Zakir Khan: Tathastu

The thing about Zakir Khan is he is a wordsmith first and a comic second. The choice of words, the delivery, the life lessons are so masterful that many parts of his set is quotable. He is India's George Carlin.

There are very few stand-up comics who you genuinely love. The way Indian audience love Arijit Singh and how an Indian city would come to standstill when Arijit performs, traffics rerouted, areas cordoned off, entire football ground converted to parkings, Zakir Khan is in that league of comics, Indian audience genuinely loves him.

Talking about the set, this set is extremely experiential. You need to sit down and watch the set, laugh, chuckle, smirk, hide a few laughs and dry your eyes from time to time. This set can be but need not be summarized in a few lines. Just like most of Carlin's sets.

All I want to say about the set is, you can wear this set as a winter coat when things feel cold around you, and it will keep you warm. And if you need a non-Carlin reference to gauge how good it is, think of Panchayat Season 1 or Kota Factory Season 1.

Zakir, if you are reading this, you kept the magic intact through out. Spellbound!

How many colours can a man have?

Tathasthu is a roller coaster ride of emotions, drama, laughter and beats of realness in the story.

If there was a ship sailing in the sea, Zakir could have escaped it from the waves. How can someone in a real sense describe the journey so well.?

Every emotion, Every vocal that has come out from your heart has reached your audience. It made me cry to the core that I started missing my Grandparents.

Sometimes the loss you have gives power to you but it keeps you so grounded that you started acting like the person you hated once.

Love you to the core Zakir bhai !!!

Once you said in a program, Itne qabil bano sahab k kisi din bethakr biryaani khaaye saath !!

I am so overwhelmed and so proud of you.

Love you Always bhai.

The specials works best for you when you know the guy to some extent, his sense of humor, his narration style and some major achievements in his life such as his Delhi Girl stand-up video. This standup special is unlike something you've ever seen, Instead of 25 different bits, Zakir tells different stories about his life, both hilarious and heartbreaking. To be able to take an audience from side-splitting laughter to tears with just a turn of phrase is astounding and Zakir does so with aplomb. He very casually shares words of wisdom that it is so beautiful to watch. I had a smile on my face throughout the show because that is how well Zakir connects with his audience.

The special makes you feel bad for not getting to watch it live.

It is beautiful. Even if you're not that big a fan of standup comedy, you should just watch the show for the experience.

Unable to process it even after 1 hour of watching.

What just i saw.

How can someone makes you laugh like hell and next minute you are crying watching same person.

Felt like i was there at funeral of your Abbaji because the way zakir express was so real.

I never written any review earlier i just watch and leave even if liked or not.

I couldn't resist myself.

Forwarded to my kattar hindu friend to watch this. We are just human with same emotions, kindness. Stay happy. Spread love.

One of the best thing watched so far . So overwhelmed , unable to express, out of word literally.

Thanks zakir.

It has funny stories from his childhood, family relationships and the journey of Zakir's Life throughout.

This show specially focuses of his relationship with his Grandfather and how the presence of a person is important in life.

The way he got transformed to the character of his grandfather with time, it's about that and how our thinking changes with time.

One thing really important at a certain point of time is not even relevant after sometime and that's how it is actually.

"Professional Success is temporary, But Personal Loss is Permanent"

That sums it up all. A must watch for all. Thanks for reading this.