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Shamik Chakrabarti: Despite Appearances

Fri 25 Apr – Sat 3 May 25 60 minutes
Shamik is the latest voice to break out from the burgeoning comedy scene in India. He makes his international debut in 2025 with his dry wit and laid-back rants. Namaste.
Best Selling Show
Mumbai Comedy Festival 2024
‘Narrates with an unparalleled comedic tenacity.’
New Indian Express

Never judge a book by its cover. Not many people know this, but that sentence is an idiom and not really about books. It literally means – never judge a person by their face. Take the above face for example. You might think it belongs to a sensible man, a practical man. You’d be wrong. He’s not the responsible older sibling. He’s not good at chess. He’s not a nerd. At least, not in a useful way.

He’s a scatterbrained only child who dreams of doing nothing and relies on his stand-up career to sustain that dream. Despite Appearances is an effort to put things right and break away from shallow, face-driven stereotypes. But you should just watch it for a laugh.

As seen on Amazon Prime Video’s Comicstaan. Over 25 million views on Instagram and 8 million views on Youtube.

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