Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui announces new show ‘Dhandho’, to perform in Kolkata
Highlights
- Munawar Faruqui announces new show ‘Dhandho’, to be held on January 16
- In Nov, Faruqui was underneath hearth after Bengaluru Police denied permission to his stand-up comedy show
- Faruqui additionally claimed that 12 of his reveals had been referred to as off in the final two months
Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui, who was final month denied a nod to maintain a show in Bengaluru amid protests by some right-wing outfits, is about to perform in Kolkata in January. The comedian took to Twitter on Saturday night and shared a hyperlink to e-book tickets for his two-hour comedy act “Dhandho”, to be held on January 16.
According to on-line ticket reserving platform E-bookMyShow, the tickets — priced at Rs 799 — had been “filling fast”.
In November, Faruqui was underneath hearth after the Bengaluru Police denied permission to his stand-up comedy show in town amid protest by Hindu right-wing outfits, who alleged that he had harm the Hindu sentiments in one in every of his reveals.
The 29-year-old comedian had mentioned his show — which had offered greater than 600 tickets — was cancelled in the wake of the “threats to venue vandalism”. The proceeds from the show had been supposed to be donated to late Kannada star Puneeth Rajkumar’s charitable organisation.
Faruqui additionally claimed that 12 of his reveals had been referred to as off in the final two months due to the threats to the venue and audiences.
“My name is Munawar Faruqui. And that’s been my time, you guys were (a) wonderful audience. Good bye, I’m done,” he had tweeted.
A couple of days later, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra, a vocal critic of the federal government, additionally mentioned his reveals, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru, had been cancelled after the organisers acquired threats.
Earlier this 12 months, Faruqui had spent a month in jail at Indore after a BJP MLA’s son lodged an FIR in January accusing the comedian of wounding non secular sentiments via his show.
(With PTI inputs)
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