How stand-up comedian Anmol Garg is hitting all the right notes with his brand of corporate comedy
Anmol Garg. True enough, for his choice of specialisation, Garg may well be regarded — to use an oft-cited startup lingo – as one of the ‘category creators’ in this emerging brand of corporate comedy.
Better known as ‘Corporate Babaji’, a moniker he has earned thanks to his corporate wisdom, the stand-up comic has created several viral reels on corporate life, including ‘LinkedIn Job Search’; ‘Startup Scam’ (all learning, no earning); ‘Company Loyalty’, among others.
A software engineer by training and the former founder of a sales training and consulting company called Sales5X, Garg has earned a following for his sharp wit and humour on relatable topics such as office politics, full and final settlements, senior managers taking credit for other’s work, and so on.
Delivered with pauses and punchlines, his stand-up acts are popular for their authenticity and delve into issues familiar to anyone who has worked in the corporate world or spent frenzied hours toiling away at a startup.
Corporate comedy in the Indian stand-up comedy landscape remains a niche, far removed from the clichéd family humour or stale, sexist husband-wife jokes prevalent in mainstream Indian comedy or the routine relationship and dating-related humour.
“I've been in the corporate world and it's a whole untapped market out there (in terms of comedy). You know, there could be dynamic workplaces that no one's talking about.
