Tanmay Bhat

Tanmay Bhat
Born (1987-06-23) June 23, 1987
Medium Writer, Comedian, Presenter
Nationality India
Years active 2009-present
Genres Satire

Tanmay Bhat is an Indian stand-up comedian, script writer, producer and the co-founder of the popular comedy sketch group All India Bakchod.[1] He was one of the first four comedians to be featured at the Comedy Store Mumbai’s first all-Indian comedian line up, titled Local Heroes, and soon thereafter he performed alongside comics from the UK in a Best In Stand Up event.[1]

He attended Sheth Chunilal Damodardas Barfiwala High School.

Tanmay was named one of India's “Top 10 Comics” by the Times of India. Tanmay was also the co-founder of India's first comedy podcast with All India Bakchod, along with Gursimran Khamba.[2]

He has also featured in a couple of Bollywood movies in minor roles or cameo appearances like Ragini MMS 2 and Mr. X.

Controversy

Tanmay was involved in a controversy regarding a 'Roast' hosted by his group which received diverse critical reception.[3][4][5][6] An FIR was filed in Mumbai on Tanmay along with Ranveer Singh, Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor and other panel members for using excessive vulgarity and profanity.

A complaint was also registered in 2016 by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena against him for imitating Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar using filters in a Snapchat video. [7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tanmay Bhat". Stand Up Planet. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Chatterjee, Rituparna (27 May 2012). "All India Bakchod: Meet stand-up's newest talents Tanmay Bhat and Gursimran Khamba". IBN Live. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Roy, Gitanjali (3 February 2015). "AIB Knockout Roast Vulgar? Karan Johar, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt Respond on Twitter". NDTV Movies. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "AIB Knockout: National shame or much ado about nothing?". India Today. New Delhi. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Roy, Sandip (3 February 2015). "AIB Knockout: FIR against Ranveer, Karan, Arjun for 'filthy' language is *%$@#^%^". FirstPost. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Roy, Gitanjali (29 January 2015). "At AIB's Knockout Roast, Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh Were Funnier Than the Roasters". NDTV Movies. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "AIB roast: Police complaint lodged against Bollywood stars for filthy language". Times of India. Mumbai. PTI. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Tanmay Bhat asks Money from Snapchat for Insulting Sachin & Lata.. - Google User Contents- Trending Things You Search in Google!". www.googleusercontent.co.in. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
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