Sorabh Pant

Sorabh Pant is an Indian stand-up comedian and writer. Sorabh Pant is one of India's successful comedians, having done over 250 shows in over 17 cities. He has been rated amongst India's top 10 stand-up comedians by The Times of India. The Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan has dubbed him as "the funniest guy on stage". In a poll by IBN Live in March 2012, he was listed No. 1 in the 30 most interesting Twitter users in India.

Sorabh Pant is married to writer Iva Bagchi. They have a son together named Vikramaditya.

Pant started off as a writer for TV. In March 2008, he met Vir Das and they did a show together, on CNBC-TV18 called, 'News on The Loose'. His career in comedy took off when he started as the opening act for Vir Das's show, 'Walking on Broken Das', later that year. After working with Das for three-and-a-half years, he did his first solo act at HQ. In November 2009, he became one of just three Indian comedians to hit auditoriums with his solo show, "Pant on Fire". In July 2011, when Wayne Brady toured India, Pant did the opening act for him. In November 2011, Pant opened for American actor and comedian, Rob Schneider on his India tour.

Pant released his debut novel 'The Wednesday Soul' in December 2011.

Pant on Fire

'Pant on Fire' is Sorabh Pant's first comedy special which has been staged in, more than 10 cities in India, Dhaka, Dubai, and hit the shores of North America in November 2012. It was the second most toured stand-up comedy show in India in 2011.

Traveling Pants

‘Traveling Pants' is Sorabh Pant's 2 comedy special that takes on cultures and people in India and around the world. In July 2012, 'Traveling Pants' became the second show by an Indian comedian to be showcased at the coveted Comedy Store, Mumbai.

The East India Comedy

In 2012, Pant founded 'The East India Comedy', one of India's busiest comedy company, and over the next year, recruited some of India's top comedians, including Kunal Rao, Sapan Verma, Sahil Shah, Atul Khatri, Azeem Banatwalla and Angad Singh Ranyal.

The East India Comedy did a record 130 shows across the country in the calendar year 2013, including the acclaimed specials Men Are From Bars and Comedy News Network.

Pant's material has been described as, "over the top", "manic", and occasionally, "marginally unstable."

Wayne Brady, who Pant has opened for, has said "He's the second brilliant Indian comedian I've seen, after Russell Peters."

Pant's jokes take a dig at communities and involve a lot of sex – two things as he says that work "big time" in India. Pant also does impersonations of communities and several of his jokes are about women. Pant says "I am a home-grown comedian. I have the Indian sensibility". He's also been working on a lot of material that revolves around politics, pun-ny material and Indian-isms.

Pant's book, 'The Wednesday Soul' is a fictitious and comic take on life after death. The story involves Nyra Dubey, a former vigilante, who dies and is torn apart from her Fridge-shaped fiance. And unlike most stories, death is where this story begins. Nyra quickly discovers that she's in the midst of a plot to destroy the afterlife, how puns can kill and how death involves standing in a lot of lines.

The book was published by Westland Books.