‘I Just Want To Be Alive By The End’: Harman Preet Singh Tells Us About His Latest Tour ‘Risky’

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Ghosts, Detectives And Shakespeare: The International Acts At Mumbai’s Fringe Festival

By Shantanu Sanzgiri , 10 March 2026

‘I’m Freaking Out’: Kaneez Surka On Returning To India, Finding Her Own Voice & Reviving The OG Format Show

By Shantanu Sanzgiri , 28 February 2026

FRESH.

‘Tumne Jo Internet Mein Padha Hai Woh Jhooth Hai’: Zakir Khan Clears The Air About His Health

By DA Staff 24 February 2026

Nate Bargatze Bags First Grammy Win, Other Nominees Included Bill Burr, Ali Wong

By DA Staff 2 February 2026

Zakir Khan Announces A Five-Year-Long Break From Comedy At Hyderabad Show

By DA Staff 20 January 2026

Leonardo Dicaprio Gets Roasted, ‘The Studio’ Wins, Ricky Gervais Picks Up One More Award At The Golden Globes 2026

By DA Staff 12 January 2026

The First (And Only) Rule Of The Jeselnik Book Club—You’ve Gotta Finish The Book (Join Now)

By DA Staff 7 January 2026

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WATCH.

Because 2026 Is The New 2016: A Comedy (Re)Watch List

By DA Staff 22 January 2026

Countdowns Are Loud, Comedy Is Better: What to Watch This New Year’s Eve

By DA Staff 31 December 2025

Stop Pretending To Work, Your Festive Season Comedy Watchlist Is Here (You’re Welcome)

By DA Staff 29 December 2025

‘Mera Kuch Kehna Nahi Hai, Bhai’: Kunal Kamra Reacts To Balraj Ghai & Samay Raina Hanging Out With Shiv Sena’s Rahool Kanal

By DA Staff 10 September 2025

Comedy That Fits the Mood: An Emotional Survival Guide To Daniel Sloss’ Specials

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 5 September 2025

In The Spotlight: 8 Comedians Whose Sets We Loved On ‘Madhur Model’

By DA Staff 29 August 2025

Kunal Kamra Reacts To The News Of The Week On New YouTube Series ‘Khabar-E-Azam’

By DA Staff 24 July 2025

Fool’s Gold: 5 Things We Loved About Vir Das’ Latest Special ‘Fool Volume’

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 18 July 2025

Beat The Monday Blues With These (Relatively) New Standup Specials

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Missing Dilip Joshi On ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’? Watch His Best Moments Here!

By DA Staff 3 July 2025

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QUICKIE.

Movie Marketing 101: How Vir Das Nailed The Promotion Of ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’

By DA Staff 15 January 2026

Laughing All the Way: Christmas Gifts For Comedy Paglus

By DA Staff 22 December 2025

Blast From The Past: Tanmay Bhat and Rohan Joshi Drop A New ‘Honest’ Video Before GTA VI

By DA Staff 13 October 2025

A Field Guide to the Wild, Weird, and Occasionally Wonderful Indian Open-Mic

By DA Staff 7 October 2025

Throwback Thursday: A Quick Look At The DeadAnt Loop With Zarna Garg

By DA Staff 4 September 2025

Stood Out In A Crowd: 10 Comedians Who Launched Their Careers At The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

By DA Staff 14 August 2025

Every Brutal, Brilliant & Occasionally Trash Book Anthony Jeselnik Has Crowned in 2025 (So Far)

By DA Staff 9 July 2025

Gaurav Kapoor Unfollowed Comedians On Instagram, Find Out Why

By DA Staff 4 July 2025

Caps Off To You: 5 Inspiring Commencement Speeches For The Class Of ’25

By DA Staff 30 June 2025

Varun Grover Unfiltered: Takeaways From ‘Guest In The Newsroom’

By DA Staff 11 June 2025

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OPINION.

2025 Rewind: The Funniest Films Of The Year (Ranked)

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 26 December 2025

Eenth Ka Jawab, Indie Se! The Indie Comedies That Punk’d Bollywood Before Anyone Else Tried

By Aseem Chandavar 11 December 2025

‘Why You Fokat Ka Stressing?’: Going Global For Indian Comedy Now Means Going Local

By Navin Noronha 7 November 2025

‘WTF, It’s Over’: 10 Must-Listen Episodes of ‘WTF with Marc Maron’

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 10 October 2025

Zakir Khan at Madison Square Garden: Why It Matters Even When Indians Have Been Selling Out Stadiums for Years

By DA Staff 18 August 2025

Rona With Noronha: Why Comedians In India Never Got Unionised (& Probably Never Will)

By Navin Noronha 8 August 2025

What’s The Deal With Format Shows? Comedians Give Us The Lowdown

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 6 August 2025

India’s Live Event Boom Is Real—But Can It Actually Last? Ex-CEO & Founder of Comic Con India Jatin Varma Weighs In

By Jatin Varma 17 July 2025

Gone Too Soon: 5 Comedies That Were Cancelled Way Too Early

By DA Staff 10 July 2025

So We Got Alt Voices Into The Indian Comedy Scene. Navin Noronha Asks ‘What Now?’

By Navin Noronha 28 June 2025

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REVIEWS.

Review: In ‘What Is This?’, Kanan Gill Has Bad News About Your Life

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 24 February 2026

Faith, Marriage, Power: Nothing Remains Sacred in Masoom Rajwani’s ‘Taboo Talk’

By Akhil Sood 12 September 2025

Kaneez Surka’s ‘I Found My People’ is a Breezy, Sharp-Eyed Take on Belonging in a Fractured World

By Aditya Mani Jha 12 August 2025

Punit Pania’s ‘Notes From The Bunker’ Is A Razor-Sharp Portrait Of The WhatsApp-Warped Indian Mind

By Aditya Mani Jha 24 July 2025

Full Steam Ahead: Zakir Khan’s ‘Delulu Express’ Is A Comedy Joyride Worth Taking

By Aditya Mani Jha 1 April 2025

Hasan Minhaj Reflects On A Divided America In Solid But Unspectatular Third Special ‘Off With His Head’

By Akhil Sood 24 October 2024

Rahul Dua Shows Off His World-Building Skills On Promising Debut Special ‘Oh Hello!’

By Akhil Sood 21 October 2024

Ali Wong Makes A Case For Mid-Life Divorce On Underwhelming New Special ‘Single Lady’

By Aditya Mani Jha 14 October 2024

Tim Dillon’s ‘This Is Your Country’ Is A Tired Homage To American Day-Time Talk Shows

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 8 October 2024

Ellen DeGeneres Takes A Self-Indulgent Victory Lap On Middling New Special ‘For Your Approval’

By Akhil Sood 26 September 2024

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INTERVIEWS.

“If You Pander, You’re Finished”: Anu Vaidyanathan On Indian Comedy & Rediscovering Her Passion For The Stage

By DA Staff 26 February 2026

‘One Minute Please’: Mohammed Hussain On Format Shows & Why They’re Necessary To Keep Up With The Algorithm

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 28 January 2026

Comedians On Tour Selling Tickets: Pranit More On ‘Bigg Boss’, His Biggest Standup Tour & Love For Crowd Work

By DA Staff 20 January 2026

Riten Pattnaik Tells Us All About Building A Standup Comedy Community In Odisha & Putting Together The Odia Comedy Fest

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 3 December 2025

Manjeet Sarkar On His Latest Special ‘Democrazy’ & Why He Will Never Hesitate On Stage

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 30 October 2025

‘Judge Me If You Can’: Aashish Solanki Turns Judgement Into Peak Comedy With New Format Show

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 24 October 2025

From 60-Second Reels to a Sixty Minute Set: Nathan Gomes Wants You to Know He’s a Comic First

By DA Staff 3 October 2025

‘Wanted To Come Out & Confess’: 10 Questions with Shreeja Chaturvedi

By DA Staff 9 September 2025

Comedians On Tour Selling Tickets: 10 Questions With Siddharth Dudeja

By DA Staff 3 September 2025

‘Taboo Talk’: Masoom Rajwani On His Latest Special & The Thrills Of Doing Political Comedy

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 22 August 2025

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