, it's fine. 135 00:12:50,740 --> 00:12:53,500 I mean, I can. I think I have the potency to 136 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:58,460 earn equivalently in comedy. That's why I quit. 137 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:02,180 How does the comedian? Depends which one, Zakir. 138 00:13:02,860 --> 00:13:04,780 No, Too many. Someone who is starting right 139 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:06,580 or. Within like someone who is 140 00:13:06,580 --> 00:13:08,980 starting doesn't turn within two years or three. 141 00:13:10,740 --> 00:13:14,860 Years depends where which city and how are you performing. 142 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:23,300 Impact the location can impact the locations are demand predict 143 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:26,410 to that. Janzada demand I'm up. 144 00:13:26,410 --> 00:13:30,330 A comedian Jandi grokar Ki Jandi shows kar janta demanding after 145 00:13:30,330 --> 00:13:34,130 demand create karna padra. So total pan sale. 146 00:13:34,130 --> 00:13:39,010 OK. Yes, Bhuvada. 147 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:57,460 Coffee post COVID area was actually something which 148 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,460 actually communities and all of these. 149 00:14:00,580 --> 00:14:04,500 Post COVID During COVID also we had zoom shows. 150 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:07,580 So zoom shows were the best because you can have any artist 151 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:11,460 from anywhere perform for any audience from anywhere. 152 00:14:14,060 --> 00:14:20,380 Exactly Amto Amneto bought a nominal ticket Ragada Saurabh 153 00:14:20,420 --> 00:14:26,080 pant Pratyusha. You can joke to subco test 154 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:35,520 Kannada supply demand, so you call it choose. 155 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:44,880 Make a way to do it. You are a DMS. 156 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:55,850 I have Kisser and a faculty. Happen a child faculty give a ha 157 00:14:57,490 --> 00:15:15,250 ha extra for the green room extra this are faculty. 158 00:15:18,420 --> 00:15:38,300 HR gopatani Orotha Omuje keschi's Kalepasa. 159 00:15:38,660 --> 00:15:48,020 They're out there now. Rangoli Ki Jaga Koon Seven are 160 00:15:48,020 --> 00:15:53,740 open. What is one of the most 161 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:56,500 experience till now in comedy for you? 162 00:15:57,660 --> 00:16:00,020 What she shows the both Karab. Both Karab. 163 00:16:00,020 --> 00:16:08,860 Yeah, so there was this cafe slash club where I was supposed 164 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:13,100 to perform in. So the tickets Jo Bigedi. 165 00:16:13,510 --> 00:16:15,230 Cafes. Clubs, of course. 166 00:16:15,230 --> 00:16:18,670 The theatre seat up Neemilta, of course, as he scattered such 167 00:16:18,710 --> 00:16:27,470 eating ratta unkal latte comedy oja yuvape or or tickets big big 168 00:16:27,910 --> 00:16:42,920 Itigu. Or Lagatar Hekal get it? 169 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:49,160 Lagatar so unke chakramain upura sokravar just because of a Ek 170 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,160 tables are their opening acts of we handle nigarbayan go 171 00:16:53,040 --> 00:17:13,430 bakkejaratha YouTube which yaba. Comedy Comedy Highway. 172 00:17:14,910 --> 00:17:20,910 So in theory, Comedy Highway started in 2018, but 2017 say 173 00:17:20,910 --> 00:17:23,430 Inception. We just didn't know what to call 174 00:17:23,430 --> 00:17:29,670 it after the by the time Devachan came, we had formed 175 00:17:29,670 --> 00:17:32,030 Comedy Highway. I had formed Comedy Highway, but 176 00:17:32,030 --> 00:17:35,710 it was a very select number of people, 4-5 people. 177 00:17:36,110 --> 00:17:39,900 Then Devachan got added there. And then now the community is 178 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:45,180 big enough to hold 16 to 17 people in as a as a collective 179 00:17:45,180 --> 00:17:56,940 and good experiences Bahatacha. I got a text after a show that I 180 00:17:58,380 --> 00:18:03,740 was feeling suicidal and all some girl and I thought K kya 181 00:18:03,740 --> 00:18:05,820 karu kya karu. I was about to sell farm. 182 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:11,140 But I was like I wanted to see your show once so so I'm so 183 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:13,820 happy that I'm not depressed anymore. 184 00:18:15,980 --> 00:18:19,100 Shobi actually is in one of those shows. 185 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:21,860 Do make with will get together usually many will do. 186 00:18:22,180 --> 00:18:29,140 My average will do so Kavita vocal Leto give yourself a mega 187 00:18:29,140 --> 00:18:32,620 radha she are there cemental trauma. 188 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:38,110 Kya Paramedi went to Yeah well. We go atana up to show me dukhi 189 00:18:38,110 --> 00:18:42,750 admi here you Khushi teka comedy dekhna yaga khusha you to pay 190 00:18:42,750 --> 00:18:50,910 the kush problem. Yeah so give your there. 191 00:19:00,030 --> 00:19:02,070 What are the devices you will also give to your parcel? 192 00:19:02,670 --> 00:19:09,950 You may group better. With the question here huh it is 193 00:19:10,070 --> 00:19:13,870 a open mics about the app stage personality. 194 00:19:13,870 --> 00:19:19,150 When thi he open mics say jaja ke you can appa open mic negar 195 00:19:19,310 --> 00:19:25,630 to appka voice of find case of comfortable stage bed time. 196 00:19:30,260 --> 00:19:49,860 O Banne mehi, what time legget this is the true self asima baat 197 00:19:53,340 --> 00:19:58,620 kartangarget galat apnegape di K. 198 00:19:59,540 --> 00:20:06,540 Jawak Laga USA as a shift on ago likeable personality or how I 199 00:20:06,540 --> 00:20:10,060 want to project myself on stage O successful projection my time 200 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:13,820 lag. Jata JA. 201 00:20:13,820 --> 00:20:24,100 Rudin is a Basibai Bharvi Vasay and there be Vasi Anna 202 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:30,970 Chasadada. To change kuru logon koi ahi 203 00:20:30,970 --> 00:20:57,090 pasandarayi you say kutkoni lagaraki Maya justice Karam up. 204 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:09,310 My time to lie here. Favorite dark person here for 205 00:21:10,150 --> 00:21:15,150 mirror strength in here. You know, mirror strength. 206 00:21:15,390 --> 00:21:18,750 Observation has storytelling. Dark growth. 207 00:21:19,230 --> 00:21:21,390 Risky. Nest strength crowd work to be, 208 00:21:23,350 --> 00:21:24,780 you know. Dark. 209 00:21:24,780 --> 00:21:28,380 Risky. Dedicatedly a dark show. 210 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:31,140 Why I have seen mindsets at the body. 211 00:21:31,420 --> 00:21:33,260 We have had a dark show recently. 212 00:21:34,020 --> 00:21:37,060 So yeah, that is audience for that. 213 00:21:37,780 --> 00:21:42,900 Once a while accepting next video Something new. 214 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:48,540 Yeah, like a new set. Completely new set. 215 00:21:48,860 --> 00:21:52,700 It's a short story of eight minutes about. 216 00:21:54,280 --> 00:22:01,000 About love bites yeah that is the the topic of concern. 217 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:06,760 Love bites American joke has memorable don't Ki mujani 218 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,040 pradatha OK. If love is a chemistry then hiki 219 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:17,600 is the chemical residue. So like we have opened for Zakir 220 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:22,880 Khan even as with the experience. 221 00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:46,300 Bhattsar Ki ke alok bhatsar ke ke aaya ke aaste. 222 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,080 Achatti it gets them Junior comics, Goanna Junior comics, 223 00:22:54,360 --> 00:23:06,520 Palla, Junior comic. But Joe Junior comics in case of 224 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:13,400 Kam Karta in case of coffee learning experience. 225 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,650 Kibos Bahakasa up stit so I guess we can add this over here. 226 00:23:21,490 --> 00:23:23,210 And so I guess you did not like the experience. 227 00:23:23,410 --> 00:23:24,690 I loved it. We liked it. 228 00:23:24,810 --> 00:23:26,730 Yes. That's great. 229 00:23:27,690 --> 00:23:31,490 To marava Mulaye. Kyun Ye Bul Rai matlab Tera got 230 00:23:31,490 --> 00:23:35,610 channi Lagadathu. But yeah. 231 00:23:35,890 --> 00:23:37,050 Thanks. Thank you, man. 232 00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:38,330 Thanks. So it's fun. 233 00:23:39,490 --> 00:23:40,770 Yeah. Do I do? 234 00:23:41,450 --> 00:23:46,440 I some more shows like in I can't believe. 235 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:49,480 It.