IN THE NEWS
Homegrown
"If I only address the obvious and make fun of the obvious, then everyone is just agreeing with whatever is being said in the room. It becomes an echo chamber. I am not here to preach, and I am not here just to entertain. I am here to say interesting things that may make you laugh, comfortably or uncomfortably."
Deadant Comedy
"Manjeet Sarkar can’t stop and won’t stop. Just a little over nine months after the release of his debut special Let’s Talk About It, he’s ready to drop his sophomore hour. Titled Democrazy, Sarkar promises it to be an unfiltered special in which he takes aim at everyone—the left, the right, politicians, comedians, people in power."
Indian Express
"Art is meant to challenge. You don’t do art just to tickle people,” says comedian Manjeet Sarkar, known for speaking his mind. Art should make people uncomfortable, question norms, and leave them thinking long after it’s over. With his new show Manjeet Ki Baat, the comic brings sharp questions, bold observations, satire, and a lot of."
Deadant Comedy
"Sarkar’s comedy offers a unique perspective on rural and urban life, class and caste, nudging the Indian comedy scene’s predominantly savarna, upper-class patrons to interrogate their own biases. And that’s precisely what he wants to do with his debut special Let’s Talk About It, on an even larger scale."
