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Nagpur Arthurs Round Table 180 raises funds for the cause of education through stand-up comedy

Saurabh Singhania and Chirag Sheth at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Karunesh Talwar performing at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Sahil Khandelwal, Swapnil Munde and Ashish Ahuja at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Azeem Banatwalla performing at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Vaibhav Maheshwari at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Karunesh Talwar performing at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Kajal and Pratik Munot with Himesh Demble and Sandeep Soni at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Azeem Banatwalla performing at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Akshay Jainarayan, Gaurav Sarda, Priyanka Wandle, Divya Rathi Sarda, Surbhi Agrawal, Ankit Agrawal and Swapnil Wandle at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Karunesh Talwar performing at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Renu Sheth, Vidushree Mor and Anshula Bubna at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Alkesh Saraf, Sachin Mulani, Anmol Anand, Shravan Agrawal and Kunal Shukul at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Asha and Prakash Singhania at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur


Azeem Banatwalla performing at the stand-up comedy show organised by NART 180 at Hotel Centre Point, Nagpur

Nagpur Arthurs Round Table 180 (NART 180) on January 6 organised a special stand-up comedy show at Hotel Centre Point to raise funds for the cause of education of underprivileged children. Popular stand-up comedians Azeem Banatwalla and Karunesh Talwar performed at this show, which turned out to be quite entertaining for the people who attended it.
NART 180 chairman Saurabh Singhania and other committee members played perfect hosts at the venue as they welcomed the guests with warmth and made sure that the show runs smoothly. As guests took their seats, they were in for a treat from the stand-up comedians.
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The first to come on the stage to perform was Azeem who floored the audience with his humour. Apart from his set, he made the audience laugh with his jokes on some of them. Karunesh, who was in Nagpur for a show last month as well, too took the audience on a laughter ride.
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