Standup comedian Rajeev Thakur said- Abuse is the cheapest way to make people laugh

Stand-up comedian Rajeev Thakur, who spreads smiles on stage with his/her punches, has all the arrows in his/her quiver. he/she considers the use of obscene words used in open mics to be the cheapest way to make people laugh. he/she believes that in a business, even friends become enemies because there is a competition among them to get ahead.

In an exclusive interview with presswire18 Times, he/she spoke openly about late actor comedian Raju Srivastava, social media and stand-up comedy.

Abuse is the cheapest way to make people laugh

I believe that the tone of comedy is different. Their audience is also of all kinds. Today’s youngsters have stand-up comedians, while we are family people. For them, abuse has become a common language, but we cannot use such words in front of our parents or friends. I consider it the cheapest means to make people laugh. Some people may do this, but those who believe in their talent focus on good content. When Emraan Hashmi came, there was talk of obscenity. Now people talk like this about OTT. If the audience stops watching, then people will automatically stop making such content.

There was a time when comedians used to use their punches at many places, but in the age of social media, people make reels and post them. On this, Rajiv Thakur says that now our responsibility has increased. Comedy is such a genre whose content has to be polished. I believe that it is created with difficulty. If you post someone’s jokes like this, then it harms the artist. Jokes are not like songs that everyone says once more. They end in one go. Yes, when a comedian posts one of his/her punches, it means that now he/she has abandoned that punch.
Whether you are a comedian, singer or anyone else, when you are in the same business, even the best of friends become enemies because there is competition between them. In such a situation, people stop supporting each other. If two best friends open separate shops, then the progress of one will bother the other. However, I believe that it is very important to maintain friendship at that time. If my friendship with Kapil Sharma and Chandan Prabhakar is still going on till today, then you can understand how beautiful our journey must have been.

We find characters in the crowd

We travel a lot, which is beneficial. We get characters from the crowd. Like I am talking to journalists in a different way right now. If I go home and think about it, I might get funny answers to these questions. Whenever I go somewhere, I pay attention to everything, and whatever catches my eye, I present it to the audience through comedy. Actually, I have been making people laugh for 18 years and working among those people who are top artists. We also carry all the arrows in our quiver.

A meeting with Raju Srivastava remained incomplete

When we talk about Lucknow-Kanpur, the late comedian-actor Raju Shrivastav bhai is definitely mentioned. We have worked together a lot. he/she was a very energetic and hardworking man. he/she had a separate room in his/her house, where there were mirrors all around. There he/she used to write the content and rehearse every day. I feel that he/she was the only person who could perform live for three hours continuously. he/she would leave after showing his/her craft with such ease that everyone would connect with him/her. I have bought a house right in front of his/her house, he/she had also promised me but I regret that he/she could not come to our place. Because of this, I believe that one of our meetings remained incomplete.

Humor will reduce stress in life

Humour should be taken seriously. Whenever someone comes to make you laugh, you should listen to him/her seriously because making someone laugh is the most difficult task. It takes a lot of hard work. If you listen to someone patiently and encourage him/her, then another comedian will be born. Humour is the only thing that will reduce stress from life. If you enjoy it instead of finding faults in it, then the expenditure on medicines will be reduced.