How To Do Stand Up Comedy In India

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I asked you guys to send me your questions about Indian stand up comedy, and oh boy send them you did. If you enjoyed this video please do review my podcast and subscribe to this channel (all links below).

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All the questions for this video were:

1. I am not sure if I just want to make content or do standup how to decide between the two?
2. How do you find your audience?
3. How do you be yourself on stage?
4. How do you find your voice?
5. Mumbai open mic scene has become so stagnant, pricy and overcrowded that now it’s really hard to get a paid spot if you’re not known, should I just give up?
6. How many open mics should i attend, gave up stand up after trying for 6 months cause i couldn’t attend them regularly?
7. How do you deal with the times where you feel that are aren’t funny enough, or when all the open mics are failing and, does it mean that you’re actually not funny?
8. Hi sanjay, how do you go about writing (righting) a joke and iterating on it to reach perfection?
9. If we open for someone, do we get money? what is the average income a comedian get
10. If i left usa for india to do standup for a living would that be a good risk to take?
11. How does commitment and love both ways work? (dating question huh?)
12. How to write well and keep the motivation on writing?
13. Hey Sanjay! I am an open micer from Munich (1.5 years in ) had a couple of questions on stand up:
14. About being a hack. Who or what is hacky? How to be original in the initial years?
15. Is it better to go to a bigger city for more stage time? How can one try to maximize personal growth out of getting on stage once or twice per week?
16. Any good book recommendations on joke writing?
17. Any tools for documentation. I use google keep. What's your favorite?
18. Why do people get offended so much in india
19. Can you make a living as a stand up comedian, even if you’re not famous enough to have millions of views on YouTube or a standup special on one of the streaming stie?

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The Birdy Num Num podcast is a weekly podcast, recorded in Bangalore India by NRI Comedian and former engineer Sanjay Manaktala. Every week Sanjay either talks to Indians (and more) doing creative work across all industries OR talks directly to you about topics ranging from entrepreneurship, stand up comedy, creativity, startups, corporate life, dating in India and much more. Make sure you subscribe and pick and chose what you'd like to watch!