Rohan Joshi

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Rohan Joshi is an Indian standup comedian, digital creator, actor, and YouTuber, who is known for being a member of the Mumbai-based comedy company All India Bakchod (AIB). Joshi scripted and starred in several YouTube sketches for AIB, and he is also one of the co-creators of the satirical news comedy show On Air with AIB.Rohan actively took part in extracurricular activities during his school days. Rohan Joshi receiving an award at Cumballa Hill High School, Mumbai.After completing his media course, Rohan worked as a journalist for a while. Joshi briefly worked for CNBC and also wrote a humour column for Mid-Day.The onset of his comedy career can be traced back to 2008 when Mumbai’s standup circuit was still budding. It was Weirdass Hamateur Night, a national comic hunt launched in Mumbai by ace comedian Vir Das, that brought together Tanmay Bhat, Rohan Joshi, and Ashish Shakya. While Joshi, Bhat, and Shakya entered the Mumbai standup circuit in 2008, Gursimran Khamba joined the trio when he moved from Dehli to Mumbai in 2011 to attend the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Along with Khamba, they co-wrote television scripts and jokes for MTV, Channel V, and the Filmfare Awards.Joshi worked as a writer for the television mini-series Bring On the Night (2012), telecast on MTV India.In 2010, Joshi won the open-mike Hamateur Night and decided to pursue a career in comedy.Bhat approached Joshi after seeing his Google Talk status about him performing a stand-up. Thereafter, the two connected over turning their hobby into a full-fledged profession.Until 2008, Joshi and Bhat wrote content for the youth-focused humour magazine JLT (a.k.a. Just Like That), which was weekly published by The Times of India. Meanwhile, the two also worked for Vir Das’ company, Weirdass Comedy.Besides that, Joshi and Bhat also performed improv with Weirdass Comedy’s improvisational comedy troupe called The Cardinal Bengans, consisting of Vir Das, Kavi Shastri, Ashwin Mushran, and Anu Menon.In 2011, Rohan performed at the ‘Fringe Festival’ in Edinburgh. In the same year, he also performed at The Comedy Store in London, along with other Indian comics.