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In Pics: Kanan Gill to Harsh Gujral, stand-up comedians who have also worked in Bollywood
Updated On: 20 February, 2025 02:19 PM IST | Athulya Nambiar
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

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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'
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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

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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
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Stand-up comedian Vir Das has featured in films like Namaste London, Mastizaade, Delhi Belly and the recently released web series 'Call Me Bae'

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Anubhav Singh Bassi made his Bollywood debut playing Ranbir Kapoor's character's best friend in the film 'Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar'
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Comedian Kanan Gill has starred with Sonakshi Sinha in the 2017 film Noor

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Gill also played the lead role in the Norwegian film 'Christmas As Usual'
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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

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Harsh Gujral marks his film debut with Arjun Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar and Rakul Preet Singh starrer 'Mere Husband Ki Biwi'
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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

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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
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Comedian Sapan Verma recently turned writer for the film 'Kho Gaye Hum Kahan' that starred Ananya Panday, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav

