Russell Brand Was Here. Twitter Laughed at His Jokes

New Delhi: Mumbai may have been deprived of Jerry Seinfeld's wit after his Indian debut was cancelled in March but there were no nasty surprises in store over British actor and comic Russell Brand's show on Sunday. Russell, who married ex-wife Katy Perry in India in 2010, performed here for the first time at the 2015 edition of the Comedy Central Chuckle Festival. The three-day fest saw Russell perform in Delhi on June 26, Bangalore on June 27 and finally Mumbai on June 28.

Russell joked about his short-lived marriage to Katy: "I have never performed in India, unless you call my marriage as a performance. In fact, there are a lot of Bollywood films that last longer than my marriage." He also declared an affection for Deepika Padukone: "The person I could potentially fall in love with and marry while I am in India, Deepika Padukone. She is popular. If by the end of the night I am not arrested or censored, we are going to look and see if I can perhaps seduce Deepika Padukone."

Twitter found the 40-year-old actor's jokes funny and saluted him with the hashtag #ChuckleWithRussell.

Among those tweeting was Vir Das, who also performed at Chuckle Fest.
 

Tonight was so so so so so much fun! Thankyou @rustyrockets and @ccchucklefest for having me :-) #ChuckleWithRussell pic.twitter.com/zLY8OoZmG8

Vir Das (@thevirdas) June 28, 2015

Several others endorsed the comedian's brand of humour, including actress Kalki Koechlin:
 

@rustyrockets yeh mera dewanaBrand hai ya mohabat ka saroor tu na pehchane to hai yeh teri nazron ka kusoor yeh mera dewanaBrand Read mor

Kalki Koechlin (@kalkikanmani) June 28, 2015

 

@rustyrockets why this kolaveri kolaveri Brand, rhythm correct, why this kolaveri kolaveri Brand, maintain please, why this kolaveri..Brand.

Kalki Koechlin (@kalkikanmani) June 28, 2015

 

So much excite and love hearing the crowd go mad for @thevirdas and @rustyrockets. @ccchucklefest for the win

Sanjay Manaktala (@smanak) June 28, 2015

 

"My brain is not my ally!" #toofunny #ChuckleWithRussell @rustyrockets, encore!?! @ccchucklefest @Marvinabox pic.twitter.com/UH5BgrVsgV

Nicole Teresa Juneja (@nicolejuneja) June 28, 2015

 

@rustyrockets @thevirdas were absolutely amazing tonight @ccchucklefest @ComedyCentralIn. Take a bow! Look forward to another.@mayankd9

Utsav Chaudhuri (@utsavchaudhuri) June 28, 2015

 

#ChuckleWithRussell was hilarious

Karan Bafna (@djkaranbafna) June 28, 2015

 

Russell Brand show was a learning experience. If I had 2% of the confidence he has I would conquer the world or shd I say overconfidence

Bhairavi Goswami (@bhairavigoswami) June 29, 2015

 

Our Indian stand up comics try so hard & flop. Russell Brand just doesn't give a damn if u like him or not pic.twitter.com/skxnB1zwxn

Bhairavi Goswami (@bhairavigoswami) June 29, 2015

With inputs from PTI