Neville Shah

Fridges, birthday parties and cockroach baba cults. In his latest special, Naveen Richard brings together some tasty observational comedy that has proven to be relatable 9 out of 12 times.

Fusing his musical and stand-up chops, Kenny Sebastian gets analytical about frumpy footwear, flightless birds and his fear of not being funny enough.

Sketchy Behaviour is an absurd sketch comedy show filmed live in front of a largely captive audience in Mumbai. Described as hilarious, complex, stupid, irritating (and 'sardonic' by one lady in Goa) the show veers in and out of the familiar and the bizarre with equal comfort. A knee-slapping head-scratching torrent of jokes, characters and self-aware comedy that successfully spent the entire budget that was available to spend on the show. Featuring six very silly live sketches, stitched together by a much sillier story about the nature of art itself and bookended by extremely silly and unnecessary opening and closing, Sketchy Behaviour is truly a work of something.

What are you laughing at isn't just the name of the show. It's a question Neville has been trying to answer for a long time. Because what he finds annoying everyone else finds funny.

In this show, Neville narrates stories about his struggles with his age, bring orphaned, adulthood, death, depression, divorce and suicide. This isn't the only thing that doesn't make it a regular stand up special, it's also that he's doing sitting down. He treats his audience like is therapist and pretty much leaves them bereft of hope but bloated with laughter. It's dark, it's poignant, it's melancholic but it's hilarious. Considered one of the comics with the darkest material in India, Neville doesn't disappoint. The topics he deals with are narrated anecdotally, making them approachable. He doesn't make fun of them; he makes fun about them. Afflictions, vulnerabilities and flaws are a part of human beings and Neville takes his feelings about them, analyses and then presents them. It's a perspective of someone who is going through them. And you see him crumble and rise with each story, you can also see him going downhill.

Azeem Banatwalla's second stand-up special is a wickedly dark show that taps into the inner, evil voice in the back of all our heads, and uses it to solve the biggest problems plaguing the country – stupidity, moral policing, racism, indoctrination, overpopulation, Kashmir, the government, and of course, Pigeons. There’s also a joke about Salman if that’s what you’re into. Nobody’s judging you

Revisiting life goals set in a letter written as a teen to his future self, comedian Kanan Gill reports back on if he's lived up to his own expectations.

'Market Down Hai', Gaurav Gupta's one hour is a spot on culmination of years of observation and personal anecdotes on the Baniya Way of Life. Having experienced that since childhood, he draws his humour and relatablity from his own personal experiences which not only make it engaging but also allow us insights on hacks to survive the word of Business Conquering Baniyas, as he likes to call it. Gupta in his own effortless style and approach to call out and make the best of his own personal experiences, humours us all in this one hour, it's everything but mundane.