Sanjay Rajoura (born 18 September 1972) is a stand-up comedian. He is a part of trio of "

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Biography

Personal life

Sanjay Rajoura was born in

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(India) and has lived in Jaipur, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, San Francisco and Singapore. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Sciences from

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and then pursued his master's degree in Computer Applications from BIT, Mesra.

Career

Sanjay worked in the

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for more than 10 years before entering stand-up comedy. He often uses relevant and important topics and themes for his comedy. Creating Comedy For the Country - LiveMint Sanjay Rajoura had his first real attempt at stand up comedy in 2009 when he took the stage in an

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event at a popular joint in

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post after being insisted by his friend Abish Mathew. His first two big solo events ''‘ Jat In Mood’'' Jat In Mood - IHC was held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, and both the shows were hugely successful. He has been performing all over India with shows in

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, Gurgaon Epicenter Pune, Bangalore and Delhi. His work has been critically acclaimed to be unconventional, unique and fresh. His USP of narrating real-life stories in a funny satirical manner has been greatly appreciated and well received by the audience. Also, most of his stories have an underlying social message and hence is not totally meaningless comedy. He played the lead role in ''The Fiction'' The Fiction - Indian Visions directed by Spandan Banerjee which was showcased at ''Osians Film Festival, New Delhi'' and ''MIAAC New York, Washington''. His latest solo show called 'End The Occupation' was an act that looks up and down on the "many India's" co-existing in urban spaces.

References

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