Kenny Sebastian’s name is synonymous with stand-up comedy in India now. In the past five years, he has performed in over 500 shows, written and hosted a show on Comedy Central and has released four comedy specials online along with India’s first sci-fi comedy web series, Star Boyz
Them Boxer Shorts
This channel was created by four comedians — Naveen Richard, Mani Prasad, Aravind Anil Kumar and Rahul Hota, and has over 27,000 subscribers. Well known for their web series Better Life Foundation (BLF) which was a hit last year, the group also uploads stand-up videos along with sketches Check this out: Everybody loves a stereotype youtube.com/watch?v=CVHMt4JQ_lI
Quantum Kutta
A channel by AIB’s Utsav Chakraborty, the upcoming YouTube stream is all about next gen comedy. According to Kenny, Utsav hates promotion and marketing and believes in producing good content. His video PANIS, about the fifth dimension, received a lot of praise Check this out: PANIS
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Random ChikiBum
A group comprising of Rahul Subramaniam (you’ve seen him in the recent AIB videos), Varun Kumar, Sunny Basu and Abhinay, this channel has more than 43,000 subscribers. The group is famous for their YouTube sketch series called Random Daftar, which is based on everyday office life. You can also find Rahul’s stand-up comedy videos here
Check this out: Marriage counselling
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Funny Brownies
Four friends from Symbiosis School of Economics, Pushkar Sharma, Tuhin Guha, Siddhanth Virmani and Siddharth Singh, got together to form this group. Founded in 2015, they focus more on dark humour and thrillers, taking comedy to a different level. This year, they’re set to release a web series and have planned to become more active on social media
Check this out: In Other News
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The Puncher Shop
Started by four like-minded stand-up comics — Kritarth Srinivasan, Siddharth Banerjee, Satish Perumal and Vamsidhar Bhogaraju — The Puncher Shop is a collective which puts out concept shows, video sketches and standup. This year, they’re set to release a sitcom series titled ‘We’re worried about you’
Check this out: Smoking Skills
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Kenny’s 2016
In 2016, Kenny came up with a six-episode web series Star Boyz, about a three South Indian boys in space.
He also started a live vlog called Chai Time