Deadpan, understated and intellectual are the terms the audiences use to describe Shamik Chakrabarti’s stand-up comedy. Bengaluru-based Shamik acknowledges and says he is “trying to add more variety to his performance while staying true to his natural rhythm. I am a nerd who is trying to be creative.” Shamik will be performing in Hyderabad on October 9 at Aaromale, Jubilee Hills. This marks a new gig tour and he will be performing in Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune in the following weeks.
Shamik became a familiar name through live gigs and his participation in Comicstaan, streamed on Amazon Prime Video. “The aim of participating in a show like Comicstaan was to find an audience in front of whom I can perform. They found me rather than me going out to scout for an audience. It was a great place to start growing.”
Shamik comes from a family of engineers. “My grandfathers and my father are engineers and being the only child, my parents wanted me to have a stable career option,” he says. He agrees with the common joke that when one does not know what he or she wants, they study engineering: “Engineers pop up in every other household in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Post engineering, a lot of people drop out. I worked as an electrical engineer for a few years until an open mic event changed everything for me.”
