Comedy in India is onedimensional: Wahi

Karan Wahi, who has done a few comedy shows on television, calls the experience ‘enriching’. However, he feels that comedy in India is one-dimensional. According to the actor, people tend to make fun of something about a person and that for them is comedy. But, he says, comedy is more than that.

Wahi says that he is way funnier in real life than in front of the camera: “That’s because there are certain things that I can say behind the camera and not when I am facing it. But I am working on my skills. I am bad at mimicking people and I think that hampers my element. In India, if you have that talent [the ability to mimic], you can pull off a lot of characters.”

All praise for comedy as a genre, Wahi, who has been part of Comedy Nights with Kapil, Comedy Classes and Comedy Nights Bachao, says, “It gives actors endless opportunities to perform.”

The actor has only done non-fiction comedy shows on the tube till now. Asked if he would do fiction shows in the future, he says, “If an appealing offer comes my way, I am ready to do a comedy Karan Wahi has been part of a few comedy shows on television fiction, too.”

He also reveals that he is a fan of Canadian stand-up comedian Russell Peters and American comedian, Jeff Dunham. And comedians Bharti Singh, Kapil Sharma, Krushna Abhishek, Sudesh Lehri are also his favourites.