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Minority Celebrity out on OTT: An hour-long special of jokes centered largely on Azeem Banatwalla's attempt to be a 'celebrity' after having failed at his three defining identities
Last Updated: 01.20 PM, Sep 24, 2024
Comedian, Indian, Muslim – better known as a Triple Threat -that’s how Mumbai-based Azeem Banatwalla describes himself in his standup comedy special Minority Celebrity, which is now available to stream. In just over an hour, Azeem proceeds to tell his audience how and why he’s failed in all three of these descriptive parameters.
From doing all things that are ‘haram’ in Islam, to failing to ‘comply’ to social media comments asking him to ‘Go to Pakistan’, because he can’t ‘go places’ with an Indian passport, and that he is still around after 10 years of doing political comedy, without ever being to jail or being cancelled – that’s how much of a failure he is. “If I was any good at my job, I would also be implicated in some liquor excise scam,” he says as part of the gig.
Minority Celebrity streaming on YouTube, Vimeo, Only Fans on TVOD
The special, which was filmed during the comedian’s live performance in Bengaluru, is now available to stream. Azeem has put the special on his YouTube channel, Vimeo and Only Fans, where, for a membership fee of Rs 299 only, one gets access to Minority Celebrity.
Minority Celebrity has Azeem exploring who he really is, and dealing with the Impostor Syndrome that his therapist said he’s got. In this ‘introspection’ Azeem realized that he’s a celebrity – he got listed on a prestigious celebrity website, Celebrity Birthdays, which, interestingly, got his birthday and entire profile wrong.
Minority Celebrity has Azeem poking fun at politicos, influencer culture and dealing with his Gen-Z manager who wants him to be one, social media algorithms, and more, amid a lot of self-deprecating humour. There’s also the occasional dig at the two big brands that own much of India, the stars who dance to their tunes and so on and so forth.
Minority Celebrity, according to the comedian, is the result of 6 months of writing, 18 months of touring, 4 months of post-production and countless sleepless nights, that he’s condensed into 67 minutes for the special.