I was writing stand up comedy for TV for around 5 years and just wanted to attempt it myself. Vir Das started an amateur comedians' night in Bombay in 2009 and I went for the very first one. It was… — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
People who are privileged can take more risks because of that safety shield that privilege provides. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
We critique all politicians who are in power, whenever there's a talking point. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
British comedian Imran Yusuf is fantastic and so is Shazia Mirza, also London-based. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
Sometimes people don't want to laugh because it's wrong to laugh at their own establishment. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
If you start imagining an audience for yourself, you don't do justice to the job. You fall into that trap of a self-image. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
I like to dissociate myself from the person I was even three hours ago. It's a natural requirement to be a writer. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
Comedy as dissent or any art form as dissent is going to be our last safety valve. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
I don't think changing minds is possible with just comedy. It's too much to expect from your own art. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
I don't think stand-up comedy is becoming too serious, in fact, I wish it was. We are still mostly doing frivolous stuff. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
There's a lot of ordinariness, and people tend to play to the same regressive tropes - sexism, patriarchy, unkindness to the oppressed. Comedy shouldn't… — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
You cannot have the same kind of character again and again in every season or every stage of your life. You change, people change. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
