Stand-up comedians in India have a massive following and influence among the youth. No wonder that many of them are now being seen in Bollywood releases as well, either behind or in front of the camera
Updated on : 20 February,2025 02:19 PM IST | Compiled by : Athulya Nambiar
Sumukhi Suresh is a stand-up comic, writer and actor. For her debut series 'Pushpavalli, Suresh turned writer and actor and it was quite well received. She was also the writer on the Ananya Panday-starrer CTRL. She will next be seen as actor in the Netflix series 'The Royals'
Varun Grover is a thoughtful writer and director. He recently turned director with the film All India Rank. He has also worked as a lyricist in films like 'That Girl In Yellow Boots', 'Gangs Of Wasseypur', 'Udta Punjab'', 'Sui Dhaaga', 'Samrat Prithviraj' and more. He has been credited as a writer for Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, Superboys of Malegaon, Masaan
Kapil Sharma who started his career as a stand-up comic runs India's most successful comedy talk show and has also featured in three films- Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon, Firangi and Zwigato
Stand-up comedian Vir Das has featured in films like Namaste London, Mastizaade, Delhi Belly and the recently released web series 'Call Me Bae'
Anubhav Singh Bassi made his Bollywood debut playing Ranbir Kapoor's character's best friend in the film 'Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar'
Rohan Joshi is a well known stand-up comedian. In Bollywood, he was seen in the film 'Baar Baar Dekho' that had Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif in the lead
Harsh Gujral marks his film debut with Arjun Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar and Rakul Preet Singh starrer 'Mere Husband Ki Biwi'
Nirmal Pillai is a stand-up comedian who has acted in the Tamil anthology Putham Pudhu Kaalai and more recently in Bata Boy Crocs Girl which he also directed
Aaditya Kulshreshth aka Kullu made his Bollywood debut in the recently released film 'Loveyapa'. He played the role of Junaid Khan's character's friend in the film
Comedian Sapan Verma recently turned writer for the film 'Kho Gaye Hum Kahan' that starred Ananya Panday, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav
