Faizaan Mehraj gave his first stage performance in front of a huge crowd in Kashmir University, butterflies were fluttering in his stomach
Faizaan Mehraj,"There were scores of people and it was my first stage performance. Though I am doing stage work from my childhood but performing a stand-up comedy at that time was my first and it garnered huge applause.
FaizaanMehraj from the Anantnag district of South Kashmir, is few among the new age stand up comedians of Kashmir
"When 4G came to Kashmir and I got access to the internet I would watch videos of Zaid Ali and then create my videos. He was my inspiration."
Faizaan Mehraj, received a lot of texts from people to try his hand at stand up comedy.
"Initially I had no idea of what stand up comedy was. But when people told me about it I realised it was something I have been doing since my childhood."
Day to day situations, jokes, politics etc became a topic of his stand up comedy. Faizaan Mehraj began to get offers and now he would do shows.
So far Faizaan has performed stand up comedy in some six to seven events on diverse topics.
"People now know me. They know there is a stand-up comedian in Kashmir. And that's how I got the offers."
"Every other day I get a text from one or the other to know how I create videos. What techniques do I use? It feels good that I am inspiring the young out there."
Though people are all praises for him, he has received his share of hate comments too.
"Some people think I'm still a child and whatever I'm doing makes no sense. Some people are always there to criticise."
But all this didn't let Faizaan stop. Recently he finished the second season of his talk show -- wherein he interviewed famous artists from Kashmir
"The show is known as “Chai with Faizaan” and is available on YouTube. The show had 12 episodes where I interviewed famous artists of Kashmir. The main element of the show was comedy."
Though Faizaan's first love is a comedy, he right now wants to focus on his studies.
"I have tried my hands at acting as well and would be performing too, but right now I am studying law and my focus is that."
