10 Best Stand Up Comedians in India [You Must Follow]

We all love watching standup comedy on YouTube. These standup comedy videos amuse us and take our stress away. Today in this article, we will be talking about the best stand up comedians in India. So let’s move forward and see if your favourite stand up comedian makes this list.

Best Stand Up Comedians In India

Let’s take a look at the list of best Indian Stand Up comedians in India.

1. Zakir Khan

Zakir Khan is a remarkable writer and poet who is among the best standup comedians in India. His fans respect and admire him as he keeps winning Indian hearts every time he comes on-stage. Zakir does an astounding job with observational comedy, but his joy and nostalgic stories hit close to home. People love his poem and write-ups, which never miss any chance to warm their hearts. The way Zakir Khan takes moments in between his comedy routines to share significant life truths is just wow.

2. Vir Das

After joining the international stage for a standup special, Vir Das has apparently become the face of Indian comedy in foreign countries on his recent tour, “Abroad Understanding.” You can watch his several shows, including this standup comedy special on Netflix.

When he speaks on stage, it is obvious to see how noticed and intellectual he is; his topics are not as common or random, they are well thought out, and he does a fabulous deal of amalgamating his witty and strong opinions and his wonderful sense of humour!

3. Vipul Goyal

There won’t be a moment you wouldn’t love the show of this rib-tickling Indian comedian, who understands what he is performing when he is on-stage. And why wouldn’t he! After all, Vipul Goyal acquired AIR 165 in IIT-JEE(2003). So now we understand how he writes those well-calculated jokes and gets tonnes of laughter!

If you need to get a guffawing dose of clean comedy with sporadic blue or dark humour, then Vipul Goyal is your go-to Indian standup comedian. He is famous for picking up the most lying around mainstream topics like Facebook, engineering, dating, or Indian Marriages and turning them into hysterical comic sets!

4. Biswa Kalyan Rath

Who would have recognized that the guy from Pretentious Movie Reviews, who didn’t even speak as much in the videos, could one day become one of the best standup comedians in India?

After his graduation in 2012 from IIT Kharagpur, the 31-year old went on to work in the IT industry in software, advertising, and graphic design. Soon after, in 2013, he met his friend Kanan Gill at an open mic event in Bangalore, and his life took a significant turn, and the rest is history. But, of course, being an Indian with a great taste in humour, we understand you wouldn’t have missed even a single video of the “Mast Aadmi.”

5. Rahul Subramanian

Hailing from Mumbai, Rahul Subramanian is one of India’s most popular standup comedians, who has also worked in Sketches and Improvisational comedy shows, especially with AIB, and on Amazon Prime, with Kaneez Surka.

The 32-years old pins the show by letting us see the funny side of the most common and random things. Maybe that is why Rahul Subramanian has adopted the name “Random Chikibum” for his YouTube handle.

6. Kenny Sebastian

With his individual style of comedy based on the simplest of things, Kenneth Mathew Sebastian has once and repeatedly proven over the years that the angle of reflection is everything when it comes to humour! Although his content looks basic, we can’t refuse that what Kenny does on stage cannot be nailed by anyone else.

Even if he talks about biscuits, he somehow manages to make it pretty complicated. The comedic metaphor of random things to convey his perspective is one of the things that Kenny masters. Recognized as an Indian standup Comedian, Kenny is also a singer, actor, and writer.

7. Varun Grover

Varun Grover tops our list of standup comedians in India. Apart from being a standup comedian, he is also a very successful screenwriter and lyricist. For those who don’t know, he is the co-creator of the musical comedy show “Aisi Taisi Democracy,” a political satire that shows the truth of the issues in India, using anecdotes and songs.

His comedy style is usually based on current affairs in India, combined with satirical remarks on Indian politics, which makes the audience go crazy; people like his shows very much.

8. Aakash Gupta

Only if people understood the mysterious ingredient that Aakash employs in his comedy shows, in a parallel comic scenario, would it be sold more than the Covid Vaccines. Sincerely though, Aakash Gupta nails every comedy set each time! It’s almost like the guy has no bad days when it comes to standup comedy, and that’s just the sort of hard work and talent we are here to appreciate!

After he won Comicstaan Season-2, it was in no time that he became a spectacular comedy artist and one of the best standup comedians in India.

9. Anubhav Singh Bassi

This sensational comedian has made tremendous fans all over the country over the past couple of years. With his homesick stories based on memories of college and school, the 29-year old has made his name in the field of anecdotal comedy.

Born in Meerut, Bassi tried out several career options, beginning with Chemistry Honors from DU, which didn’t really was his thing, after which he began his career as a lawyer, which again was his not a cup of tea. He even attempted the UPSC exam but could not succeed; the same happened with his fast-food restaurant. Finally, in 2017, he started his entry as a comedian, and now he is one of the best standup comedy artists in India.

10. Abhishek Upmanyu

Abhishek Upmanyu has been incredible with his comedy sets and punchlines, presenting the country with hysterics and entertaining meme content shots. He had done his graduation in Chemical Engineer and worked as a Research Analyst in 2013 when he left his job to pursue full-time standup comedy.

Also, he worked as a writer for “On Air With AIB” in 2015; after that, his first video, “Indian Insults And Comebacks,” came out in 2016, then he made us all a fan of his gums a.ka. masude, and the rest is history.

Wrap up

We hope you loved our list of the best stand up comedians in India. If you find this article interesting, then stay tuned for more such articles. Also, let us know in the comments which one is your favourite standup comedian.

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