KJo set to debut as stand-up comic in Amazon Prime’s ‘One Mic Stand’

Filmmaker Karan Johar is all set to debut as a stand-up comic in the second season of ‘One Mic Stand’, despite the fact that he doesn’t laugh while listening to the scripts of comedies. Talking about his experience of doing stand-up comedy, Karan said: “I had never actually thought about it. I am not somebody who is a laugher by nature, I just don’t laugh out loud ever. Even when I am hearing the script of comedies, I don’t laugh. I always give the writer, narrator that disclaimer in advance. But I am very intrigued by it. I have always wondered how isolating it can be for the person standing on stage compelled to be funny. What if jokes don’t land?”

“So I took this as a challenge. I think comedy is very evolving in today’s zone of pop culture and I believe stand-up comedy is a new amazing vertical in the world of entertainment which I have always wanted to be a part of. This is the reason I gave this a thought and agreed,” he added. Karan shared about getting trained by well-known stand-up comedian Sumukhi Suresh and what he liked about her most.

When asked who would he mentor from the film industry in standup comedy, he said: “Well, I think Alia Bhatt is a terrific actor and when she narrates a story she can be really funny. Therefore, it will be very exciting for me to mentor her because I am not prolific but at least to watch her do it herself would be interesting. She can really tell a story and land on the punch line in a cool kind of way.” ‘One Mic Stand’ will be streaming from October 22 on Amazon Prime.