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I DON'T THINK THE ENTIRE COMEDY SCENE IS IN DANGER
The Morning Standard
|May 30, 2025
The secret to remaining relevant is to keep evolving," says comedian Amit Tandon.
The secret to remaining relevant is to keep evolving," says comedian Amit Tandon. One among the first Indian comedians to get their start in India's budding stand-up scene back in 2010, the stand-up star has taken his brand of 'clean comedy', often poking fun at the ridiculousness of daily life and his relationships to newer platforms – seeing success with millions of views on his YouTube sets and Instagram reels, and touring all over the world. "I try to experiment with what I am doing which keeps it fresh. I set a target for myself that I have to do something new with each special I write. YouTube is still one of my favourite mediums, because longform stand-up comedy – that's how we actually want people to consume it. The shorter forms came later and are necessary to succeed today but I don't try to write comedy for reels," reflects Tandon.
This story is from the May 30, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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