Rehman Khan who does stand-up comedy considers it to be a distinct type of comedy

He says, `I have done theatre but doing comedy in front of a live audience is almost same but dialogue throwing is very different in standup acts.

People do a lot of criticism or below the belt comedy - I guess this is the question of supply and demand. Audiences have matured and are open to all varieties of comedy.` Well as long as people laugh who cares!