Stand-up comic Jagan Krishnan
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The guitar is Jagan Krishnan’s finest pal. When he arrives at The Hindu’s Chennai workplace, armed with a guitar ala Suriya in Vaaranam Aayiram, he underlines the truth that he’s a humorist in addition to a musician.
We give him a subject – a night at Marina seashore – and Jagan instantly breaks into an impromptu music. Everything – the lyrics and the tune – are made up on the fly, however the rendition is fulfilling. Similarly, improv comedy, a kind during which humour is made up on the spot, is amongst Jagan’s robust go well with. His latest Tamil comedy set with Mervyn Rozz titled ‘Kaathuvakula Rendu Comedians’ is proof of that.
Currently, Jagan is busy touring along with his first ever solo comedy present, ‘Jagane Thanthiram’. A musical stand-up romantic comedy, it’s about how he discovered the love of his life. “I wrote this material during lockdown, when I had many existential questions. The subject matter hit me when I read Erich Fromm’s book, The ‘Art of Loving. I could relate to a lot of points in the book, and that gave me an idea that culminated into this show,” he says.
Jagan Krishnan, Tamil humorist
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S Shiva Raj
Jagan was in a full-time IT job a decade in the past, earlier than plunging full-time into stand-up comedy. “I was lucky enough to be in a company that had a comedy club. They were keen on promoting in-house talent at office events, probably because they did not need to pay entertainers from outside. This created a community within the company, and that helped me a lot.”
Today, regardless of being a sought-after Tamil comic, Jagan doesn’t write day-after-day. “To write a comedic set, you need to have life experiences. Just going out to watch a movie, playing with my kids and living life gives me material for my writing process.”
When he says this, he’s additionally referring to the time he spends with music, listening to the newest and outdated songs by Tamil music composers. This has truly given him quite a lot of materials; Jagan’s comedy video units on Harris Jayaraj and D Imman are widespread amongst followers. “I start all those by stating that I’m just a loser who failed as a musician and am venting out my frustration on other musicians. The reactions are mixed, but a majority of the people have enjoyed it. Santhosh Narayanan enjoyed these sets. Imman, in fact, came to Coimbatore to watch the show because the Chennai show was sold out!”
Jagan normally listens to his carefully-curated comedy playlist day-after-day. Among his favourites are Scottish comic Frankie Boyle and Richard Pryor’s ‘Live on the Sunset Strip’.
“To write a comedy set, you need to have life experiences. Just going out to watch a movie or playing with my children gives me material for my writing process.”Jagan KrishnanStand-up comic
He has additionally turned actor, having labored in Tamil movies like Veetla Vishesham, Sardar, Good Night and Ratham. “It’s a nice experience to act. I used to be the guy who plans for five years in advance, and none of that worked. I’m now happy working on my current material, and taking life as it comes.”
‘Jagane Thandhiram’ will likely be carried out on September 17 (6pm) on the Music Academy. Tickets on bookmyshow
Source: www.thehindu.com
