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The Hindu

“I am not an entertainer. I share my discomforts and opinions with the audience, so if they are paying to listen to me, it goes beyond entertainment,” says Manjeet. “For me, comedy is about originality. Some people make jokes like yeh aurat aisi hai (women are like this) or homophobic jokes. I can walk into a conservative household in Bastar, where someone would make such comments. You don’t need a mic to say such things.”

Deadant Comedy

Audiences expecting another hour centred entirely on politics, however, might be surprised.

“It’s a whole different type of show than how people know me,” he says. “It’s more personal and observational. Politics will be there because if I’m talking about groups of people, it naturally comes in. But I’m calmer now and I think that reflects on stage.”

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."