Comedian Praveen Kumar on his new stand-up special ‘Kancheepuram Maapla’
The Hindu
The stand-up comic talks about his new special, performing in the ‘new normal’, and collaborating with cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin
Comedian Praveen Kumar is delighted to be back on the stage again. Like the rest of his stand-up peers, Praveen, too, had to perform to an audience watching from a screen. It was better than nothing, he admits. It helped him pay the bills and satiate his urge to perform. But the virtual set-up, he says, has just “40 to 50%” of a live event.
In the new normal, he is unable to see the smiles on masked faces. But he is glad to be in the midst of people, performing his latest special, Kancheepuram Maapla, in which he narrates the funny incidents on his wedding day.
He excitedly shares his offline tour: He has already performed in Chennai and Bengaluru. On Saturday, he will be in Coimbatore. The next day, he flies to Hyderabad and the following week, to Dubai…
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