One Mic Stand

Amazon Prime has been instrumental in bringing the stand-up comedy scene in India to every home in a big way - first with the stand-up specials, then with 2 seasons of Comicstaan and now with One Mic Stand. It just takes the reality factor from Comicstaan one step further by getting in non-comedians and non-aspiring comedians to try their hands at stand-up for the very first time.

They have kept the reality factor on the show 'real' and not made it medodramatic. The performer in every episode seems genuinely nervous yet not dramatized to cinematic effect. The host and creator of the show Sapan Varma comes across as easy-going and charming. The celebrity guests are largely selected on the basis that they are popular to some extent in social media or viral videos, lending themselves organically to controversy or comedy or both.

From the celebrity guests the first and last - Bhuvan Bam and Shashi Tharoor - are the best! Others do well as per their individual capabilities. The stand-up acts are kept short with around 4-5 minute performance. Other than that each episode comprises of an individual act by the guest mentor and Sapan Varma plus the mentoring sessions.

These are my individual ratings for each celebrity guest. Bhuvan Bam - 4/5 Taapsee Pannu - 3/5 Richa Chadha - 3.5/5 Vishal Dadlani - 3.5/5 Shashi Tharoor - 4/5

These are my individual ratings for the mentors' performances on the show Zakir Khan - 4/5 Angad Singh Ranyal - 4/5 Ashish Shakhya - 3/5 Rohan Joshi - 2/5 Kunal Kamra - 3/5

This series tells us about what it is to be a stand up comedian. I liked watching this show because I came to know about the different side of our beloved youtubers, actors and composers and their effort to be a stand up comedian. Thos show gives the respect and fame what an stand up artist should get and lovely watching them performing out of their comfort zone.

Bhuvan is the main man! Loved him! Rest everyone is trying to prove they are really big Celebrities! idiots!

The idea got me interested, and the people in it got me to watch it. These weren't professional comedians, and as far as first standups go,the sets were delightful. I liked the balance of training, writing and performances inside the episodes. The cast was well balanced as well, in my opinion - a youtuber, two actresses, a musician and a politician. I'd watch more if they made them. Too bad it's on behind a paywall: I would love to see more on youtube and such.

Kunal Kamra's posture needs some serious work ffs.

It is very short i mean all the episodes were of around 30min,but the comedy was of only 7-9 minutes.

That's why I Rated low otherwise content was good.