<p class="title">An Indian-origin stand-up comedian died on stage due to high level of anxiety while performing his act in front of a packed audience here, according to a media report.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manjunath Naidu, 36, suffered a cardiac arrest while performing his routine on stage on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He complained of high level of anxiety, sat down on the bench next to him and collapsed onto the floor, with audience thinking that it must be a part of the show, Khaleej Times reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naidu was born in Abu Dhabi but later shifted base to Dubai.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He was the last act in the line-up. He went on stage and was making people laugh with his stories. He was talking about his father and family. And then he got into a story of how he suffers from anxiety. And a minute into the story he collapsed," Miqdaad Dohadwala, his friend and fellow comedian, was quoted as saying in the report.</p>.<p class="bodytext">People thought it was part of the act. They took it as a joke as he was talking about anxiety and then collapsed, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dohadwala said that the paramedics could not revive him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"His parents passed away and he has a brother but no relatives here. All in the arts and comedy circle are his family," he added. </p>
<p class="title">An Indian-origin stand-up comedian died on stage due to high level of anxiety while performing his act in front of a packed audience here, according to a media report.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manjunath Naidu, 36, suffered a cardiac arrest while performing his routine on stage on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He complained of high level of anxiety, sat down on the bench next to him and collapsed onto the floor, with audience thinking that it must be a part of the show, Khaleej Times reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naidu was born in Abu Dhabi but later shifted base to Dubai.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He was the last act in the line-up. He went on stage and was making people laugh with his stories. He was talking about his father and family. And then he got into a story of how he suffers from anxiety. And a minute into the story he collapsed," Miqdaad Dohadwala, his friend and fellow comedian, was quoted as saying in the report.</p>.<p class="bodytext">People thought it was part of the act. They took it as a joke as he was talking about anxiety and then collapsed, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dohadwala said that the paramedics could not revive him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"His parents passed away and he has a brother but no relatives here. All in the arts and comedy circle are his family," he added. </p>