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#DACA25: The DeadAnt Annual Comedy Awards Are Back—Vote Now!

By DA Staff , 30 July 2025

Comedy Awards

You’re Welcome: Yes, Daniel Sloss Is Coming Back To India This September With A Brand New Hour

By DA Staff , 30 July 2025

Loop

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

Review

FRESH.

News

Kevin Hart To Make His India Debut With A Performance In Mumbai This September

By DA Staff 24 July 2025

News

‘Go F*ck Yourself’: Stephen Colbert Responds To Donald Trump Over Show’s Cancellation

By DA Staff 23 July 2025

News

Manjeet Sarkar Alleges “Billion-Dollar Brand” Has Targeted Him With Defamation Notice, Copyright Strikes For a Joke

By DA Staff 19 July 2025

News

‘The Studio’ Bags 23 Emmy Nods, Ties Record Previously Held By ‘The Bear’

By DA Staff 16 July 2025

News

‘Jokes Are My Right’: Kunal Kamra Responds To Show Cause Notice Issued By Maharashtra Legislative Council

By DA Staff 9 July 2025

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WATCH.

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

By DA Staff 24 July 2025

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

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 18 July 2025

Watch

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

By DA Staff 14 July 2025

Watch

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

By DA Staff 3 July 2025

Watch

Laugh Out Proud: 7 Hilarious LGBTQ+ Comedy Specials to Stream This Pride

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 19 June 2025

Watch

5 Clips To Watch Before Nate Bargatze Hosts The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards

By DA Staff 24 April 2025

Watch

Kunal Kamra Releases Brand New Standup Special ‘Naya Bharat’ On YouTube

By DA Staff 23 March 2025

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Comedian Pranit More Addresses Incident Of Physical Assault In 22-Minute Standup Set

By DA Staff 10 March 2025

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Zakir Khan Gives His Fans A New Year Present With New YouTube Video ‘Class’

By DA Staff 3 January 2025

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‘Congrats America, You’re Great Again’: Vir Das Pokes Fun at Trump’s America In New Clip From His Ongoing US Tour

By DA Staff 11 November 2024

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QUICKIE.

Quickie

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

By DA Staff 9 July 2025

Quickie

Gaurav Kapoor Unfollowed Comedians On Instagram, Find Out Why

By DA Staff 4 July 2025

Quickie

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

By DA Staff 30 June 2025

Quickie

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

By DA Staff 11 June 2025

Quickie

Dost Dost Na Raha: The Elon Musk-Donald Trump Showdown On X

By DA Staff 6 June 2025

Quickie

KR$NA and Seedhe Maut Address ‘India’s Got Latent’ Controversy & Comedy Censorship On ‘Sensitive’

By DA Staff 22 May 2025

Quickie

Daddy Discourse: Threads and X Users Can’t Get Enough of Pedro Pascal

By DA Staff 21 May 2025

News

Rahul Subramanian Nominated For Most Outstanding Show Award At Melbourne Comedy Fest

By 18 April 2025

Quickie

How Women are Shaping the Woman-Led Comedy Landscape For Women

By DA Staff 8 March 2025

Quickie

25 Comedians, One Cause: ‘Laughs Per Minute: Breathless Edition’ In Pictures

By 1 March 2025

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OPINION.

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

By DA Staff 10 July 2025

Opinion

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

By Navin Noronha 28 June 2025

Opinion

Back-Pedalling Punchlines: Indian Comics Keep Undoing Their Dark Jokes—But The Silence Could Make Them Legends

By DA Staff 16 June 2025

Opinion

Between the Likes and the Laughs: Ex-CEO & Founder of Comic Con India Jatin Varma On The Comedy Creator Economy

By Jatin Varma 13 June 2025

Analysis

Whose Punchline Is It Anyway?: Standup Comedy’s Copyright Conundrum

By Akriti Kanodia 20 March 2025

Opinion

The Age Of Mobscenity: Ranveer Allahabadia, Samay Raina And India’s Outrage-Industrial Complex

By Bhanuj Kappal 17 February 2025

Opinion

Anthony Jeselnik Reclaims Gallows Humour From The Culture Wars On New Special ‘Bones And All’

By Akhil Sood 29 November 2024

Opinion

‘Loktantra Haar Gaya’: Kunal Kamra Produced Documentary ‘Jamoora’ Highlights The Farcical Absurdities Of India’s Electoral Process

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 28 October 2024

Opinion

Dummies Guide To Recording For YouTube: Comedy Insiders Dish Out Tips & Tricks

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 1 October 2024

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REVIEWS.

Review

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

By Aditya Mani Jha 1 April 2025

Review

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

By Akhil Sood 24 October 2024

Review

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

By Akhil Sood 21 October 2024

Review

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

By Aditya Mani Jha 14 October 2024

Review

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

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 8 October 2024

Review

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

By Akhil Sood 26 September 2024

Review

Review: Azeem Banatwalla Levels Up On New Comedy Special ‘Minor Celebrity’, His Strongest Work Yet

By Aditya Mani Jha 24 September 2024

Review

‘Call Me Bae’ Does Not Slay: Ananya Panday Starrer Lacks The Madcap Energy The Script Demands

By Aditya Mani Jha 6 September 2024

Review

Rapid Review: Adam Sandler Delivers Inoffensive Riffs On Poop, Ageing & Parenthood On New Special ‘Love You’

By Aditya Mani Jha 27 August 2024

Review

On ‘Gainfully Employed’, Punit Pania Looks At Indian Corporate Culture With Existential Despair

By Akhil Sood 20 August 2024

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INTERVIEWS.

Interview

‘Society Gets A Voice From Comedy’: Shashi Dhiman On The Challenges Of Being A Woman In Comedy

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 26 June 2025

Interview

Navin Noronha On His Australia Tour & A Revolutionary Vibe In Indian Comedy Green Rooms

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 28 April 2025

Interview

Comedians On Tour Selling Tickets: 10 Questions With Aaditya Kulshreshth AKA Kullu

By DA Staff 26 April 2025

Interview

‘An Existential Crisis On Stage’: Sahil Shah On His New Special ‘Broken’

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 15 April 2025

Interview

‘Watch Us While You Still Can’: 10 Questions With Vivek Samtani

By DA Staff 9 April 2025

Interview

‘The Game Has Changed’: Atul Khatri On His Latest Hour & The Evolution of Indian Standup

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 5 April 2025

Interview

Comedians On Tour Selling Tickets: 10 Questions with Jeeya Sethi

By DA Staff 17 March 2025

Interview

Stand-Up Natyam: The Poise Of Bharatanatyam Meets The Levity Of Comedy In This One-Of-A-Kind Show

By Shantanu Sanzgiri 12 February 2025

Interview

Comedians On Tour Selling Tickets: 10 Questions With Vineeth Srinivasan

By DA Staff 6 February 2025

Interview

Comedians on Tour Selling Tickets: 10 Questions With Rohan Joshi

By DA Staff 15 January 2025

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