Review: The second season of One Mic Stand of Amazon Prime Video has been released recently, in which this time some new faces i.e. celebrities have been given a chance to do stand up comedy and these faces are so well known in themselves that they have to be successful or unsuccessful. The devilish joy of seeing it happen is something else. Stand up comedian Sapan Verma introduced this concept in which they invite a celebrity, they are coached by a successful stand up comedian and finally the celebrity, as a stand up comedian, performs in front of the audience. We do. Season 1 was well-liked because it was a great experience to see Shashi Tharoor as a stand-up comedian doing comedy on his political experiences. This time the celebrities are also very strong.
In the first episode, Sunny Leone is taught the tricks of stand up by Neeti Palta, one of India’s handpicked female stand up comedians and in the end, Sunny performs on her own jokes. The specialty of Sunny’s set is that she attacks the double mindedness of Indian men but does not take herself seriously. She doesn’t seem to have any misconception about her porn film career, but she also thanks her husband for his support. In the same episode, Sunny also revealed that she had dated world famous standup comedian Russell Peters, due to which their good friendship got destroyed. Sunny set is good. It is a new experience to see him in that form.
Karan Johar comes in the second episode and his mentor is Sumukhi Suresh. We are all aware of Karan’s sense of humour. In the awards function and in his own Koffee with Karan, he many times makes fun of the film actors or himself is seen to be the target of their arrows. This time he has been seen pretending to learn stand up comedy with Sumukhi Suresh. Karan has swallowed the entire episode. Although his stand-up is not very effective, but he wants to speak a lot, it is clearly visible. If Karan learns more about this genre, then he can probably become the biggest stand-up celebrity of the country.
In the third episode, mature comedian Atul Khatri meets journalist and TV anchor Fay D’Souza. Earlier Fay D’Souza used to read prime time news bulletin of a famous TV channel. He started feeling that his job was to praise the government, so he remembered being a journalist and quit his job. Fay is now taking her journalism to the people through internet. His sets feature tales of journalism, politics and internet trolls. Trying unsuccessfully to become an Instagram influencer while running away from depression, Fay has told some new types of pains in her life, which makes us laugh but also hurts inside.
In the fourth episode, Abish Mathew is seen unsuccessfully trying to teach stand-up to writer and scholar Chetan Bhagat. Chetan’s problem is his political understanding and his compulsion to speak on almost every subject. Once upon a time, he was considered as the whistleblower of the government and hence used to abuse on Twitter and now if he does not like some things of the government, then he finds it difficult to be verbose on Twitter. Chetan is Punjabi and his wife is Tamil. He poked fun at how this benefited Arjun Kapoor’s career and how his in-laws could not accept him as a writer. If you want to see Chetan’s ability to poke fun at himself, do watch this episode.
The last episode is the weakest. Rap star Raftaar has unsuccessfully tried to learn comedy from Samay Raina. Their set is also boring. This set has been written based on his old feud with another rap artist Emiway Bantai. Raftaar does not fit in this series. The least work has been done on his set. Or the overconfidence of speed has become overwhelming. Raftaar has the guts to stand up, but probably doesn’t have the talent. Fans of his rap should not watch this episode. The mind can turn sour.
One Mic Stand is a wonderful effort. Must see this format. It is understood that stand up is a difficult genre. Not everyone can do stand up, even celebrities who are usually outspoken. Apart from this, some unknown aspects of the personal life of these celebrities, some weaknesses and some strange habits are also revealed in this format. This format is much better than a boring format like an interview.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 26, 2021, 13:05 IST
