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A year and a half of touring with Papa Yaar - road trips that stretched for hours, early morning flights that we almost missed, late-night mehfils, greenrooms, sound checks, new cities becoming familiar and familiar cities becoming favourites.

From sold-out auditoriums to sold-out stadiums, it’s been equal parts exhaustion, chaos, laughter and an incredible amount of teamwork.

And after all of it, Papa Yaar is finally on Netflix. ❤️

(This post is my attempt at a 1.5-year dump because, clearly, I’m really bad at posting things in real time. Please be kind, enjoy. 👍🏻)

A year and a half of touring with Papa Yaar - road trips that stretched for hours, early morning flights that we almost missed, late-night mehfils, greenrooms, sound checks, new cities becoming familiar and familiar cities becoming favourites.

From sold-out auditoriums to sold-out stadiums, it’s been equal parts exhaustion, chaos, laughter and an incredible amount of teamwork.

And after all of it, Papa Yaar is finally on Netflix. ❤️

(This post is my attempt at a 1.5-year dump because, clearly, I’m really bad at posting things in real time. Please be kind, enjoy. 👍🏻)

It’s difficult to explain what this special means to me because I don’t think I’ve ever been part of something that consumed so much of my life, in the best possible way.

For the last one and a half years, I’ve been on the road, going from city to city, devouring every city’s local cuisine (those who’ve been keeping track of my stories know this well, haha), living out of suitcases, unlocking new markets and venues for comedy - from Tier 2 and Tier 3 Indian cities to some of the biggest stadiums in the world - and learning what it really takes to build something magical, one show at a time.

I’ve probably seen a hundred different versions of Papa Yaar over this journey. And yet, watching the final version come alive on Netflix still hits different. 

In picture: The A-Team that made Papa Yaar the beauty it is. ✨

One of my favourite moments came while we were figuring out how to make the end credits of the special a little different.

The idea was simple, yet so incredibly endearing: since Papa Yaar is a tribute to parents, w
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