Skip to playerSkip to main content
  • 15 hours ago
In an interview with India Today, comedian Samay Raina discusses his show Still Alive and performing at Madison Square Garden. Reflecting on past legal controversies, Raina humorously compares performing in India and the US, while explaining how personal resilience fuelled his latest unscripted performance.

Category

ЁЯЧЮ
News
Transcript
00:00Last year, you were right here in America, you know, had big, big, big shows.
00:05What makes you come back again here?
00:06And then you have a very interesting name, right?
00:08If I'm in Hindi, I'm still alive, right?
00:11Still alive?
00:12Still alive, I'm still alive.
00:13I'm still alive.
00:14So, Sameh is still alive, like Tiger is still alive, right?
00:16So, what is the reason behind calling it still alive?
00:19Because there was a very high chance last year that I would not be still alive.
00:24Everything that happened last year, it could have easily been not alive anymore.
00:28But now, I'm still alive, I'm still rocking, and I'm still excited to go on stage, you know, despite everything.
00:37So, that essence is in the show, and that's why it's called Still Alive.
00:41You know, let's not talk about it.
00:42Let's talk about the idea about doing it now.
00:46And, I mean, you're still pretty young, and I think you're one of the rarest comics to be doing a show at Madison Square Garden.
00:51Tell us about all of that.
00:53Like, it's not about our venue, you've decided to do this show so early in your career.
00:56What was the idea behind it?
00:58My life's most important show is this show, because I've written a lot from my heart.
01:03And most of the times, I'm talking with my heart.
01:06Like, this is one of those shows where I have very little scripted most of the things I say on the spot.
01:11And it's a very special show of my life.
01:14So, it was the last show of my life, because what happens in comedy is that you're doing a show, you retirees, so you don't do it twice.
01:19So, if I wanted to perform somewhere in the last time, then I wanted to be in the biggest place, which is why we chose to do it at the Madison Square Garden Theatre.
01:28And, yeah, that's the story behind that.
01:30The last thing I want is a case from this country also.
01:54A lot of people say he's the best comic America has ever had.
02:05When I come back to India, I'll call this.
02:08Now, I'm in their country.
02:11So, I want to choose my words here, because my artist visa is here, and I've heard that there is a lot of ice.
02:17Ah, yes, if people know the context, the world is very ice.
02:23Okay, interesting.
02:24Now, what's next?
02:26This is the first place, because it's in India, the police and the commuter are going to take it.
02:32Here, the police are going to take it and the audience is going to take it.
02:34Here, the police are going to take it.
02:59Here, the police are going to take it.
03:03Here, the police are going to take it.
Comments

Recommended