Love Stand-up Comedy? Here’s Why You Must Watch The Teleplay Stand-Up on ZEE5

Saqib Saleem and Shweta Basu Prasad starrer ZEE5 Original film, ‘Comedy Couple‘ is about two stand-up comedians who are also a couple in love with each other. They form a comedy duo and perform together but they soon find out that making up jokes together is no laughing matter. This romantic series will show you a look at the stand-up comedy scene in India, and Delhi specifically. Here’s a teleplay that also explores the stand-up comedy scene in India

Watch a trailer for the teleplay Stand-up on ZEE5.

Here are 3 reasons you should watch the teleplay stand-up if you love stand-up comedy.

1. How to come up with material – If you have ever wondered that comedians by heart their jokes or just make them up as they go, this play will show you the true story. it shows how most comedians go out on the stage with just a few funny ideas in their minds and decide on audience reactions if their joke works, sometimes coming up with new jokes in the moment itself.

2. Inside look at life in comedy – This play shows the lives of comedians where the biggest moment is the five minutes on stage. If shows the awkwardness of jokes not connecting with audiences on stage. The discomfort when the comedian cracks controversial jokes. The backstage drama and debates.

3. Why we laugh! – This play answers the question of how the name ‘stand-up comedy’ came to be and the bigger question of ‘Why we laugh?’. This gives the play an ending that is not only informative but also quite an eye-opener about the psychology of live comedy.

Watch the stand-up comedy special Comedy Shots, including a special episode with Russell Peters only on ZEE5.