These Indian Stand-Up Comics Are Absolutely The Best. Here's Proof.

Be warned – your sides may ache.
KENNY SEBASTIAN / ADITI MITTAL / ZAKIR KHAN

Stand-up comics in India are no longer people who serve as fillers between entertainment shows on television. Now, they make those top entertainment shows themselves.

With the rising popularity of stand-up in India, fuelled in large measure by the Internet and YouTube, every comic has his or her own space to deliver funny yet relatable punchlines that resonate with today's youth and older audiences.

Here are some gems:

1. On standing united while drawing scenery

Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube

BISWA KALYAN RATH / YOUTUBE

2. On 'breasts' vs 'tits'

Aditi Mittal / YouTube
Aditi Mittal / YouTube
Aditi Mittal / YouTube
Aditi Mittal / YouTube

3. On predictive texts

Them Boxer Shorts / YouTube
Them Boxer Shorts / YouTube
Them Boxer Shorts / YouTube

4. On moms and their OCD about cleaning

Kenny Sebastian / YouTube
Kenny Sebastian / YouTube
Kenny Sebastian / YouTube

5. On the horror of saying 'sanitary napkin' in public

Aditi Mittal / YouTube

6. On Uber driver fake-spotting you

Kunal Kamra / YouTube
Kunal Kamra / YouTube

7. On kid's dilemma of calling you 'didi' or 'aunty'

Vasu Primlani / YouTube
Vasu Primlani / YouTube
Vasu Primlani / YouTube

8. On dads being passive-aggressive

Karunesh Talwar / YouTube
Karunesh Talwar / YouTube
Karunesh Talwar / YouTube

9. On colouful cars in Delhi

Amit Tandon / YouTube
Amit Tandon / YouTube
Amit Tandon / YouTube
Amit Tandon / YouTube

10. On Indians traveling to the U.S.

EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube

11. On buying an iPhone for the first time

Zakir Khan / YouTube
Zakir Khan / YouTube

Zakir Khan / YouTube

12. On tight airport security

EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube

13. On laziness

Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube
Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube

14. On people's ignorance

Abhishek Upmanyu / YouTube
Abhishek Upmanyu / YouTube

Abhishek Upmanyu / YouTube
Abhishek Upmanyu / YouTube
Abhishek Upmanyu / YouTube

15. On bra shopping

Aditi Mittal / YouTube
Aditi Mittal / YouTube

Aditi Mittal / YouTube
Aditi Mittal / YouTube
Aditi Mittal / YouTube
Aditi Mittal / YouTube

16. On thankless wi-fi "vultures"

Them Boxer Shorts / YouTube
Them Boxer Shorts / YouTube
Them Boxer Shorts / YouTube
Them Boxer Shorts / YouTube

17. On deep and detailed talks with bae

Zakir Khan / YouTube
Zakir Khan / YouTube

18. On moms preserving old papers in Godrej almirah

Amit Tandon / YouTube
Amit Tandon / YouTube

Amit Tandon / YouTube
Amit Tandon / YouTube
Amit Tandon / YouTube

Amit Tandon / YouTube

19. On mom's golden rule

Kenny Sebastian / YouTube
Kenny Sebastian / YouTube
Kenny Sebastian / YouTube

Kenny Sebastian / YouTube

20. On creepy men trying to hit on women

Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube

21. On being an extrovert

Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube
Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube
Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube

22. On Uber drivers being Uber drivers

Kunal Kamra / YouTube
Kunal Kamra / YouTube
Kunal Kamra / YouTube
Kunal Kamra / YouTube

23. On ass-licking employees

Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube

24. On applying 'fairness cream'

Karunesh Talwar / YouTube

Karunesh Talwar / YouTube

25. On weird soup fractions

Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube

26. On pomegranates vs bananas

Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube
Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube
Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube

27. On difficulties faced by female comedians

Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube

28. On how to talk to women on the phone

Zakir Khan
Zakir Khan / YouTube
Zakir Khan / YouTube
Zakir Khan / YouTube

29. On why moms would make the perfect criminals

Kenny Sebastian / YouTube
Kenny Sebastian / YouTube

30. On evergreen show that CID is

All India Bakchod / YouTube
All India Bakchod / YouTube
All India Bakchod / YouTube

31. On dads nagging for food

Karunesh Talwar / YouTube
Karunesh Talwar / YouTube
Karunesh Talwar / YouTube

32. On confident guy behind the counter at a pharmacy

Varun Thakur
Varun Thakur
Varun Thakur

33. On expensive taboos

Buttercups Intimates / YouTube
Buttercups Intimates / YouTube
Buttercups Intimates / YouTube
Buttercups Intimates / YouTube

34. On alarm clocks

Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube
Being Indian / YouTube

35. On how superheroes wouldn't be superheroes if their moms were alive

EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube
EIC / YouTube

36. On being an introvert

Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube
Biswa Kalyan Rath / YouTube

37. On turbulent flights

Zakir Khan / YouTube
Zakir Khan / YouTube
Zakir Khan / YouTube

38. On clueless drivers

Karunesh Talwar
Karunesh Talwar / YouTube
Karunesh Talwar

39. On how easily you can disappoint your dad

Kenny Sebastian
Kenny Sebastian

40. On driver's disappointment after learning the monorail in Mumbai is only 5km long

Random Chikibum / YouTube
Random Chikibum / YouTube
Random Chikibum / YouTube
Random Chikibum / YouTube
Random Chikibum / YouTube
Random Chikibum / YouTube

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