{"id":11542,"date":"2024-08-15T04:58:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T04:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/entertainment\/11542\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T04:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T04:58:32","slug":"made-of-chennai-celebrate-the-city-with-an-evening-of-stand-up-comedy-this-madras-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/?p=11542","title":{"rendered":"Made of Chennai | Celebrate the city with an evening of stand-up comedy, this Madras month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is so much to love about this city \u2014 its many dimensions, people, and vagaries, and what better way to say it all than through comedy?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Chennai, We Have A Problem\u2026And It Is Hilarious<\/i>, will have six stand-up comedians from the city take the stage as they try to decode, analyse, and most importantly, make light of all that has come to define a day in Chennai\u2019s life. All of this will come together in a comedy concert of sorts, where the audience will be treated to an evening of laughter in celebration of the city as a part of The Hindu<\/i> Festival of Chennai celebrations, to commemorate 385 years of the city we call home. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a reason why Ravichandran Ashwin, Superstar Rajinikanth, or even I continue to stay in Chennai. Wherever we go, our home is this beautiful city,\u201d says comedian-activist Rajmohan Arumugam. \u201cI will be digging into some of my favourite memories, from my life as an Engineering student and also speak about how college life has changed over the years now,\u201d he adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Actor and comedian Badava Gopi says everything about him is Chennai. \u201cFrom the language to the food, everything about me is from this city. I strongly believe that if you have lived in Chennai, you can live anywhere, given how the city nurtures and brings you up,\u201d he says. The sounds of Chennai, ranging from the traffic to MS Dhoni in Chepauk will all feature in his set. \u201cI have performed in many places abroad, but performing in Chennai is truly special,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n

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For Mervyn Rozz, the city\u2019s traffic, the different kinds of people one encounters when stuck in a jam, and how it all adds to Chennai\u2019s personality will be the theme of his set. \u201cDespite planning and leaving early, most of us arrive late,\u201d he says. The city has space for everyone and accomodates the way they all want to live, he says, and points to this being true of travel as well. <\/p>\n

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Drawing inspiration from over 15 years in the IT sector, Ramkumar Natarajan\u2019s set will delve into Chennai\u2019s quintessential IT crowd through his own experiences, and the corporate and IT hustle \u2013 chronicling all the highs and lows. \u201cChennai has been welcoming people from the South into the IT sector for a while now. The city has helped elevate these lives and this is something I will touch upon as well,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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The daily lives in Chennai\u2019s many homes will provide for the laughs in Praveen Kumar, and \u2018Vikkals\u2018 Vikram\u2019s comedy sets. Stories about Chennai\u2019s families, youngsters stepping out into the real world, and all the learning and unlearning that entails will make up Vikram\u2019s set. Praveen, who moved from Bengaluru to Chennai during the pandemic, tackles life in Chennai\u2019s apartment complexes. \u201cThere was a big gap between what we were promised and what we ended up with, and several things like this I will speak about will be relatable to the audience,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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About his fellow stand-up comics and this comedy concert he has curated, Rajmohan says they all have uniquely different memories and experiences of the city, all of which will feature in their set. \u201cSo much can be said about the city\u2019s vibrance and\u00a0 this clean, family friendly set is something we as a group are thrilled to come together for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Hindu Festival of Chennai is done in partnership with Greater Chennai Corporation, Namma Marina, CMRL, Mark Metro, Greater Chennai Traffic Police, Tamilnadu Tourism Development Corporation, Realty Partner: GSquare, Associate partners: Akshayakalpa, UP Tourism, Knowledge and expert partners: Nam veedu nam oor nam kadhai and Madras Photobloggers, Happiness partner: On The Streets of Chennai, Radio partner: Big FM<\/p>\n

For the comedy concert <\/i>Chennai We Have A Problem\u2026And It Is Hilarious, head to The Music Academy at 6pm on August 23. Log onto https:\/\/newsth.live\/MOC2024SCA<\/u> for registrations.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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