Vivek Muralidharan never follows online trends. The Hyderabad-based stand-up comedian uploads onlycontent related to his show on social media and that has helped him build a community. Proof is his 123k Instagram followers who have grown from around 5k in August 2022. “Earlier I was one of those people who thought people would find me but last August I gave up on that,” he says adding, “The basic reason why I am online is to get my audience offline; I am an influencer but I have only one client and that is my show,” he says unabashedly .
Ahead of his show at Zen Bowls in Manikonda, the software engineer-turned-comic is open about his ‘overconfidence’ in the early phase of his stint leading to failures. “I don’t think anyone was laughing at my jokes during those initial eight months. It was weird because I hadn’t found my voice.” He realised being the funny person among friends is not just about jokes as they know you and there is context. “It is a different ballgame on stage; condensing the material to present it to a crowd and knowing you are making strangers laugh.” Although it took nine months to understand the ‘problem’ and fix it, he did not give up.
