Abhishek Upmanyu
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Abhishek Upmanyu is a Delhi-based comedian, he is part of the big three in the comedy industry along with Anubhav Singh Bassi and Zakir Khan. With one of the highest view counts on YouTube in the stand-up industry, with his first video which was released four years ago (as of 2021) titled ‘Indian Insults & Comebacks’ having over 28 million views on it and his most-watched video being ‘Friends, Crime & The Cosmos’ that has over 42 million views on it. Upmanyu kills it with his skill to pick the observations which are right under everyone’s nose and presents them in front of the audience in his own weird perspective. But before becoming a comedian Abhishek worked in several corporates like Ranbaxy, Engineers India Limited, HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd, Grail Research, and Bain & Company later he left his job to pursue his passion for stand-up comedy. In 2015, Abhishek worked with the Mumbai-based comedy collective ‘All India Bakchod’ (AIB), he has also worked on a few sketches with ‘The Viral Fever’ (TVF). Since then, he has made two stand-up comedy specials ‘Thoda Saaf Bol’ and ‘Jealous of Sabjiwala’. He is currently (as of Nov 2021) touring North America with his special ‘Jealous of Sabjiwala’ and will be on an India tour from January onwards.
