Rohan Joshi

Rohan Joshi is an Indian comedian, writer, actor, performer and television presenter. He was one of the key people of the creative agency All India Bakchod. Joshi scripted and starred in several YouTube sketches for All India Bakchod, was one of the co-creators of the satirical news comedy show On Air with AIB.

Rohan Joshi
NationalityIndian
OccupationWriter, comedian, actor
Comedy career
MediumStand-Up

Early life and education

Joshi attended K J Somaiya College of Engineering, but eventually dropped out.[1] He attended Jai Hind College and subsequently worked as a journalist for a period of time. Before working for CNBC and Times Now, Joshi also attended Asian College of Journalism, Chennai where he received his postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism.

Career

In the late 2000s, Joshi was a contributor to JLT, a humour magazine based in Mumbai.[2] In addition to performing across India, Joshi served as a humour columnist for several publications including Mid-Day. In 2011, he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2011 and 2012, he co-wrote the Filmfare awards. In addition, he has performed in over 250 shows.[3] Joshi spent a couple years at Vir Das's comedy platform Weirdass, writing live comedy shows with Tanmay Bhat and Ashish Shakya. With Gursimran Khamba, they co-wrote television scripts and jokes for MTV, Channel V, and the Filmfare Awards. In 2013, the four started the SoundCloud podcast All India Bakchod (AIB).[2] Joshi scripted and starred in several YouTube sketches for All India Bakchod, and was a co-creator of the satirical news comedy show On Air with AIB. Following controversy and sexual misconduct allegations against AIB members, the comedy company ceased operating in 2018.[2]

In April 2019, Joshi confirmed that he was working on an hour-long stand-up comedy special for Amazon Prime Video.[4] On 10 January 2020, Joshi's special Wake And Bake was released on Amazon Prime Video.

Joshi has started a new show on YouTube, where he discusses 30 Questions (taken from the online users) with his long-time colleague Ashish Shakya and a bunch of other comedians/ Non-comedian friends. Unfortunately, he has not been much active and stopped streaming on Youtube.

But recently this guy came from nowhere and started streaming videogames and reaction to the pop culture. He is one of the guy on the internet who can be considered the 'Encylclopedia to the Pop culture'.

His Recommendations have empowered many people towards consuming good and verified content.

Filmography
Year Title Actor Producer Notes
2016 Baar Baar Dekho Yes No
2020 Chintu Ka Birthday No Yes Film released on ZEE5
2020 Mentalhood Yes No Web series released on ALTBalaji and ZEE5[5]

References
  1. "AIB Comedian Rohan Joshi tweets experience on being bullied by teacher after reading about Amity student's suicide". The Indian Express. 17 August 2016.
  2. Pathak, Ankur (2 June 2019). "Woke To Broke: The Stunning Rise And Fall Of AIB". Huffington Post India. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. "Rohan Joshi | Only Much Louder". Only Much Louder.
  4. Arora, Akhil. "Rohan Joshi Working on Stand-Up Comedy Special for Amazon Prime Video". Gadgets 360. NDTV.
  5. Siddiqui, Aqsa Akbani. "Rohan Joshi bags ALTBalaji's Mentalhood". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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