Ahead of his show, Dongri to Nowhere, he recalls that he had no dreams of being a comedian while growing up. “I had gone to the mall on a Sunday for window shopping — because kapde toh Mohammad Ali Road se hi khareed te the — and I saw the comedian Anirban Dasgupta whose work had impressed me. I met him but forgot to click a picture, so I followed him till the comedy club. There, for the first time, I saw posters of an open mic,” Faruqui tells us. With advice from Dasgupta on open mics in Mumbai, Faruqui soon found himself at one. The rest, as they say, is history.

Dongri to Nowhere is one of Faruqui’s most popular sets. “I had performed it before the pandemic too, but I put that footage out on YouTube, so the material expired. I started writing again in the lockdown,” he shares. In the set, the comedian has drawn on life experiences from his home state Gujarat to Dongri. “It has the flavour of India and us, in terms of who we are. It’s quite relatable and in a storytelling format,” he asserts. 

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Having been on a TV show, sung songs and performed live, the comedian says he holds the latter especially close to his heart. “It gives me hope when I see people having a good time at my show, because today we are surrounded by too much stress and an offensive reality,” he signs off.

On: July 1, 7 pm; July 2, 8.30 pm. 
At: Nehru Centre, Worli (July 1) Aspee Auditorium, Malad West (July 2).
Cost: Rs 999 onwards