Sorabh Pant

Sorabh Pant is an Indian stand-up comedian and writer.[1][2] He has performed over 250 shows in multiple cities.[3][4] He was rated amongst India's top 10 stand-up comedians by The Times of India.[5] In a poll by IBN Live in March 2012, he was listed No. 1 of the 30 most interesting Twitter users in India.[4][6]

Sorabh Pant
Sorabh Pant
Born (1981-09-14) 14 September 1981
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
MediumEnglish
NationalityIndian
Years active2010–present
Subject(s)Comedy
Websitesorabhpant.com

Personal life

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His sister is renowned author Meghna Pant.[9] [10]

Career

Pant started as a writer for television.[2][11] In March 2008, he met Vir Das and they did a show together on CNBC-TV18 called News on The Loose.[11][12] Pant's career in comedy took off when he started as the opening act for Vir Das's show, Walking on Broken Das, later that year.[13] After working with Das for three and a half years, he did his first solo act at HQ.[14] In November 2009, he became one of just three Indian comedians to hit auditoriums with his solo show, Pant on Fire.[2][14]

Sorabh also featured in F.A.Q. on Pogo .

In July 2011, when Wayne Brady toured India, Pant was his opening act.[2][13][15] In November 2011, Pant opened for American actor and comedian Rob Schneider on his India tour.[1][16][17]

Pant released his debut novel The Wednesday Soul in December 2011.[2]

Pant on Fire

Pant on Fire is Sorabh Pant's first comedy special, and was staged in more than 10 cities in India, Dhaka, and Dubai. The tour reached North America in November 2012.[2][18][19] It was the second most toured stand-up comedy show in India in 2011.In the last show of this series, his pants were literally lighted with fire.

Traveling Pants

Traveling Pants is a comedy special which takes on cultures and people in India and around the world.[20] In July 2012, it became the second show by an Indian comedian to be showcased at the coveted Comedy Store, Mumbai.[18]

The East India Comedy

In 2012, Pant founded comedy company The East India Comedy, and over the next year recruited some of India's top comedians, including Kunal Rao, Sapan Verma, Sahil Shah, Atul Khatri, Azeem Banatwalla and Angad Singh Ranyal. Pant and Khatri are no longer a part of EIC.[21]

The East India Comedy did a record 130 shows across the country in 2013, including the acclaimed specials Men Are From Bars and Comedy News Network.

Comedic style

Pant's material has been described as "over the top", "manic", and occasionally "marginally unstable."[18]

Wayne Brady, for whom Pant has opened, has said: "He's the second brilliant Indian comedian I've seen, after Russell Peters."[2][18][22]

Pant's jokes take a dig at communities and involve a lot of sex – two things which he says work "big time" in India.[14] He also does impersonations of communities, and some of his jokes are about women.[19] Pant says, "I am a home-grown comedian. I have the Indian sensibility".[14] He has also been working on a lot of material that revolves around politics and puns.[1]

The Wednesday Soul

Pant's book, The Wednesday Soul, is a "fictitious and comic take on life after death".[23] It was published by Westland Books.

References
  1. "The Secret Behind Sorabh Pant's Hair Loss > NH7 | Discover new music from India and around the world". Nh7.in. 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. TWB (28 September 2011). "Pant on Fire!". This Week Bangalore. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. "Funny Thursdays in Bangalore – Entertainment – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. ""Pant on Fire" Comedian Sorabh Pant's English Comedy Special". Dubainightplanner.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  5. Nona Walia, TNN 11 September 2011, 11.06am IST (11 September 2011). "Comic Relief – Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "Twitter@6: 30 interesting Indians to follow – India News – IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  7. "'My baby is my muse' - Sorabh Pant". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. "Sorabh Pant on his lockdown parenting skills". The Hindu. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. "Sibling Speak". dnaindia. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  10. http://www.themetrognome.in/art-and-culture/read/two-pants-on-fire
  11. Nona Walia, TNN 11 September 2011, 11.06am IST (11 September 2011). "Comic Relief – Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. "About R.I.P.Ping The Decade". Starworld.in. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  13. Catherine Rhea Roy (13 October 2011). "FEATURES / METRO PLUS : Laugh your Pant off". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  14. "Wearing the comic pants – Entertainment – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  15. "Wayne Brady's performance – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  16. "Rajinikanth looks like me, I don't look like him: Rob Schneider". Hindustan Times. 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  17. Ranjit Rodricks (29 November 2011). "Hollywood Star Rob 'Hot Chick' Schneider Had Sidhartha Mallya, Atul Kasbekar, Elahe Hiptoolah And Nagesh Kukunoor in Splits at The Black Dog Comedy Evenings in Mumbai". MissMalini. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  18. ""Pant on Fire" Comedian Sorabh Pant's English Comedy Special". Dubainightplanner.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  19. "Sorabh Pant | Madhavi Tata". Outlookindia.com. 1 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  20. "The Travelling Pants (A) event tickets now available". In.bookmyshow.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  21. "Comic Timing". Indian Express. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  22. "Sorabh Pant - Artist Profile". eventseeker.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  23. "How to Get Published: Sorabh Pant | Work & Life". iDiva.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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