Updated On: 22 October, 2019 07:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Gaurav Sarkar
Stand-up comic Kunal Rao on how his latest series, Done, draws humour from an existential phase

Kunal Rao
"I go through a mid-life crisis once a decade," laughs Kunal Rao. If the average man struggles with existential questions in such a scenario, the stand-up comedian comes up with answers, and sparkling ones, at that. Rao describes his latest offering, Done, as the "result of his second mid-life crisis". A departure from his style of comedy, the series taps into his philosophical side to bring in the laughs.
"It is a culmination of the last few years of going through a chaotic period and finding myself asking existential questions — what it means to be happy, and what is my true focus. I have written this show hoping that we can do comedy around serious subjects as well, like philosophy and psychology. Usually, comedies are supposed to be bright and happy, but this is relaxed and intimate. I imagine someone pouring a glass of whisky, kicking back on the couch, and watching the show," says Rao of the series that dropped on Amazon Prime last week.