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List Of Indian Comedians
This is a list of notable Indian comedians, sorted by country or area of notability. India * 2 Foreigners In Bollywood * Abhishek Upmanyu * Ahsaan Qureshi * Ajey Nagar (CarryMinati) * Akaash Singh * Ali * Allu Ramalingaiah * Amit Bhadana * Anubhav Singh Bassi * Anup Kumar * Appurv Gupta * Atul Khatri * Bharti Singh * Bhuvan Bam * Binnu Dhillon * Biswa Kalyan Rath * Brahmanandam (Kanneganti Brahmanandam) * Charle * Chinmoy Roy * Goundamani * Gurpreet Ghuggi * Gaurav Kapoor * Gursimran Khamba * Harsh Beniwal * Harisree Ashokan * Harsha Chemudu * Jagathy Sreekumar * Janagaraj * Jaswinder Bhalla * Jaya Prakash Reddy * Johny Lever Janumala * Kader Khan * Kanan Gill * Kaneez Surka * Kapil Sharma * Karthik Kumar * Kenny Sebastian * Keshto Mukherjee * Kishore Kumar * Kunal Kamra * Mallika Dua * Mehmood * Mubeen Saudagar * Munawar Faruqui * Mir * M. S. Narayana * Santhanam * Santhanam * Nishant Tanwar * Prudhvi Raj * Padmanabham * Papa CJ * Rabi Ghosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian People
Indian people or Indians are the Indian nationality law, citizens and nationals of the India, Republic of India or people who trace their ancestry to India. While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day India, it was also used as the identifying term for people originating from what is now Bangladeshi diaspora, Bangladesh and Pakistani diaspora, Pakistan prior to the Partition of India in 1947. In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people, of various Indian ethnic groups, ethnic groups. According to United Nations forecasts, India overtook China as the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country by the end of April 2023, containing 17.50 percent of the global population. In addition to the Indian population, the Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India, Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in former British Empire, British colonies due to the historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binnu Dhillon
Binnu Dhillon (born 29 August 1975) is an Indian actor who is known for his roles in Punjabi and Hindi films . Early life and education Dhillon was born on 29 August 1975 in Dhuri, Sangrur, Punjab, where he did his schooling from Guru Teg Bahadur Public School. He did his post-graduate degree in theatre and television from Punjabi University Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew Universit ..., Patiala. Personal life Dhillon is married to Gurjinder Kaur and has two daughters. Career Binnu Dhillon began his career as a Bhangra performer and had an opportunity to perform at the Indian Festivals in Germany and the UK, he appeared in television and serials before he entered the acting field. He continued to act in plays during his time in university such as a student and as part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaswinder Bhalla
Jaswinder Bhalla (born 4 May 1960) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Punjabi cinema. He started his professional career as a comedian in 1988 with Chhankata 88 and became an actor with film Dulla Bhatti. He is best known for his comedy series Chhankata and comedy roles in various Punjabi films. He is famous for always using taglines in his movies, and bringing a comic touch to movies through them. He also performs in stage acts and has done tours of Canada and Australia for his stage show ''Naughty Baba in Town''. Early life Bhalla was born on 4 May 1960 in the city of Ludhiana. His father Master Bahadur Singh Bhalla was a primary school teacher in village Barmalipur. He got his basic education from Senior Secondary School Doraha. Education and career He did his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Punjab Agricultural University, and his Ph.D. from Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Meerut. He began his career as an Assistant Professor in the PAU, and was serving as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janagaraj
Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 240 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthulakshmi in Chennai Tamil Nadu. He joined the Auditor General's Office as a Junior Division Clerk in 1976 and worked part-time as a theatre artist and a stage artist due to his desire to act and perform. He was friendly with Delhi Ganesh, another AGS employee who remains his closest friend to date. Janagaraj joined Director Bharathiraja as his unofficial assistant. After seeing his talent during the shooting of '' Kizhake Pogum Rail'', Bharathiraja gave him the chance to act as a Brahmin in the same movie. Later in Puthiya Vaarpugal, Bharathiraja gave Janagaraj another sensational character as a minor boy of the villain (G. Srinivasan). Janagaraj had acted with a trouser and baniyan for that movie. Janagaraj found his break in 1980 in Bh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagathy Sreekumar
Sreekumar Achary (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actor in the history of Malayalam cinema, he is also known for his highly nuanced character roles. He is the son of acclaimed dramaturge and writer, Jagathy N. K. Achary. Jagathy Sreekumar won five Kerala State Film Awards among numerous other awards for his roles in various films. He has also directed two films and written screenplays for two more. His stage name is derived from the neighborhood of Jagathy in Thiruvananthapuram from where he hails. He is an outspoken orator holding strong views, quite unlike his onscreen image and his speeches are still popular. As the result of a vehicle accident in March 2012, Jagathy was hospitalized for over a year and has still not completely recovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harsha Chemudu
Harsha Chemudu (born 31 August 1991) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He started his acting career with the viral web series ''Viva'' on YouTube with which he came to be known as "Viva" Harsha. Early life Harsha graduated in Mechanical engineering, Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Engineering College in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an introvert. Career After that, he made his debut on the big-screen with his appearance in the Telugu movie ''Masala (2013 film), Masala'' in 2013 and took part in the film's promotional campaign. He also worked in films like ''Govindudu Andarivadele, Dohchay, Colour Photo, Thank You Brother, Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali'' and others. He worked in the web series ''The Grill'' (2019) and ''Hostel Daze'' (2019). He co-hosted ''Sam Jam'' with Samantha Ruth Prabhu in 2020 and was the host of ''Tamasha with Harsha'', both streamed on Aha (streaming service), Aha. Filmography Films Television YouTube video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harisree Ashokan
Harisree Ashokan (born 6 April 1964) is an Indian actor and director who is known for his comedy roles in Malayalam films. Ashokan has acted in more than 200 Malayalam films. He started his career as a mimicry artist in the troupe Harisree and then worked in Kalabhavan. Early life Ashokan (nicknamed Babu) was born as the sixth child among ten children to the late Kunjappan and late Janaki on 6 April 1964, at Ernakulam, Kochi. He has nine siblings, the late Raveendran, the late Sasindran, Mohanan, Anil, Sunil, Santha, Vimala, and the late Sujatha. He had his primary education from MIHS Ernakulam. After tenth he joined Kuyilin's Cochin Kalavedi. He holds a diploma in Telecom Engineering from Ernakulam, Kerala. He found work as an assistant lineman in 1984 with the Telecom Department in Kochi, Kerala. He worked until 1987 when he rose to become a lineman. While working there he joined Kalabhavan and worked for 6 years and later moved to Harisree, after which he began to be calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gursimran Khamba
All India Bakchod (abbreviated as AIB) was a Mumbai-based comedy company which created an eponymous podcast, YouTube channel and ran a production company. The name is a parody of All India Radio. It began in 2012 as a humour/pop-culture podcast co-started by comedians Tanmay Bhat and Gursimran Khamba. Their friends and contemporary comedians, Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya were frequent guests and the four co-founded the YouTube channel in 2013 and began making sketches. They subsequently formed a digital agency and produced sketches, live comedy and TV shows. In October 2018, the company halted operation and fired its entire staff, after Bhat and Khamba were implicated in two separate sexual harassment allegations. No formal charges were made but the company dissolved in May 2019. Khamba was dissatisfied with the independent investigation into the allegation against him and has since disassociated himself from the company and brand. The company's four founders continue to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaurav Kapoor
Gaurav Kapur (born 11 April 1981), also spelled as Gaurav Kapoor is an Indian actor, television and cricket presenter known for being the host of the pre-match Indian Premier League show, ''Extraaa Innings T20'', ''Cricbuzz Live'' and his YouTube show ''Breakfast with Champions''. Career Gaurav was seventeen when he started working on FM. After beginning as a radio jockey, he did a travel show called Indian holiday on Sony Television which explored scenic Indian locations with Anu Malhotra and Mini Mathur. Subsequently, he worked as a VJ on Channel V. He made his Bollywood debut with Darna Mana Hai in 2003 playing a character named Romi. In the same year he acted in another horror movie Ssssshhhh. He then worked in Chai Pani Etc. in 2004 which was a comedy film by Manu Rewal and White Rainbow in 2005. He also worked in the comedy film Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana and acted as Ahmed in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag which was a remake of Sholay. In 2008, several films in which he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurpreet Ghuggi
Gurpreet Singh Waraich (born 19 June 1971), commonly known as Gurpreet Ghuggi, is an Indian actor, comedian and politician. He is known for his works in Punjabi and Hindi films. Ghuggi began his career by acting in theatre in the early 1990s, after which he had recurring roles in television series such as ''Ronak Mela'' and the soap opera ''Parchhaven''. He gained international public recognition with comedic leading roles through his videos ''Ghuggi Junction'' (2003) and ''Ghuggi Shoo Mantar'' (2004), before beginning his film career by starring as Patwari Jhilmil Singh in ''Asa Nu Maan Watna Da'' (2004). He starred in the film '' Carry On Jatta'' (2012), and was praised for his meaningful leading role in '' Ardaas'' (2015). Personal life Gurpreet Singh Waraich was born on 19 June 1971 in Gurdaspur in Punjab. He is married to Kuljeet Kaur with whom he has a son and a daughter. He is an eggetarian. Acting career Early career Ghuggi's career began with his appearance in several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goundamani
Subramaniyan Karuppaiya (born 25 May 1939), known by his stage name Goundamani, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil language, Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. The pair dominated the Tamil industry as comedians in the 1980s and 90s. He was called Goundamani as a misconception by actor/director K. Bhagyaraj which he himself stated in an interview and the pseudonym stuck with him forever. He has the ability to give counter dialogues on the spot and off the script on stage and during shooting. He was at his peak of his career as a comedian in Tamil cinema for nearly 40 years. Despite his popularity, Goundamani is known for being a social recluse. Early life Goundamani was born as Subramaniyan on 25 May 1939 in Vallakundapuram, a village near Udumalaipettai in Coimbatore District, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. His father is Karuppaiya and his mother is Annammal. He married Shanthi in 1963 and has 2 da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinmoy Roy
Chinmoy Roy (1940–2019) was an Indian Bengali actor. He was famous for his comic roles in Bengali movies, though his versatility allowed him to play a variety of roles. Though he was known for portraying various character roles, Roy was equally at ease in portraying the famous fictional character Tenida on screen. He held his own among prominent performers like Soumitra Chatterjee, Robi Ghose and Tarun Kumar in the comedies ''Basanto Bilap'', ''Dhonni Meye'', and ''Nanigopaler Biye''. He was also seen in a small role in Satyajit Ray's '' Goopy Gyne o Bagha Byne'', in which he portrayed a spy working for the Minister of Halla. Roy had to contend with chronic health problems. Nonetheless, he had been working on a script for a film called ''Sudama- The Half Man''. The film is directed by Indo-Australian director Rajib Ball, and Roy also planned on working on a few more scripts with the same director. Death Roy died at the age of 79 in Kolkata Kolkata, also known as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
