In standup comedy inherent incentive to say stuff which is not allowed: Varun Grover

Writer, comedian and now director Varun Grover is a man of many talents. He joins Anuradha SenGupta for a free wheeling chat on comedy and politics, the experience of making and releasing his first film All India Rank and why the State Bank of India continues to inspire his jokes.
Chapters:
00:00 - Mumbai the city by the sea
00:45 - The paradox and philosophy of being an 'outsider'
01:34 - Introduction to Varun Grover
02:17 - Why State Bank of India continues to be the butt of jokes
04:17 - Why comedians are the ones holding power to account
07:01 - On speaking up for the ideas that matter
07:15 - On rejecting the idea given to Savarna kids that reservation is bad
08:13 - On how ideas are the most defenceless things
08:24 - On talking about ideas of a very broad progressive ideology
09:37 - On the rise of the new art form of stand up comedy in India
10:04 - How the incentives built into cinema and stand up comedy are different
11:19 - People expect comedians to say stuff which is not allowed to be said
11:27 - In the last ten years we know what is not allowed to be said
13:54 - You can't critique someone who is not in power
14:00 - The politics of stand up comedy
14:20 - How Kaagaz nahin dikhayenge was an anthem of sorts
15:17 - Why there were anti CAA protests in 2019 but not in 2024
18:12 - About the theme of his debut film All India Rank
21:52 - About reactions to All India Rank
23:28 - On the commercial response to the film and how the industry will gauge it
25:51 - On the famous Gokhale Road bridge gag
27:40 - On the diversity of work and different forms of expression
30:28 - The End

[@deeptimathur8882]

The confusion on her face at 1:10 clearly defines the difference between 2nd generation and zeroth generation in a big city

[@AbdulRazzak725]

Good one.

[@payelsen9155]

The opening was so good ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@shubhshandilya16]

Wooow....Saw it on insta....kya baat hai 🤍

[@amishbhat3560]

Beautiful 🎉

[@kavitaashah]

Varun, keep doing your good work. In a democratic country the worse thing is lack of opposition. Hum duffer logo ko yeh jab samaj aayega it will be too late. Jab tak Ho sakta hai.. Keep going bro.

[@wavespirit]

Are aap to brainwashed or duffer dono ho;khud to intellectual dikhana he to democracy is under threat after 2014🤡

[@AnishBhalerao]

What a glorious video! Well done, Anuradha!

[@anuradhasays]

Thank you! Enjoyed creating it.

[@rounaksaha4402]

👍👍👌

[@payelsen9155]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mackcross7054]

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[@COOLDUDE7808]

he could have simply said I dont like BJP .....he is struggling to explain his position ...."we can only attack those who are in power" ......lot of states in India are ruled by Congress and regional parties .....never seen him making fun of them ...