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{{short description|Indian stand-up comedian (born 1988)}}
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'''Kunal Kamra''' (born 3 October 1988) is an Indian [[standup comedian]] known for his [[observational comedy]] about absurdities of life. His performances include jokes about politics, cabbies, bachelor life and TV advertisements.<ref name="stand up comedy">{{Cite news|last=Kureshi|first=Nagwa|date=25 February 2016|title=Kunal Kamra chance encounter with stand up comedy|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/kunal-kamra-talks-about-his-chance-encounter-with-stand-up-comedy/story-cvCxtPNT1oss0Ta2SwISVL.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044724/https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/kunal-kamra-talks-about-his-chance-encounter-with-stand-up-comedy/story-cvCxtPNT1oss0Ta2SwISVL.html|archive-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
'''Kunal Kamra''' is a "comedian"(arguable) who is recognised for his [["observational" comedy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/kunal-kamra-talks-about-his-chance-encounter-with-stand-up-comedy/story-cvCxtPNT1oss0Ta2SwISVL.html|title=Kunal Kamra chance encounter with stand up comedy|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044724/https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/kunal-kamra-talks-about-his-chance-encounter-with-stand-up-comedy/story-cvCxtPNT1oss0Ta2SwISVL.html|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref> and incisive political commentary.
Kamra was born and brought up in Mumbai. He attended [[Jai Hind College]] for a degree in [[Bachelor of Commerce|Commerce]]. He dropped out in his second year to start working as a production assistant in Prasoon Pandey's ad film production house Corcoise Films, where he worked for eleven years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kunal-kamra-on-his-shows-and-indian-stand-up-comedy/article19296076.ece|title=Murthy, Neeraja (2017-07-17). "Bring your brains along". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2018.|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015140436/https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kunal-kamra-on-his-shows-and-indian-stand-up-comedy/article19296076.ece|archive-date=15 October 2018 |url-status=live|last1=Murthy|first1=Neeraja}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/C39AsWWaic7qvGsONZNCnJ/Kunal-Kamra-The-accidental-revolutionary.html|title=Kunal Kamra: The accidental revolutionary|last=Chatterjee|first=Suprateek|date=2018-03-16|website=Livemint|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref>


==Career==
In 2020, after an incident on [[IndiGo]] airlines where he was literally barking at the Indian news anchor [[Arnab Goswami]], though we'll deserved, he was banned by five Indian Airlines.(what was your first guess?)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/kunal-kamra-flight-ban-what-gets-you-on-a-no-fly-list/ban-on-comedian-kunal-kamra/slideshow/73759924.cms|title=Kunal Kamra flight ban: What gets you on a 'No-Fly' List}}</ref>
He started performing as a stand-up comedian in 2013, with a show at the Canvas Laugh Club in Mumbai. A clip of one of his shows, uploaded on YouTube in 2017, led to him receiving death threats for his satirical take on Indian hyper-nationalism.<ref name=":2" /> He started his eponymous titled talk-show ''Shut Up Ya Kunal'' in July 2017 along with Ramit Verma.<ref name=":4" /> The episodes typically feature a conversation with one or more invited guests, interposed with clips of news segments or debates, edited for humour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dont-get-mad-get-funny-5093304/|title=D'souza, Dipti Nagpaul (11 March 2018). "Don't Get Mad, Get Funny: Kunal Kamra on why his standup comedy is edgy, funny but completely safe". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2018.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044721/https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dont-get-mad-get-funny-5093304/|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> His performances include jokes about cabbies, bachelor life and ridiculous TV advertisements.<ref name="stand up comedy" />


On 1 March 2017, he released a comedy video titled "Patriotism and the Government" on [[YouTube]] mocking the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetization|Indian banknote demonetization]], the government and the attitude of Indians towards the army.<ref name=":1" /> He received several death threats for uploading the video.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra receives death threats for his sketch on patriotism |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/stand-up-comedian-kunal-kamra-receives-death-threats-for-his-sketch-on-patriotism-3337986.html |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=Firstpost |date=16 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320142304/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/stand-up-comedian-kunal-kamra-receives-death-threats-for-his-sketch-on-patriotism-3337986.html |archive-date=20 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, he shared that he was asked by his landlady to vacate the premise due to "political issues".<ref name="vacate house">{{cite news |title=Kunal Kamra asked to vacate his house: 'As a comedian having a political opinion comes at a cost' |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kunal-kamra-asked-to-vacate-his-house-as-a-comedian-having-a-political-opinion-comes-at-a-cost-4319567.html |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=Firstpost |date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331013041/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kunal-kamra-asked-to-vacate-his-house-as-a-comedian-having-a-political-opinion-comes-at-a-cost-4319567.html |archive-date=31 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Career ==
Kunal Kamra was born on 3 October 1988, in [[Mahim]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/kunal-kamra-indian-comedian-riles-ruling-party-edgy-humour-180417065234329.html|title=Kunal Kamra birth place - Mahim|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321180823/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/kunal-kamra-indian-comedian-riles-ruling-party-edgy-humour-180417065234329.html|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. Kamra grew up in Mumbai, and joined [[Jai Hind College]] for a degree in [[commerce]]. He dropped in second year to start working as a production assistant in Prasoon Pandey’s ad film production house Corcoise Films, where he stayed for eleven years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kunal-kamra-on-his-shows-and-indian-stand-up-comedy/article19296076.ece|title=Murthy, Neeraja (2017-07-17). "Bring your brains along". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2018.|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015140436/https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kunal-kamra-on-his-shows-and-indian-stand-up-comedy/article19296076.ece|archive-date=15 October 2018|dead-url=|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/C39AsWWaic7qvGsONZNCnJ/Kunal-Kamra-The-accidental-revolutionary.html|title=Kunal Kamra: The accidental revolutionary|last=Chatterjee|first=Suprateek|date=2018-03-16|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref>


=== Shut Up Ya Kunal ===
He started performing as a standup comedian in 2013, with a gig at the Canvas Laugh Club in Mumbai.<ref name=":2" /> A clip of one of his gigs, uploaded on YouTube in 2017, lead to him receiving death threats for his satirical take on Indian hyper-nationalism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/shut-up-ya-kunal-kamra-comedian-political-review|title="Please Don't 'Shut Up Ya Kunal': Enjoying Politics Through Comedy". The Quint. Retrieved 27 May 2018.|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015140428/https://www.thequint.com/neon/shut-up-ya-kunal-kamra-comedian-political-review|archive-date=15 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He started his eponymous titled web-series ''Shut Up Ya Kunal'' in July 2017 along with Ramit Verma.<ref name=":4" /> The episodes typically feature a conversation with one or more invited guests, interposed with clips of news segments or debates, edited for humour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dont-get-mad-get-funny-5093304/|title=D'souza, Dipti Nagpaul (11 March 2018). "Don't Get Mad, Get Funny: Kunal Kamra on why his standup comedy is edgy, funny but completely safe". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2018.|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044721/https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dont-get-mad-get-funny-5093304/|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, Kunal launched a YouTube podcast titled ''Shut Up Ya Kunal'' along with his friend Ramit Verma. The show features Kamra engaged in an informal discussion with politicians and activists from both ends of the spectrum.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1609531/youtuber-kunal-kamra-on-india-election-2019-modis-bjp-congress/|title=Ultra right-wing versus ultra spineless—Kunal Kamra sums up Indian politics in 2019|last=Merelli|first=Annalisa|website=Quartz India|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101100417/https://qz.com/india/1609531/youtuber-kunal-kamra-on-india-election-2019-modis-bjp-congress/|archive-date=2019-11-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Kunal Kamra – Artist Profile|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/88699-kunal-kamra|access-date=2019-11-20|website=eventseeker.com}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/845671/a-new-indian-comedy-podcast-is-finally-making-politicians-laugh-how-many-will-say-shut-up-ya-kunal|title=A new Indian comedy podcast is finally making politicians laugh. How many will say Shut Up Ya Kunal?|last=Rao|first=Soumya|website=Scroll.in|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321050315/https://scroll.in/magazine/845671/a-new-indian-comedy-podcast-is-finally-making-politicians-laugh-how-many-will-say-shut-up-ya-kunal|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/88699-kunal-kamra|title=Kunal Kamra – Artist Profile|website=eventseeker.com|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref> The videos are interspersed with news clips of the guests contradicting their own statements to comic effect.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":3" /> Ramit Verma of the satirical Facebook page PeeingHuman is the show's creative director and editor.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://deadant.co/interview-kunal-kamra-political-comedy-potential-limitations/|title='Nobody Buys a Ticket to Put You on a Pedestal of Wokeness': Kunal Kamra, on the Potential & Limitations of Political Comedy in India|date=2019-05-22|website=Dead Ant|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadant.co/modi-goswami-done-more-damage-to-the-media-than-anyone-could-ever-do-peeinghuman-creator/|title=Modi & Goswami 'Have Done More Damage To Indian Media Than Anyone': PeeingHuman Creator Ramit Verma|date=2019-02-18|website=Dead Ant|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020093218/https://deadant.co/modi-goswami-done-more-damage-to-the-media-than-anyone-could-ever-do-peeinghuman-creator/|archive-date=2019-10-20|url-status=live}}</ref> The first episode aired on 20 July 2017 and featured [[Madhukeshwar Desai]], the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing.<ref name=":4" /> The episode featuring JNU students [[Kanhaiya Kumar]] and [[Umar Khalid]] reached around a million views within hours of release.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}


== Controversies ==
On 1st March 2017, he released a comedy video titled "Patriotism and the Government" on [[YouTube]] mocking demonetization, government and the attitude of Indians towards the army.<ref name=":1" /> He received several death threats for uploading the video.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra receives death threats for his sketch on patriotism- Entertainment News, Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/stand-up-comedian-kunal-kamra-receives-death-threats-for-his-sketch-on-patriotism-3337986.html |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=Firstpost |date=16 March 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320142304/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/stand-up-comedian-kunal-kamra-receives-death-threats-for-his-sketch-on-patriotism-3337986.html |archive-date=20 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, he shared that he was asked by his landlady to vacate the premise due to "political issues".<ref name="vacate house">{{cite news |title=Kunal Kamra asked to vacate his house: 'As a comedian having a political opinion comes at a cost'- Entertainment News, Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kunal-kamra-asked-to-vacate-his-house-as-a-comedian-having-a-political-opinion-comes-at-a-cost-4319567.html |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=Firstpost |date=25 January 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331013041/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kunal-kamra-asked-to-vacate-his-house-as-a-comedian-having-a-political-opinion-comes-at-a-cost-4319567.html |archive-date=31 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Incident on Indigo flight==
=== Incident on IndiGo flight ===
On 28 January, Kamra, while travelling on an [[IndiGo]] flight, he heckled the news anchor [[Arnab Goswami]], inviting him to debate with him. Kamra had raised questions about Arnab's coverage of issues on national affairs and the [[suicide of Rohith Vemula]].<ref name="gulf" /> Kamra later released a 1.51-minute long video of the incident on Twitter, which showed a non responsive Arnab while being questioned by Kamra.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kunal Kamra barred from flying Indigo, Air India |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-barred-from-flying-indigo-for-6-months/article30677306.ece |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=28 January 2020 |language=en-IN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130164858/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-barred-from-flying-indigo-for-6-months/article30677306.ece |archive-date=30 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=SpiceJet bans Kunal Kamra, Twitter reminds the airline of Pragya Thakur incident |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/spicejet-bans-kunal-kamra-twitter-reminds-the-airline-of-pragya-thakur-incident/articleshow/73726660.cms |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=Bangalore Mirror |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205152431/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/spicejet-bans-kunal-kamra-twitter-reminds-the-airline-of-pragya-thakur-incident/articleshow/73726660.cms |archive-date=5 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Arnab did not ask the airline crew to intervene nor did he file a formal complaint over the incident, however the next day, Indigo banned Kamra from boarding its flight for a period of six months.<ref name="Lawsuit" />
On 28 January 2020, Kamra, while travelling on an [[IndiGo]] flight, confronted the news presenter [[Arnab Goswami]], inviting him to debate with him. Kamra had raised questions about Goswami's coverage of issues on national affairs and the [[suicide of Rohith Vemula]].<ref name="gulf" /> Kamra later released a 1.51-minute long video of the incident on Twitter, which showed a non-responsive Goswami while being questioned by him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kunal Kamra barred from flying Indigo, Air India |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-barred-from-flying-indigo-for-6-months/article30677306.ece |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130164858/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-barred-from-flying-indigo-for-6-months/article30677306.ece |archive-date=30 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=SpiceJet bans Kunal Kamra, Twitter reminds the airline of Pragya Thakur incident |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/spicejet-bans-kunal-kamra-twitter-reminds-the-airline-of-pragya-thakur-incident/articleshow/73726660.cms |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=Bangalore Mirror |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205152431/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/spicejet-bans-kunal-kamra-twitter-reminds-the-airline-of-pragya-thakur-incident/articleshow/73726660.cms |archive-date=5 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> The next day, Indigo banned Kamra from boarding its flights for a period of six months.<ref name="Lawsuit" /> The same day, government-owned airline [[Air India]] banned him indefinitely. India's aviation minister, [[Hardeep Singh Puri]], tweeted that other airlines should follow suit and ban Kamra to ensure that an example was set.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/is-kunal-kamra-right-in-seeking-damages-from-indigo-for-flying-ban-heres-what-experts-say/articleshow/73863451.cms|title=Is Kunal Kamra right in seeking damages from IndiGo for flying ban? Here's what experts say|last=Chowdhury|first=Anirban|date=2020-02-02|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><ref name="pilot">{{cite news|last1=Chandra|first1=Jagriti|date=30 January 2020|title=Kunal Kamra was not unruly, says IndiGo pilot who flew the comedian|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-was-not-unruly-says-indigo-pilot-who-flew-the-comedian/article30693719.ece|url-status=live|access-date=5 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201043648/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-was-not-unruly-says-indigo-pilot-who-flew-the-comedian/article30693719.ece|archive-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> The next day, [[SpiceJet]] and [[GoAir]] also banned him indefinitely. The ban was criticized for being excessive and against the rules of the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation]].<ref name="ET Ban">{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Mihir |last2=Chowdhury |first2=Anirban |title=And the joke's on… Kunal Kamra flight bans |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/arnab-heckling-incident-after-indigo-air-india-spicejet-suspends-kunal-kamra/articleshow/73726336.cms |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=31 January 2020}}</ref>


Filmmaker [[Anurag Kashyap]] refused to fly with IndiGo due to their decision to ban Kamra.<ref name="gulf">{{cite news |title=Anurag Kashyap refuses to fly IndiGo to support comedian Kunal Kamra |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/anurag-kashyap-refuses-to-fly-indigo-to-support-comedian-kunal-kamra-1.1580823452362 |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=gulfnews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204230130/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/anurag-kashyap-refuses-to-fly-indigo-to-support-comedian-kunal-kamra-1.1580823452362 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Two IndiGo passengers also protested and displayed placards on a plane in support of Kamra.<ref>{{cite news |author=Scroll Staff |title=Watch: Passengers onboard an IndiGo flight protest against flying ban on comedian Kunal Kamra |url=https://scroll.in/video/952445/watch-passengers-onboard-an-indigo-flight-protest-against-flying-ban-on-comedian-kunal-kamra |access-date=7 February 2020 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref>
The same day, a government owned airlines, [[Air India]], banned him indefinitely. Indian aviation minister, [[Hardeep Singh Puri]], tweeted that other airlines should follow suit and ban Kamra to ensure that an example was set.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/is-kunal-kamra-right-in-seeking-damages-from-indigo-for-flying-ban-heres-what-experts-say/articleshow/73863451.cms|title=Is Kunal Kamra right in seeking damages from IndiGo for flying ban? Here's what experts say|last=Chowdhury|first=Anirban|date=2020-02-02|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref><ref name="pilot" /> Next day, low cost airlines [[SpiceJet]] and [[GoAir]] also banned him indefinitely. AirAsia and Vistara have not banned him yet and stated that they will wait for a written directive issued by the government before taking any action. The ban was criticized for being excessive for the incident and against the existing rules of DGCA.<ref name="ET Ban">{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Mihir |last2=Chowdhury |first2=Anirban |title=And the joke’s on… Kunal Kamra flight bans |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/arnab-heckling-incident-after-indigo-air-india-spicejet-suspends-kunal-kamra/articleshow/73726336.cms |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=31 January 2020}}</ref> The pilot of the flight in which the incident occurred, later in an internal email, stated that Kamra was not unruly and expressed disappointment that IndiGo took action without consulting with the pilot-in-command.<ref name="pilot">{{cite news |last1=Chandra |first1=Jagriti |title=Kunal Kamra was not unruly, says IndiGo pilot who flew the comedian |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-was-not-unruly-says-indigo-pilot-who-flew-the-comedian/article30693719.ece |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=30 January 2020 |language=en-IN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201043648/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-was-not-unruly-says-indigo-pilot-who-flew-the-comedian/article30693719.ece |archive-date=1 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Kamra issued a legal notice to IndiGo against the travel ban demanding a compensation of {{INRConvert|25|l}}.<ref name="Lawsuit">{{cite news |last1=NETWORK |first1=LIVELAW NEWS |title=Kunal Kamra Issues Legal Notice To Indigo Airlines Against Travel Ban; Demands Rs. 25L Compensation [Read Notice] |url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/kunal-kamra-issues-legal-notice-to-indigo-airlines-152242 |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=livelaw.in |date=1 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205153819/https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/kunal-kamra-issues-legal-notice-to-indigo-airlines-152242 |archive-date=5 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Film maker [[Anurag Kashyap]] refused to fly in the [[IndiGo]] airlines due to their decision to ban Kamra.<ref name="gulf">{{cite news |title=Anurag Kashyap refuses to fly IndiGo to support comedian Kunal Kamra |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/anurag-kashyap-refuses-to-fly-indigo-to-support-comedian-kunal-kamra-1.1580823452362 |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=gulfnews.com |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204230130/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/anurag-kashyap-refuses-to-fly-indigo-to-support-comedian-kunal-kamra-1.1580823452362 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Two passengers of [[IndiGo]] also protested and displayed placards in the plane, in support of Kamra.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=Scroll |title=Watch: Passengers onboard an IndiGo flight protest against flying ban on comedian Kunal Kamra |url=https://scroll.in/video/952445/watch-passengers-onboard-an-indigo-flight-protest-against-flying-ban-on-comedian-kunal-kamra |accessdate=7 February 2020 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref>


On 11 September 2022, after his comedy shows were cancelled in [[Gurgaon]], Kamra wrote an open letter addressed to the [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] (VHP). He challenged VHP to condemn [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s assassin [[Nathuram Godse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="Show Proof...": Stand-Up Comic Dares Hindu Group After Show Cancelled |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/stand-up-comic-kunal-kamra-dares-hindu-group-after-show-cancelled-show-proof-3335148 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
Kamra has issued a legal notice to IndiGo against the travel ban demanding a compensation of {{INRConvert|25|l}}.<ref name="Lawsuit">{{cite news |last1=NETWORK |first1=LIVELAW NEWS |title=Kunal Kamra Issues Legal Notice To Indigo Airlines Against Travel Ban; Demands Rs. 25L Compensation [Read Notice] |url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/kunal-kamra-issues-legal-notice-to-indigo-airlines-152242 |accessdate=5 February 2020 |work=www.livelaw.in |date=1 February 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205153819/https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/kunal-kamra-issues-legal-notice-to-indigo-airlines-152242 |archive-date=5 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kamra stated that a legal firm had taken up his case as a special case.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kamra |first1=Kunal |title=You’re love & support is helping me go legal against @IndiGo6EAlso Lawmen & White have taken this fight to court for me as special case,To all artists out there don’t fear there are enough good people in society to always support the constitution...https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/kunal-kamra-issues-legal-notice-to-indigo-airlines-152242 … |url=https://twitter.com/kunalkamra88/status/1223508796472987648 |website=@kunalkamra88 |accessdate=5 February 2020 |language=en |date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202184707/https://twitter.com/kunalkamra88/status/1223508796472987648 |archive-date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Accusations of contempt of court ===
== ''Shut Up Ya Kunal'' ==
After Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was granted interim bail by the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] on 11 November 2020, Kamra made a series of tweets critical of the Supreme Court. Eight people accused Kamra of contempt of court and sued him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Comedian Kunal Kamra Faces Contempt Charges Over Supreme Court Tweets |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/comedian-kunal-kamra-faces-contempt-charges-over-supreme-court-tweets-2324412 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=12 November 2020}}</ref> The Attorney General [[K. K. Venugopal]] gave his mandatory approval to initiate contempt proceedings related to the tweets.<ref name="Contempt order">{{cite news |title=Initiate criminal contempt against Kunal Kamra for derogatory tweets against Supreme Court judge, says Attorney General|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/initiate-criminal-contempt-against-kunal-kamra-for-derogatory-tweets-against-top-court-judge-says-supreme-court-s-attorney-general/story-eYibg7X90hxDM4Vqklx16N.html |access-date=12 November 2020 |work=Hindustan Times|date=12 November 2020 }}</ref> Kamra said he continued to believe that "the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of other's personal liberty cannot go uncriticised."<ref>{{Citation |title=The Supreme Court Decision |work=Congress, the Supreme Court, and Religious Liberty |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137300645.0009 |access-date=2024-08-31 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-137-30064-5}}</ref> He does not intend to retract the tweets nor apologise for them. He asked that the time that may be allotted for hearing his contempt case should be spent on more important cases pending before the court.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspondent |first1=Legal |title=Kunal Kamra refuses to apologise, retract his tweets |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-refuses-to-apologise-retract-his-tweets/article33092690.ece |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=13 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Service |first1=Tribune News |title='No lawyers, no apology': Comedian Kunal Kamra reacts to 'contempt proceedings' against him |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/no-lawyers-no-apology-comedian-kunal-kamra-reacts-to-contempt-proceedings-against-him-170157 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=Tribuneindia News Service }}</ref>


==Filmography==
In 2017, Kunal launched a YouTube podcast titled ''Shut Up Ya Kunal'' along with his friend Ramit Verma. The show features Kamra engaged in an informal discussion with politicians and activists from both ends of the spectrum.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1609531/youtuber-kunal-kamra-on-india-election-2019-modis-bjp-congress/|title=Ultra right-wing versus ultra spineless—Kunal Kamra sums up Indian politics in 2019|last=Merelli|first=Annalisa|website=Quartz India|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101100417/https://qz.com/india/1609531/youtuber-kunal-kamra-on-india-election-2019-modis-bjp-congress/|archive-date=2019-11-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/845671/a-new-indian-comedy-podcast-is-finally-making-politicians-laugh-how-many-will-say-shut-up-ya-kunal|title=A new Indian comedy podcast is finally making politicians laugh. How many will say Shut Up Ya Kunal?|last=Rao|first=Soumya|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321050315/https://scroll.in/magazine/845671/a-new-indian-comedy-podcast-is-finally-making-politicians-laugh-how-many-will-say-shut-up-ya-kunal|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/88699-kunal-kamra|title=Kunal Kamra - Artist Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=eventseeker.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref> The videos are interspersed with news clips of the guests contradicting their own statements to comic effect.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":3" /> Ramit Verma of the satirical Facebook page PeeingHuman is the show's creative director and editor.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://deadant.co/interview-kunal-kamra-political-comedy-potential-limitations/|title=‘Nobody Buys a Ticket to Put You on a Pedestal of Wokeness’: Kunal Kamra, on the Potential & Limitations of Political Comedy in India|date=2019-05-22|website=Dead Ant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadant.co/modi-goswami-done-more-damage-to-the-media-than-anyone-could-ever-do-peeinghuman-creator/|title=Modi & Goswami 'Have Done More Damage To Indian Media Than Anyone': PeeingHuman Creator Ramit Verma|date=2019-02-18|website=Dead Ant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020093218/https://deadant.co/modi-goswami-done-more-damage-to-the-media-than-anyone-could-ever-do-peeinghuman-creator/|archive-date=2019-10-20|url-status=live}}</ref> The first episode aired on July 20, 2017 and featured [[Madhukeshwar Desai]], vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing.<ref name=":4" /> The episode featuring the JNU Students Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid reached around a million views within hours of release.
===List of ''Shut Up Ya Kunal'' Episodes===

Apart from his show, Kamra also performs live.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/88699-kunal-kamra|title=Kunal Kamra - Artist Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=eventseeker.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>
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|[[Priyanka Chaturvedi]], (ex National Spokesperson, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/shut-up-ya-kunal-kamra-comedian-political-review|title="Please Don't 'Shut Up Ya Kunal': Enjoying Politics Through Comedy". The Quint. Retrieved 27 May 2018.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015140428/https://www.thequint.com/neon/shut-up-ya-kunal-kamra-comedian-political-review|archive-date=15 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Priyanka Chaturvedi]], (ex National Spokesperson, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]])
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|3
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|5
|5
|[[Shehla Rashid]] (ex Vice President, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|JNU]]) and [[Jignesh Mevani]] ([[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] [[Vadgam]], Gujarat)
|[[Shehla Rashid]] (ex Vice President, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|JNU]]) and [[Jignesh Mevani]] ([[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Vadgam]], Gujarat)
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|6
|6
|[[Ravish Kumar]] ([[NDTV]]
|[[Ravish Kumar]], ([[NDTV]] Journalist)
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|7
|7
|[[Kavita Krishnan]], [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Politburo]] Member, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI-ML]] and Secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA).
|[[Kavita Krishnan]], [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Politburo]] Member, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI-ML]] and Secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA)
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|8
|8
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|13
|13
|[[Arvind Kejriwal]] (CM, Delhi)
|[[Arvind Kejriwal]] (CM, Delhi, [[Aam Aadmi Party]])
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|14
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|17
|[[Tejasvi Surya]] (MP, Bangalore South)<ref>{{Citation|title=Shut Up Ya Kunal - Episode 17 : Tejasvi Surya|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea4GxJIJUjU|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
|[[Tejasvi Surya]] (MP, Bangalore South, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]])<ref>{{Citation|title=Shut Up Ya Kunal – Episode 17 : Tejasvi Surya|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea4GxJIJUjU|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>
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|18
|[[Sanjay Raut]] (MP, Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra, [[Shiv Sena]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Shut Up Ya Kunal – Episode 18 : Sanjay Raut |website = [[YouTube]]|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsIh8hYNGik |access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>
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|19
|Mr. Nishith Desai (Lawyer) and Suril Desai (Analyst), Nishith Desai Associates<ref>{{Citation|title=Shut Up Ya Kunal - Episode 19 : Cryptocurrencies|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEE0HVFsQkM|language=en|access-date=2022-01-04}}</ref>
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=== Web series ===
=== Other works ===
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|Canvas Laugh Club{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
|Canvas Laugh Club<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsbugz.com/kunal-kamra-wiki-biography-age-comedian-family-images/|title=Kunal Kamra shows|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044725/https://www.newsbugz.com/kunal-kamra-wiki-biography-age-comedian-family-images/|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref>
|2013
|2013
|[[Comedy]]
|Comedy
|[[STAR One|YouTube]]
|[[STAR One|YouTube]]
|Live stand-up shows.
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|One Mic Stand
|Shut up Ya Kunal<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/video/911515/watch-satirist-kunal-kamra-spoke-to-aap-and-bjp-representatives-for-30-minutes-and-nobody-shouted|title=Shut Ya Kunal - Ravish Kumar|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321050329/https://scroll.in/video/911515/watch-satirist-kunal-kamra-spoke-to-aap-and-bjp-representatives-for-30-minutes-and-nobody-shouted|archive-date=2019-03-21|url-status=live}}</ref>
|2019
|2017
|Comedy
|[[Amazon Prime Video]]
|Mentor to [[Shashi Tharoor]]
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|Why Are We Even<ref>{{Citation|title=Why Are We Even – Chapter 5 : Kanhaiya Kumar|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL6dpgBTdc4|language=hi|access-date=2020-08-13}}</ref>
|2020
|[[Philosophy|Art]]
[[Podcast]]
|[[YouTube]]
|Philosophical conversations and creative videos on existential issues. Five episodes till October 2020, on/with [[Rajneesh]], Aamir Aziz, [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Kanhaiya Kumar]], [[Acharya Prashant]], and [[Anand Gandhi]].
|-
|Team Baan: Monday Morning Podcast<ref>{{Citation|title=Team Baan – Episode 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx6OpgZwmBA|language=hi|access-date=2020-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What is #TeamBaan? Here's all you need to know|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/what-is-teambaan-heres-all-you-need-to-know|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Free Press Journal}}</ref>
|2020
|[[Podcast]]
|[[Podcast]]
|[[YouTube]]
|[[YouTube]]
|Weekly political discussions with (the owner of Twitter parody account named) 'ROFL Gandhi'.
|
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== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 03:22, 4 December 2024

Kunal Kamra
Kamra in 2018
Born (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 36)
Mahim, Mumbai, India
NationalityIndian
Notable works and rolesShut up Ya Kunal, Why Are We Even, Team Baan
Websitekunalkamra.in
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genres
Subscribers2.11 million[1]
Total views255 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 23 July 2023

Kunal Kamra (born 3 October 1988) is an Indian standup comedian known for his observational comedy about absurdities of life. His performances include jokes about politics, cabbies, bachelor life and TV advertisements.[2]

Early life and education

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Kamra was born and brought up in Mumbai. He attended Jai Hind College for a degree in Commerce. He dropped out in his second year to start working as a production assistant in Prasoon Pandey's ad film production house Corcoise Films, where he worked for eleven years.[3][4]

Career

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He started performing as a stand-up comedian in 2013, with a show at the Canvas Laugh Club in Mumbai. A clip of one of his shows, uploaded on YouTube in 2017, led to him receiving death threats for his satirical take on Indian hyper-nationalism.[4] He started his eponymous titled talk-show Shut Up Ya Kunal in July 2017 along with Ramit Verma.[5] The episodes typically feature a conversation with one or more invited guests, interposed with clips of news segments or debates, edited for humour.[6] His performances include jokes about cabbies, bachelor life and ridiculous TV advertisements.[2]

On 1 March 2017, he released a comedy video titled "Patriotism and the Government" on YouTube mocking the Indian banknote demonetization, the government and the attitude of Indians towards the army.[7] He received several death threats for uploading the video.[8] In 2018, he shared that he was asked by his landlady to vacate the premise due to "political issues".[9]

Shut Up Ya Kunal

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In 2017, Kunal launched a YouTube podcast titled Shut Up Ya Kunal along with his friend Ramit Verma. The show features Kamra engaged in an informal discussion with politicians and activists from both ends of the spectrum.[5][10][11][12] The videos are interspersed with news clips of the guests contradicting their own statements to comic effect.[11][10] Ramit Verma of the satirical Facebook page PeeingHuman is the show's creative director and editor.[7][13] The first episode aired on 20 July 2017 and featured Madhukeshwar Desai, the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing.[5] The episode featuring JNU students Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid reached around a million views within hours of release.[citation needed]

Controversies

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Incident on IndiGo flight

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On 28 January 2020, Kamra, while travelling on an IndiGo flight, confronted the news presenter Arnab Goswami, inviting him to debate with him. Kamra had raised questions about Goswami's coverage of issues on national affairs and the suicide of Rohith Vemula.[14] Kamra later released a 1.51-minute long video of the incident on Twitter, which showed a non-responsive Goswami while being questioned by him.[15][16] The next day, Indigo banned Kamra from boarding its flights for a period of six months.[17] The same day, government-owned airline Air India banned him indefinitely. India's aviation minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, tweeted that other airlines should follow suit and ban Kamra to ensure that an example was set.[18][19] The next day, SpiceJet and GoAir also banned him indefinitely. The ban was criticized for being excessive and against the rules of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.[20]

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap refused to fly with IndiGo due to their decision to ban Kamra.[14] Two IndiGo passengers also protested and displayed placards on a plane in support of Kamra.[21]

Kamra issued a legal notice to IndiGo against the travel ban demanding a compensation of ₹25 lakh (US$29,000).[17]

On 11 September 2022, after his comedy shows were cancelled in Gurgaon, Kamra wrote an open letter addressed to the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). He challenged VHP to condemn Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.[22]

Accusations of contempt of court

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After Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on 11 November 2020, Kamra made a series of tweets critical of the Supreme Court. Eight people accused Kamra of contempt of court and sued him.[23] The Attorney General K. K. Venugopal gave his mandatory approval to initiate contempt proceedings related to the tweets.[24] Kamra said he continued to believe that "the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of other's personal liberty cannot go uncriticised."[25] He does not intend to retract the tweets nor apologise for them. He asked that the time that may be allotted for hearing his contempt case should be spent on more important cases pending before the court.[26][27]

Filmography

[edit]

List of Shut Up Ya Kunal Episodes

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No. Guests
1 Madhukeshwar Desai, (Vice-president of the BJP Youth Wing)
2 Priyanka Chaturvedi, (ex National Spokesperson, Congress)[28]
3 Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid (JNU students)
4 Karuna Nundy (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Siddharth Varadarajan (Co-founder, The Wire)
5 Shehla Rashid (ex Vice President, JNU) and Jignesh Mevani (MLA Vadgam, Gujarat)
6 Ravish Kumar, (NDTV Journalist)
7 Kavita Krishnan, Politburo Member, CPI-ML and Secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA)
8 Ravish Kumar (NDTV Journalist) [Part 2]
9 Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and President, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
10 Atishi (Aam Aadmi Party) and Shweta Shalini (Bharatiya Janata Party)
11 Javed Akhtar (poet, lyricist, and screenwriter) and Yogendra Yadav (politician, psephologist, and President of Swaraj India)
12 Milind Deora (ex MP and President of Congress Mumbai) and Sachin Pilot (Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan)
13 Arvind Kejriwal (CM, Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party)
14 Javed Akhtar (poet, lyricist, and screenwriter) and Yogendra Yadav (politician, psephologist, and President of Swaraj India) (Part 2)
15 Anubhav Sinha (Director) and Anand Gandhi
16 Manish Sisodia (Deputy CM, Delhi) and Sanjay Singh (Rajyasabha MP) (Aam Aadmi Party)
17 Tejasvi Surya (MP, Bangalore South, Bharatiya Janata Party)[29]
18 Sanjay Raut (MP, Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra, Shiv Sena)[30]
19 Mr. Nishith Desai (Lawyer) and Suril Desai (Analyst), Nishith Desai Associates[31]

Other works

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Name Year Genre Platform Notes
Canvas Laugh Club[citation needed] 2013 Comedy YouTube Live stand-up shows.
One Mic Stand 2019 Comedy Amazon Prime Video Mentor to Shashi Tharoor
Why Are We Even[32] 2020 Art

Podcast

YouTube Philosophical conversations and creative videos on existential issues. Five episodes till October 2020, on/with Rajneesh, Aamir Aziz, Irrfan Khan, Kanhaiya Kumar, Acharya Prashant, and Anand Gandhi.
Team Baan: Monday Morning Podcast[33][34] 2020 Podcast YouTube Weekly political discussions with (the owner of Twitter parody account named) 'ROFL Gandhi'.

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Kunal Kamra". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b Kureshi, Nagwa (25 February 2016). "Kunal Kamra chance encounter with stand up comedy". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019.
  3. ^ Murthy, Neeraja (17 July 2017). "Murthy, Neeraja (2017-07-17). "Bring your brains along". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2018". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018.
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