Sanjay Manaktala — From an IT engineer to India’s top stand-up comedian
Being very Indian & doing something non Indian! my guest is Sanjay Manaktala. Sanjay is one of India’s best stand-up comedians, based out of Bangalore and performs at different places all over India. So in this episode we talk about his amazing career so far.
He talks about his digital content that has been viewed over 35 million times across Facebook and YouTube. We talk about his background in mixing humor and comedy while spending 10 years in the IT Industry.
He also talks about dealing with Internet fame, working with Russell brand , Imposter syndrome, stage fright and dealing with hecklers! & much more.
in this conversation we also talk about:
- Taking an engineering approach to comedy
— America audiences v Indian audiences
— Working with Audible
— Quitting Accenture and going it alone
— The Indian comedy scene
— Dealing with the competition
— No room for ego in this business!
— Not comparing yourself to others
— Can anyone be funny?
Links
https://www.sanjaycomedy.com/
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