Sorabh Pant

Sorabh Pant
Sorabh Pant
Born (1981-09-14) 14 September 1981
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Medium English
Nationality Indian
Years active 2010–present
Subject(s) Comedy
Spouse Iva Bagchi
Website sorabhpant.com

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]

Personal life

Sorabh Pant is married to writer Iva Bagchi. They have a son and a daughter together.

Career

Pant started as a writer for television.[2][7] In March 2008, he met Vir Das and they did a show together on CNBC-TV18 called News on The Loose.[7][8] 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.[9] After working with Das for three and a half years, he did his first solo act at HQ.[10] In November 2009, he became one of just three Indian comedians to hit auditoriums with his solo show, Pant on Fire.[2][10]

In July 2011, when Wayne Brady toured India, Pant was his opening act.[2][9][11] In November 2011, Pant opened for American actor and comedian Rob Schneider on his India tour.[1][12][13]

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][14][15] It was the second most toured stand-up comedy show in India in 2011.

Traveling Pants

Traveling Pants is a comedy special which takes on cultures and people in India and around the world.[16] In July 2012, it became the second show by an Indian comedian to be showcased at the coveted Comedy Store, Mumbai.[14]

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. Sorabh is no longer part of the EIC comedy group.[17]

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."[14]

Wayne Brady, for whom Pant has opened, has said: "He's the second brilliant Indian comedian I've seen, after Russell Peters."[2][14]

Pant's jokes take a dig at communities and involve a lot of sex – two things which he says work "big time" in India.[10] He also does impersonations of communities, and some of his jokes are about women.[15] Pant says, "I am a home-grown comedian. I have the Indian sensibility".[10] 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".[18] It was published by Westland Books.

References

  1. 1 2 3 21 February 2012 Features Writer (21 February 2012). "The Secret Behind Sorabh Pant's Hair Loss > NH7 | Discover new music from India and around the world". Nh7.in. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TWB (28 September 2011). "Pant on Fire!". This Week Bangalore. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Funny Thursdays in Bangalore – Entertainment – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 ""Pant on Fire" Comedian Sorabh Pant's English Comedy Special". Dubainightplanner.com. 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.
  6. ↑ "Twitter@6: 30 interesting Indians to follow – India News – IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  7. 1 2 Nona Walia, TNN 11 September 2011, 11.06am IST (11 September 2011). "Comic Relief – Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "About R.I.P.Ping The Decade". Starworld.in. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  9. 1 2 Catherine Rhea Roy (13 October 2011). "FEATURES / METRO PLUS : Laugh your Pant off". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Wearing the comic pants – Entertainment – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Wayne Brady's performance – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Rajinikanth looks like me, I don't look like him: Rob Schneider". Hindustan Times. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  13. ↑ 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. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 4 ""Pant on Fire" Comedian Sorabh Pant's English Comedy Special". Dubainightplanner.com. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  15. 1 2 "Sorabh Pant | Madhavi Tata". Outlookindia.com. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "The Travelling Pants (A) event tickets now available". In.bookmyshow.com. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "Comic Timing". Indian Express. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "How to Get Published: Sorabh Pant | Work & Life". iDiva.com. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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