Stand-up comedy is an ever-evolving industry and is one of the most rapidly expanding one in India, as new and new faces come in each day it’s tough to keep a track of new promising faces who are soon going to be the star of this industry, so we have got you the list of top 10 upcoming stand-up comedians in Indian stand-up scene.
1. Mohit Morani
Mohit Morani is a Delhi based comedian who uploaded his first video in 2020 titled Protests & Discrimination which has around 350k views he mostly deals with topical comedy and talks about social issues and politics in this country, he has not restricted himself to one genre he also does story-telling and anecdotal comedy where he shares his story and things that he has experienced with his friends. Mohit has over the past year has uploaded about 11 videos some of which include his crowd work and audience interaction, his most-watched video has over 2 million views and is titled ‘Modi Bhakt Roommate’.
2. Fatima Ayesha
Fatima Ayesha with her chirpy and quirky persona on stage has gathered quite a following for herself already with around 50K followers on Instagram and 38K youtube subscribers. She had her first break with the show called Sterling Reserve Comedy Project which was televised on Comedy Central India which was hosted by one of the most talented Indian stand-up comedians Varun Thakur, she was the winner of the show. She does her set on the day-to-day observation with her one after the other setup-punchline jokes and observations about day-to-day stuff that you would have never noticed, she will leave you on the floor laughing. She has a few sets released on her youtube channel with the most famous one being ‘Engineering, Indian Education System & Falguni Pathak’ with 975K views on it.
3. Badel Sharma
Badel Sharma is a comic cum poet, he has a flair for telling stories from his life with poetic beauty and comedic punchlines. He is a Delhi based comedian, he released his first stand-up video just 6 months ago which has already reached 937K views and in such a small period has won over thousands of hearts, his first video was titled ‘Jamnapar Ka Billu’, where he shares his weird encounter alongside his friend Billu at their farewell party, he is currently been touring around the country with his new one hour stand up show called “Billu Under Trail”, he surely is a talent to look forward to.
4. Shashi Dhiman
Shashi Dhiman is probably one of the newest comedians on youtube with her first video just released 3 months ago, her growth has been massive with her eccentric on-stage persona and ability to find out the humor in the smallest of things makes her one of the most promising upcoming talent in this industry, Shashi understands the importance of consistency as she has released two stand-up sets in just gap of a month. Even before the release of her first video Shashi had already made a little name for herself in her hometown of Chandigarh as she was an integral part of the local scene for a long time.
5. Mohit Dudeja
Mohit Dudeja is one of the brightest upcoming talents in the Indian stand-up scene, with just one video having over 100k subscribers and 4.5 million views, the video was titled ‘Group Study’, where he talks about his experience of group studying with his friends and the demerits of it. Mohit Dudeja with his ability to misdirect the audience and surprise them with the most unpredictable punchline always keeps the audience on their feet and asking for more. He is been performing stand-up for over 3 years now in Delhi and is currently on tour with his latest one-hour special called “Life Ka Data Leak”.
6. Aaditya Kullshreshtha
Aaditya Kullshreshtha is probably the newest addition to the list with his first stand-up video out just a week ago and is already making a massive buzz around the country with over 650K views in just a week, the video is titled, ‘Private Engineering College’. Aaditya Kullshreshtha is known by his nickname Kullu as he has already been a part of the youtube comedy scene as he worked with multiple comedy-sketch making companies. He is a comedian from Bhopal and coming from a small town has the charm of the boy next door with an incredibly likable on-stage personality his material is relatable to the audience and reflected by the views on his stand-up video.
7. Akshay Srivastava
Akshay Srivastava is a Delhi based comedian, who likes to joke about personal stuff about his life, where he came from, and what his job is, he also makes some of the most out-of-the-box observations about the smallest stuff that goes unnoticed by us all. He has released 3 stand-up videos over the period of 8 months the most recent one also being the most popular one with over 1 million views, the video was titled ‘Porn and Ghaziabad’, in which he talks about the most peculiar understanding of Indian porn, he does all this with maintaining a poker face throughout his set.
8. Shaurya Tyagi
Shaurya Tyagi is one of the brightest of the lot with the most well-written joke to the most throughout premises Shaurya Tyagi shows how long he has been working to perfect his stand-up routine called ‘Ganja and Evolution’, in which he makes some observations about the behavior of the people who smoke weed, with just one video out Shaurya Tyagi has already made a name for himself with around 58K subscribers and 4 million views on one video he is set to become the next big thing in this industry, based in Mumbai Shaurya is currently touring and doing only shows with his new special “Crazy Stuff Bro” all around the country.
9. Hemendra Singh Champawat
Hemendra Singh Champawat has a keen observation of everything around them but especially about cricket commentators, as suggested by his first stand-up video which was titled ‘Cricket Hindi Commentary’ which has around 386K views within a month of its release. Hemendra has a very likable stage persona adding to which has jokes that resonate with people and he has some very hard-to-forget punchlines. After the release of his first video, Hemendra has gone on from being famous in his hometown of Jodhpur to putting up his solo special in multiple cities.
10. Ketan Kumar Giri
Ketan Kumar Giri is amongst one of the most promising upcoming talents there is, Ketan has his own way of looking at things and questioning everything that makes you wonder why hasn’t anyone spoken about this yet. Ketan has already released 3 stand-up videos in a short span of 7 months with his first video reaching over a million views titled ‘Indian Food & Talented People’. Ketan has some of the most creative observations with the right mix of anecdotes relating and explaining his observation and the question relating to it, with this keen desire to ask questions and deliver the most unpredictable punchline, the future looks bright for Ketan.