For seasoned psychological illusionist Karan Singh whose last name is Magic, the biggest challenge of his ‘topsy-turvy’ professional life is making people understand that earning a living by doing magic is “not an easy task.” Singh, who does mind-reading and hypnosis, says he has had strange requests from men asking him to make their wives disappear the moment they discover that he is a magician! \u2013 @Siliconeer #Siliconeer #Magic #MagicianKaranSingh<\/p>\n
“What I do is not very common, especially in India.<\/p>\n
Getting people to understand that I do magic for a living is not an easy task. But slowly and steadily it is changing.<\/p>\n
People are more interested in magic now,” says Singh.<\/p>\n
The illusionist says he has performed in over 100 shows across the country including performances with international magicians like Derren Brown and Penn & Teller and had curated ‘Jaadunagri’ a festival of magic and illusion at the 10 Heads Festival held last year.<\/p>\n
Singh, 24, who began his professional career at the age of 16, fuses behavioral psychology, sub-conscious suggestion, hypnosis and misdirection to create a unique brand of modern magic that involves mind reading. He calls his new show ‘Illusionati.’<\/p>\n
“The main theory of the show is about 9\/11. There are lot of conspiracy theories that the (attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001) was an inside job. In my show I question that and the basic things about life and mix that with magic,” says the illusionist.<\/p>\n
Even though he says that one of the best response he has ever got was in Kozhikode during a performance at IIM-Kozhikode, the national capital holds a special place for the city-based magician.<\/p>\n
“People have said that Delhi audiences are really bad, but I don’t think so. I think they are fantastic. My shows here have been a lot of fun,” says Singh who has enthralled the audience here with several shows like ‘Venexis,’ ‘Dybukk 13’ and ‘One Night Stand,’ among others.<\/p>\n
The magician is so “deeply” in love with his profession that doing magic doesn’t really feel like work to him.<\/p>\n
“I love it so much and can’t see myself doing any other thing whatsoever. It feels like I just wake up and start doing it. It is so easy when you love what you do,” he says.<\/p>\n
Singh, who does mind-reading and hypnosis, says he has had strange requests from men asking him to make their wives disappear the moment they discover that he is a magician!<\/p>\n
“I don’t do that kind of magic. I don’t make people disappear. When you think of a magician, you think of someone wearing a hat and taking rabbits out of it. I don’t do such things. I can be dressed as casually as audience and without any props, I do the tricks. In fact, my audience is my prop,” says the illusionist.<\/p>\n
Singh describes his experience of working with world-renowned magicians like Derren Brown and Penn and Teller as “surreal.”<\/p>\n
A diehard Derren Brown fan, Singh says he flies to London every year to see Brown perform.<\/p>\n
Recounting his experience of curating ‘Jaadunagri,” a festival of magic and illusion at the 10 Heads Festival, he says it was unique because magic festivals in India are unheard of.<\/p>\n
“It was a fantastic experience for me to get magicians from all around the country. I made it a point to get professional magicians as well as people who were just starting off. It got a word outside that magic is evolving because none of the magicians there were stereotypical magicians. It was all modern from of magic.”<\/p>\n
Singh says he always looks for the “ultimate satisfaction” in the next show as he feels it is very sad when a particular show gets over and can’t be done again.<\/p>\n
“It feels like a baby that you have given away,” says Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For seasoned psychological illusionist Karan Singh whose last name is Magic, the biggest challenge of his ‘topsy-turvy’ professional life is making people understand that earning a living by doing magic is “not an easy task.” Singh, who does mind-reading and hypnosis, says he has had strange requests from men asking him to make their wives…<\/p>\n