{
  "id": 4626485,
  "title": "India's Got Latent star Sharon Verma, Rajat Chauhan and more: four months of Indian stand-up in Dubai",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/indias-got-latent-star-sharon-verma-rajat-chauhan-and-more-four",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T10:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/indias-got-latent-star-sharon-verma-rajat-chauhan-and-more-four-months-of-indian-stand-up-in-dubai-1.500658015"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dubai's Comedy Box Office returns for its seventh season this month, featuring four months of stand-up comedy at Emirates International Theatre. The season's headline act, Sharon Verma, closes the run in December with her first live performance in the city. Verma gained prominence through India's Got Latent and has gained a following on social media with her observational material and storytelling.\n\nThe season opens on September 12 with Rajat Chauhan, Siddhartha Shetty, and Anmol Garg. Chauhan performs clean observational stand-up based on everyday Indian life. Shetty is known for his energetic stage presence, while Garg's material focuses on modern life irritants.\n\nIn October, Onkar Yadav, Shreya Priyam Roy, and Pranav Sharma take the stage. Yadav, a known actor and comedian, specializes in character work and timing. Roy is part of the newer generation of Indian stand-ups, performing observational comedy. Sharma structures his sets around long-form storytelling.\n\nPunjabi family life and everyday observation form the basis of Jaspreet Singh's November performance. Singh, known as Life of Paaji, has built a following through short-form social video.\n\nThe season concludes on December 27 with Sharon Verma's debut in Dubai. Comedy Box Office's founder, Ashwin Sancheti, emphasized the evolution of India's comedy landscape by bringing Verma and other talented acts to the UAE.",
  "summary": "Dubai: Comedy Box Office returns to Dubai this month for its seventh season, spread across four months and four bills at Emirates International Theatre, with Sharon Verma closing the run in December in her first live performance in the city. Verma came to wider attention through India's Got Latent and has built a following on social media since, on the strength of her observational material and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}