Supriya Joshi

Review of Amazon Prime’s Comicstaan Season 2: Straying on the safe side of humour

Once upon a time, the stand-up comedy scene in India was a thriving, flourishing entity. Indian audiences were slowly coming around to the multi-faceted, many-splendored nature of humour. From watching Kader Khan-Shakti Kapoor-esque duos horsing around in your average Bollywood flick and the canned laughter in mediocre TV sitcoms, they had now evolved to enjoying the real, raw, live essence of stand-up comedy. Comic artists soon became celebrated stars – enjoying fame, success and veneration. Enveloped in the glow of the unabashed admiration from fans, stand-up comics blossomed lik | Click Here...