Rohan Joshi is a YouTuber. He was one of the key people of the creative agency ''

All India Bakchod All India Bakchod (abbreviated as AIB) was a Mumbai-based comedy company which created the eponymous podcast, YouTube channel and production company. The name is a parody of All India Radio. It began in 2012 as a humour/pop-culture podcast co- ...

''. Joshi scripted and starred in several YouTube sketches for ''All India Bakchod'', was one of the co-creators of the satirical news comedy show ''

On Air with AIB ''On Air With AIB'' was an Indian web television satire show created by All India Bakchod on Star India's digital platform Hotstar. It aired between 2015 and 2018. It was modeled after ''The Daily Show'', ''SNL'', and ''Last Week Tonight''. ...

''. Now he runs his own youtube channel and make reaction videos with

Tanmay Bhat Tanmay Bhat (born 23 June 1987) is an Indian YouTuber, comedian, scriptwriter, Actor, performer and producer. He was the co-founder and former CEO of the creative agency ''All India Bakchod'' (AIB) along with Gursimranjet Singh Khamba. In 201 ...

and Nishant Tanwar.

Early life and education

Joshi attended K J Somaiya College of Engineering, but eventually dropped out. He attended

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and subsequently worked as a journalist for a period of time. Before working for

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and

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, Joshi also attended Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, where he received his postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism.

Career

In the late 2000s, Joshi was a contributor to ''JLT'', a humour magazine based in Mumbai. In addition to performing across India, Joshi served as a humour columnist for several publications including ''

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''. In 2011, he performed at the

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. In 2011 and 2012, he co-wrote the

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awards. In addition, he has performed in over 250 shows. Joshi spent a couple of years at

Vir Das Vir Das (born 31 May 1979) is an Indian comedian, actor and musician. After beginning a career in standup comedy, Das moved to Hindi cinema starring in films like '' Badmaash Company'' (2010), '' Delhi Belly'' (2011), and '' Go Goa Gone'' (20 ...

's comedy platform Weirdass, writing live comedy shows with

and Ashish Shakya. With Gursimran Khamba, they co-wrote television scripts and jokes for MTV,

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, and the

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. In 2013, the four started the SoundCloud podcast ''

'' (AIB). Joshi scripted and starred in several YouTube sketches for ''All India Bakchod'', and was a co-creator of the satirical news comedy show ''

''. Following controversy and sexual misconduct allegations against AIB members, the comedy company ceased operating in 2018. In April 2019, Joshi confirmed that he was working on an hour-long stand-up comedy special for

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. On 10 January 2020, Joshi's special ''Wake And Bake'' was released on

Controversies

Joshi's tweet over comedian Raju Srivastav's death caused widespread outrage on Twitter and he had to delete his tweet after facing public backlash.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, Rohan 1983 births Living people Indian stand-up comedians