Nishant Tanwar is an Indian Stand-up comedian and actor. He began performing in Gurgaon in 2009. He started off his career working at NDTV, when he found his passion in stand up comedy at an open mic event. Apart from corporate shows, he has performed and conceptualized many comedy specials like Comedy in Diversity, Two and a Laugh Men, and Third World Comedy and is the founding member of IPL, Delhi's foremost improv comedy troupe.
Career
Tanwar first worked at NDTV as an editor. When stand up comedy was just hitting the peak, he quit his career in the media industry and became a full-time comedian. He is one of the prominent face amidst Delhi and Gurgaon stand up comedy circles. Taking digs at stereotypes and Indian culture, Nishant Tanwar's humor is universal—connecting with all segments of people breaking social and age group barriers. He recently gained more popularity on social media and completed his half million subscribers on YouTube due to his standup comic with Amazon Prime's Delhi Se Hoon B******d.
Personal life
Two years after entering into stand up comedy, he married Rukshi Sarin in 2011.
Notable performances
Nishant's performance in Gurgaon, on the Raaghiri Day conducted by The Times of India was a completely sold out. Tanwar even hosted the "Joke Joker Jokest" event at Kolkata organized by The Times of India, with noted comedians Sourav Ghosh, Vaibhav Sethia, Anirban Dasgupta, and Abhijit Ganguly. Termed the Kolkata Funniest Day, the show left the audience is splits and gasping for breath. Nishant Tanwar has also been a part of Comedy Central's Improv shows on television.He has performed to packed auditoriums nationally in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Gurgaon, and Kolkata as well as international audiences in Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. He also performed with Zakir Khan at Gurgaon. Performing at various clubs and shows Nishant Tanwars'hilarious observation on daily life. He is never out of funny stories and life experiences as he takes digs at stereotypes and weird things that happen around us. Recently his ‘Delhi ki shaadi’ was trending on YouTube and one look at it is all you need to know why. Nishant Tanwar Live- The New Special, presented by Comedy Circuit in Kolkata. Which is also going to be recorded for the Amazon Prime Video later this year.