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  • Chunky Panday jokes about daughter Ananya Panday’s glamorous look, calls it a ‘comedy show’

    Chunky Panday jokes about daughter Ananya Panday’s glamorous look, calls it a ‘comedy show’

    Ananya Panday dazzled in a pearl-embellished mini dress while sharing a glam video, but her father Chunky Panday’s playful “comedy show” comment stole the spotlight with humor and charm.

  • Why China is warning comedians about gender jokes after a viral stand-up set on divorce

    Why China is warning comedians about gender jokes after a viral stand-up set on divorce

    Authorities say comedy should be ‘constructive’—not provoke gender conflict. Here’s what sparked the warning.

  • Kapil Sharma starrer Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon to return with a sequel: Report

    Kapil Sharma starrer Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon to return with a sequel: Report

    Comedian Kapil Sharma, whose show The Kapil Sharma Show is currently enjoying widespread popularity, is rumoured to be reprising his role in the sequel to the hit film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon after 9 years.

  • Ashneer Grover blasted for 'doglapan' after he forced comic to take down his roast video

    Ashneer Grover blasted for 'doglapan' after he forced comic to take down his roast video

    The controversy erupted when comedian Aashish Solanki, host of 'Pretty Good Roast,' revealed that Ashneer Grover requested his portion be cut from the episode after struggling with the jokes directed at him.

  • Jamie Lever's Hilarious Celebrity Mimicry & Multifaceted Talents! | Entertainment

    Jamie Lever's Hilarious Celebrity Mimicry & Multifaceted Talents! | Entertainment

    Join stand-up comic and actor Jamie Lever as she showcases her knack for celebrity mimicry in 'The Jamie Lever Show'. From Asha Bhosle to Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jamie's impressions are spot-on and guaranteed to leave you in stitches. Discover how her unique talents extend beyond comedy as she shares anecdotes from her journey, including memorable encounters with Bollywood stars like Saif Ali Khan.

  • Strays Review: Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx lead delightfully foul-mouthed canine revenge comedy

    Strays Review: Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx lead delightfully foul-mouthed canine revenge comedy

    Four dogs take revenge on an abusive owner in a film so gloriously indecent and against the grain, it might just be the best comedy of the year.

  • Emmy award winner comedian Vir Das on growing comedy scene in India | Exclusive Interview

    Emmy award winner comedian Vir Das on growing comedy scene in India | Exclusive Interview

    Stand-up comedian Vir Das won an Emmy for his Netflix special ‘Vir Das: Landing’. In conversation with Moneycontrol, he highlights how the stand-up comedy industry is growing in India and how streaming apps have opened new doors of opportunities for comedians. Watch this interview for more.

  • “Namaste India”: Inside Emmy-winning comedian Trevor Noah’s maiden India tour

    “Namaste India”: Inside Emmy-winning comedian Trevor Noah’s maiden India tour

    From Delhi’s powerplays to colonialism, the former host of The Daily Show left audiences in stitches with astute observations and spot-on mimicries during the first leg of his ‘Off the Record’ Tour.

  • Friday Night Plan is a Babil, brotherhood and boyhood comedy

    Friday Night Plan is a Babil, brotherhood and boyhood comedy

    Vatsal Neelakantan, who has assisted in series like Mirzapur and Dahaad, is making his directorial debut with a Netflix teenage comedy, releasing on September 1, featuring a young cast of actors playing high-school students. Neelakantan and his cast Babil Khan, Medha Rana and Aadhya Anand talk about the film.

  • Best roles of Mamukkoya: The celluloid Everyman was Malayalam cinema’s comic relief

    Best roles of Mamukkoya: The celluloid Everyman was Malayalam cinema’s comic relief

    Mamukkoya, who died this week, and loved unconditionally by cinephiles, leaves behind a legacy of comedy and a range of roles which will remain an indelible presence in Malayalam cinema’s glorious history. Here are a handful of those

  • Ali Wong and Steven Yeun's Beef on Netflix is epic—and proof that dark comedy is peaking

    Ali Wong and Steven Yeun's Beef on Netflix is epic—and proof that dark comedy is peaking

    Why English language TV comedies have swapped up the laughter track and cutesy jokes for gallows humour and no-holds-barred absurdity.

  • How the 10% TDS rule will change the online influencer game

    How the 10% TDS rule will change the online influencer game

    A 10% TDS will be applied on freebies that social media influencers get from 1st July onwards. How will this change the online influencer game, and how will it affect the partnership between influencers and brands? Importantly, does it give legitimacy to the influencer economy now that a formal tax is set to be levied? Tune in for a comprehensive discussion on this with top influencers and stakeholders in a conversation with Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor, at 6:30 PM today

  • Comedian Kenny Sebastian was mentioned in school question paper. His reaction

    Comedian Kenny Sebastian was mentioned in school question paper. His reaction

    Kenny Sebastian said that to him, being named in the question paper felt like a bigger achievement than any award.

  • Laugh Insurance Corporation: Allotment ki insurance policy

    Laugh Insurance Corporation: Allotment ki insurance policy

    For years we have known LIC as the neighbourhood chacha, mama, uncle who is an LIC agent. Today he can be likened to an intelligence agent with the added task of shooting enemies of the bull market.

  • Kapil Sharma’s I’m Not Done Yet review: As funny as forwarded WhatsApp jokes

    Kapil Sharma’s I’m Not Done Yet review: As funny as forwarded WhatsApp jokes

  • 36 Farmhouse review: 36 years ago Subhash Ghai’s story might have been mildly interesting. Today it’s cringe central

    36 Farmhouse review: 36 years ago Subhash Ghai’s story might have been mildly interesting. Today it’s cringe central

    Sanjay Mishra as a flirt and Vijay Raaz as a rogue in '36 Farmhouse' was a horrendously tough watch.

  • What happens when comedies like 'Seinfeld' meet a new audience?

    What happens when comedies like 'Seinfeld' meet a new audience?

    All 180 episode of 'Seinfeld' will hit Netflix on October 1. Will the American situational comedy work decades after it first aired from 1989-98?

  • Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A comedy special and an inspired experiment

    Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A comedy special and an inspired experiment

    On the simplest level, “Inside” is the story of a comic struggling to make a funny show during quarantine and gradually losing his mind.

  • The re-re-rebirth of Jean Smart

    The re-re-rebirth of Jean Smart

    With “Mare of Easttown” and now “Hacks,” an actor that Hollywood undervalued for years continues her career resurgence.

  • Elon Musk to host Saturday Night Live on May 8

    Elon Musk to host Saturday Night Live on May 8

    In the past, SNL guest hosts have included entertainers like comics Dave Chappelle and Tina Fey, actors Drew Barrymore and Alec Baldwin and musician Justin Timberlake.

  • Meet the man behind the success of the brand ‘Bhuvan Bam’

    Meet the man behind the success of the brand ‘Bhuvan Bam’

    For influencer Bhuvan Bam, 2021 started on a strong note when his YouTube channel, BB Ki Vines, crossed a record 3 billion collective views, making him India's first digital content creator to achieve this milestone. Behind his success, there is a lesser-known man called Rohit Raj, who has turned Bam's into a scalable brand. We bring to you the saga of a billion dreams

  • Not so funny: Indian comedians who got into trouble for their jokes or otherwise

    Not so funny: Indian comedians who got into trouble for their jokes or otherwise

    After Munawar Faruqui, a stand-up comedian from Gujarat, found himself behind bars for his jokes, we take a look at other comedians who fell afoul of the authorities for their comedy.

  • YouTube India trends 2018: Celebrities, comedy and DIY rule the roost

    YouTube India trends 2018: Celebrities, comedy and DIY rule the roost

    Emerging and well-known YouTube stars made it big in the year's Top Trending Videos list, as well as Bollywood movie trailers, ads and do it yourself videos.

  • It is going to be a difficult comeback for Kapil Sharma: Brand experts

    It is going to be a difficult comeback for Kapil Sharma: Brand experts

    Kapil Sharma went on a sabbatical when he was at his lowest equity. Since he is starting afresh expectations from him will be on the lower side but his comeback strategy has to be strong enough

  • White House TV comedy aims for laughs, not politics

    White House TV comedy aims for laughs, not politics

    There is a crazy family living at the White House, but it's not the Obamas. It's the Gilchrists, whose never-ending follies pulse and push upcoming TV comedy romp '1600 Penn'.

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