Comedy is just a tragedy in the long shot, said Charlie Chaplin, or at least people claim he did. For Azeem Banatwalla, it is just a natural reaction of observing the world around him. From the travails of living in Mumbai, a traffic-choked metropolis, to the struggles of self-existentialism, his comedy spans the relatable expanse of life in India. In April, the comedian will take these experiences Down Under to Australia for his debut tour at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

“Triple Threat is an hour-long show that I have been building up to over the last couple of months and deals with the identity crisis of growing up an English-speaking Muslim in India and doing comedy, observations and events around you,” he shared.