How India laughs
Updated On: 31 January, 2015 08:12 AM IST | | Soma Das
<p>YouTube channel Being Indian is ready with I Am Offended, a first-of-its-kind documentary on Indian stand-up comedy, scheduled to premiere on February 5. Directed by Jaideep Verma, it looks at Indian stand-up comedy in the overall context of humour and the culture of offense</p>

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At a time when stand-up comedy has gained countless fans across the country, a new documentary, titled I Am Offended, by director Jaideep Verma offers a 360-degree view on Indian stand-up comedy within the larger context of Indian humour in an environment of intolerance.

I Am Offended features comedians such as (above) Kunal Vijaykar and Cyrus Broacha; and (below) Johnny Lever
Created for the YouTube channel Being Indian, the 102-minute documentary, touted as the first on this topic, features a bevy of stand-up comics, including Johnny Lever, Vir Das, Aditi Mittal, Sorabh Pant and Tanmay Bhat, among others, and includes old footage of the legendary literary humorist PL Deshpande.

