East India Comedy was a group of 7 Indian

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that performed comedy shows, organized comedy workshops and corporate events, and scripts movies and television shows. The group claimed to be India's busiest comedy company with a record 130 shows across the country in the calendar year 2013. East India Comedy maintained a

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channel that showcased their comedy stints and satires on topics like politics, religion and the Indian film industry. Much of their reputation was initiated through their online presence. The group used to host India’s version of the Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies), the

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Sorabh Pant Sorabh Pant is an Indian stand-up comedian and writer. He has performed over 250 shows. He was rated amongst India's top 10 stand-up comedians by '' The Times of India''. In a poll by IBN Live in March 2012, he was listed No. 1 of the 30 most ...

, Founder (left, 2017) *Kunal Rao, Co-founder (left, 2019) *Sapan Verma, Co-founder *Sahil Shah, Co-founder *Angad Singh Ranyal *Azeem Banatwalla *

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(left, 2017)

History

In 2012, East India Comedy was founded by

along with Kunal Rao, Sapan Verma and Sahil Shah. Later in the same year, the group was joined by Azeem Banatwalla, and Angad Singh Ranyal. EIC is among the pioneering comedy groups in India which, along with

Tanmay Bhat Tanmay Bhat (born 23 June 1987) is an Indian YouTuber, comedian, Screenwriter, scriptwriter, Actor, Performing arts, performer and Film producer, producer. He was the co-founder and former CEO of the creative agency ''All India Bakchod'' (AIB) ...

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, is responsible for a complete revamping of the Indian comedy scene. In 2017, Sorabh Pant and

left EIC to pursue their solo careers. In 2019, Kunal Rao left the comedy group.

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