Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Comedy I Say!


I’ve been performing stand up comedy for a while now. And man does that shit feel goooood!  But over the last few months I’ve discovered how bloody hard it is to be a comic. I find myself carrying a book around, writing down jokes whenever they happen. I find myself practicing in front of the mirror. Making sure every facial expression is just right. Every pause is just long enough and every word is said clearly so as to minimize the risk of the audience missing the joke. I find myself watching documentary after documentary on comedy. Watching a lot of Stand Up Comedy. Talking to a lot of comics and performing every chance I get. Hell! I even started organising my own shows! I got tired of the fact that there weren’t enough ‘comedic opportunities’ around.

It’s challenging on a number of levels because it’s so different from what I’m used to performing. Music. You can’t cover someone else’s jokes. You can’t hide behind an instrument. You can’t have the same 6 songs and perform them show after show. Hell! Both the audiences and I got tired of the damn old set in 3 months and I had to scrap the whole thing.

But it’s alright. It’s worth it. Every single moment of it is worth it. The innate joy of bringing such happiness to someone’s life is far beyond anything I’ve felt. It brings into further perspective that Creating and Performing are two things that resonate with me on levels far deeper than anything else.

I debut at the Comedy Store Open Mic on the 11th of April. I’m already nervous as hell trying to prepare. I hope that bird lands safely!

Jai Hind!
Mehta.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

A New Trend


It’s really weird, over the last week, I’ve been doing something I haven’t ever done.

Last Sunday, as I was hovering around my dad so that he would turn off the television and let me play some Xbox, I entered the room for the nth time just find him flipping through channels and landing some old movie with a fight scene. For a moment we stared at the screen and then, with one look at one another, we burst out laughing at the ridiculousness of the entire scene. One that scene was over, we ended up watching silly Govinda movies for an hour.

It happened again a few days later and I’m pretty sure it’ll happen again. It’s weird; I haven’t really spent a lot of time ‘chilling’ with my dad. Well, not in a long time anyway. Hearing all those old stories about what went on in the world when those films were released is truly a treat. A look in to the past I quite like, I must say. In a way, in a really really long time... 

All is Peaceful. All is Bright.

Mehta.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Lethargy meets a lack of time

I've been busy. Nothing new there. Between college projects and people pursuits and a little other work I've been so caught up it's almost annoying. My body isn't taking too well to the whole situation but then I guess it'll just have to cope till I have more spare time to relax.

What's weird however, is that though I'm busy all day, I still feel a strong sense of lethargy no matter what I do. Quite annoying, I must say. It takes a lot more to get things done. Even writing the blog. My God! How long has it been since I posted? Hardly matters though. No one reads this shit anyway...