Vipul Goyal

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Vipul Goyal
Medium Stand-Up Comedy
NationalityIndian
Alma mater IIT Kharakpur (2008)
Years active2012–present
Genres Satire, observational comedy, improvisational comedy
SpouseNancy Gupta Goyal

Vipul Goyal is an Indian stand-up comedian and actor. He is counted among the top comedy performers in India and also plays the main protagonist in the web-series Humorously Yours. [1] [2] The show is produced by The Viral Fever and depicts a semi-autobiographical account of his life interspersed with standup clips. [3] Vipul is the only Indian comedian with a dedicated show of his own, with more than 70 million views on his online videos across various platforms (as of August 2017). The show revolves around his struggles of becoming a comedian and season 2 depicts the life after his success. He is often called the Indian Seinfeld as he does some observational comedy. [4]

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Early life

Vipul was born in Falna in Rajasthan, India. He studied electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. [5] He has been involved in theatre during college life. He was also a part of "Love in December", along with Nitin Gupta. He was greatly inspired by Indian stand-up comedian of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge fame, Raju Shrivastava. [6]

Career

Goyal is a pioneer of clean comedy and his content is based on topics like Indian dads, Facebook, engineering, Sachin Tendulkar, Indian trains, dating, management, and politics. [7] [8]

He is regularly invited to media forums for discussions on the Indian standup scene or his hilarious takes on current affairs. [9] [10]

He regularly performs at colleges and companies all over the country and went on his first official tour starting in late 2016 which continued into 2017. [11]

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