Anuradha Menon, Kanan, Gill, Cyrus Broacha on stand-up comedy | The Hindu Lit Fest 2024

How does a stand-up or comedian assess an audience? What does a career in comedy entail? All this and more came to light in a tongue-in-cheek session, May I Have your Attention Please, a freewheeling conversation between comedy experts Anuradha Menon, Kanan, Gill, Cyrus Broacha, and Suresh Balakrishna, Chief Revenue Officer, The Hindu.
The session touched upon the changing face of comedy over the years, how stand-up on stage was vastly different from what’s done on TV and the OTT, the prep and pressures that come with the trade, and more.
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[@TheEconomicalworld]

Kanan has yet again raised the bar from falling off a banana peel to falling off the chair. He lives comedy.

[@EADaang]

Why is there a comma between Kanan Gill's first and last names lol

[@ArchitSinghBais]

I wish kanan spoke more, he had good insights to talk about the topic.

[@PandaTheAB]

For me, the video and audio got stuck at 2:06 and came back at 2:45.

[@please.chriss]

cyrus is the friend we all need, a friend with silly sometimes wise jokes 😂❤

[@kawadrogpa1857]

Cyrus’ comebacks were better than most specials! He and SRK must do a podcast once

[@czar10001]

Cyrus is pure Gold....he should be called again

[@please.chriss]

kanan is the fall guy, comedy at its peak 😂

[@Sol-ck3tp]

5:05

[@pinkmankid860]

You know cyrus is the guy!

[@psycheshit]

First time saw kannan falling (from grace)😂

[@dontquip]

13:00 (Comedy)
23:42 (Writing)

[@sunny13aug]

Great panelists

[@jayavelseetharaman]

enaging debate

[@ishaabhonkar1965]

cyrus is an uncle

[@zoyazigzwag]

kanan yeahhh

[@krystall1989]

Lit fest audience had really basic questions.

[@teanmol]

Cyrus, justttt let others speak man!

[@mohna6264]

did the organisers know that Cyrus can be more annoying than funny?!!