A struggling standup comedian, Hasmukh (Vir Das), with unimaginable stage fright, kills his mentor, Gulati (Manoj Pahwa), by accident after being derided and lied to for the umpteenth time, and suddenly, his stage fright vanishes, leading his new manager, Jimmy the Maker (Ranvir Shorey), to realize that like every good artiste, killing a human being before performing is the "feel" Hasmukh needs to be at his best