Maheep Singh Height, Age, Children, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Maheep Singh

• Maheep Singh started his journey of standup comedy at the age of forty.

• Maheep Singh started going to attend Cafe Rati events at India Habitat Centre but could not muster the courage to step on stage.

• He got encouraged after seeing an upcoming fellow comic, Apoorv Gupta. That was also his introduction to stand-up comedy.

• He performed for the first time in Greater Kailash at Raghav Mandava’s stand-up comedy gig.

• After his first few performances, he got connected with the Delhi comedians circuit and was being called to perform.

• In his college years, he was part of his college’s theatre group but due to personal circumstances, he had to drop it after college.

• Before being a comedian he worked as a Copyeditor at Aptara from 1999 to 2003 and as a freelance translator from 1991 to 2010.

• He has Co-won the Comedy Central Show ‘The Best Standup Comedian’ with Zakir Khan.
  

  Maheep Singh sharing stage with co-winner Zakir Khan

• His first paid show was with Apoorv Gupta and he earned 4000 rupees for that.

• Maheep Singh dislikes motivational speakers, as he believes they promote unrealistic goals and dreams. Instead, he created a comedy set as a demotivational speaker.

• He believes that being a standup comedy, his perspective towards life changed.

• His first poem was a funny one with the title ‘Mera Phone Chori Hogaya Hai’ which became very famous.

• Maheep has written a few plays like ‘Nail Polish’ and ‘Table for Two’ but his most noteworthy work was ‘Heer Ke Waris’ which he wrote for renowned puppeteer Dadi Pudumjee.
  

  Heer ke Waris play’s poster

• Other than writing plays he has also acted in plays as well.
  

  Maheep Singh on stage, acting in a play

• His father used to own a publishing house, he tried to run it for 10 years after completing college.

• He had a tough time with math in 7th grade because he couldn’t grasp the importance of algebra. When he asked his teacher why algebra mattered, the teacher gently inquired about his future aspirations. Upon hearing his dream of becoming a tabla player, the teacher punished him.

• He took a break from stand-up because his mother was ill, fearing he would come home one day to find her dead alone without him being there for her.

• He has had the honour of performing for the royal family of Kuwait, and the High Commissioner of India personally requested his performance through a formal letter.