Not easy to address serious issues: Sorabh Pant
Friday - August 10, 2018 5:08 pm ,
Category : ENTERTAINMENT
Not easy to address serious issues: Sorabh Pant
New Delhi Aug 10 (IANS) He addresses social as well as political issues through his stand-up comedy but comedian Sorabh Pant says it is not easy to find humour in serious affairs.
"It is not easy to address serious issues. But I have been doing it for a while now. In 2012 I wrote a novel called Under Delhi which is about a girl fighting a rapist in Delhi. And despite being a challenging topic I tried to find comedy in it without being shallow " Pant told IANS.
"I have been trying to do comedy on serious issues for a while now. Last year I did a show where we focused on several issues. We spoke about sanitary pads being tax free religious noise pollution and population in India and other bunch of stuff " he added.
Pant who dealt with social and political issues in Amazon Prime Video s "Make India Great Again by Sorabh Pant" likes to find "some silliness" in serious topics.
"I am generally so juvenile that I figure out a way to connect with everything. And a juvenile joke usually makes people laugh. But for me it is trying to find silliness in the serious topics and send out a message."
He said writing on serious issues is a challenge.
"You have to figure out the beginning the middle and the end so that there is some purpose to it rather than randomly talking about it " he said.
--IANS sug/nn/sed
"It is not easy to address serious issues. But I have been doing it for a while now. In 2012 I wrote a novel called Under Delhi which is about a girl fighting a rapist in Delhi. And despite being a challenging topic I tried to find comedy in it without being shallow " Pant told IANS.
"I have been trying to do comedy on serious issues for a while now. Last year I did a show where we focused on several issues. We spoke about sanitary pads being tax free religious noise pollution and population in India and other bunch of stuff " he added.
Pant who dealt with social and political issues in Amazon Prime Video s "Make India Great Again by Sorabh Pant" likes to find "some silliness" in serious topics.
"I am generally so juvenile that I figure out a way to connect with everything. And a juvenile joke usually makes people laugh. But for me it is trying to find silliness in the serious topics and send out a message."
He said writing on serious issues is a challenge.
"You have to figure out the beginning the middle and the end so that there is some purpose to it rather than randomly talking about it " he said.
--IANS sug/nn/sed
