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Know Your Comic: Sumukhi Suresh

Humour Sapiens — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:42:45 +0000

One of the known faces in the Indian comedy scene, Sumukhi Suresh is a comic and Improv artist. The 32-year old comic was raised in Nagpur and graduated from Chennai. She moved to Bangalore in 2009. Sumukhi is fondly known for her characters in web series, Better Life Foundation (BLF) and Pushpavalli. And how can we not mention ‘Behti Naak’.

Here are a few fun facts about her:

Performed for the first time at Jus Truffs, Bangalore.
Started out with Improv comedy, moved on to sketch comedy, did a few videos, and then moved on to stand up.
Favourite one-liner joke is ‘The number of times your mom calls you during the day is directly proportional to how characterless you are’.
First job at Hippocampus, a Children’s Library. She then worked as a Chef and then eventually at a food laboratory.
Performed in 100 shows in Bengaluru, Dubai, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Sweden.
In 2015, quit her full-time job to start a career in comedy.
First video was Anu Aunty – Engineering Anthem with Varun Agrawal, and then did the Maid Sketch with Sanjay Manaktala
Portrayed the character of ‘Sumukhi Chawla’, an NGO employee, in India’s first mockumentary on YouTube – Better Life Foundation.
Launched a video series called Behti Naak on her own YouTube channel. The character is a 10-year-old girl with a straight-faced humour.
Worked in web series on Amazon Prime – Pushpavalli and Don’t tell Amma.
Acted in Humble Politician Nograj a political satire Kannada film in 2018.

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All shades funny: Sumukhi Suresh

Humour Sapiens — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:13:28 +0000

Sumukhi Suresh is an Indian actor, stand-up comedian, writer and director who is known for her stints as Pushpavalli, Behti Naak and Comicstaan. She has showcased a plethora of funniness in her videos, stage appearances, alter egos.

Sumukhi gained recognition with her video series Behti Naak and became a star with her web show Pushpavalli. This 31-year-old comic went on to host the Comicstaan 1 and the became the jury member in the Comicstaan 2.

She is also a popular talent in the contemporary Kannada entertainment industry. Prominent among her feature film credits is the 2018 Kannada satirical comedy Humble Politician Nograj.

Here are some of her works of art:

Pushpavalli

Behti Naak

The Maid Interview

Go Straight, Take Left

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Stand-up comedians and their alter egos

Humour Sapiens — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:54:29 +0000

Alternative personalities or alter egos are of late playing a bigger role in creating comedy as it offers comedians a medium to bring out another side of themselves. Even the audience is becoming receptive to consuming this side of comedy.

Lately, a lot many comedy content creators are getting guised in different roles on social media to create our precious, ‘comedy’.

Like Mallika Dua has been playing a whole bunch of roles and Bhuvan Bam who is known for his BB ki Vines, there are others like Gaurav Gera too who use Snapchat filters to their maximum capacity to prepare fun bits for the consumption of comedy loving audience.

Apart from these, there are other Humour Sapiens too whom you might have missed.

a. Varun Thakur aka Vicky Malhotra

Deejay and struggling actor Vicky, known for his amazing speaking style and dad’s money is Varun’s alter ego. His leather shoes and Ed Hardy T-shirt are a perfect formula for laughter, backed with his perv oddities.

b. Naveen Richard aka Uncle Francis

Uncle Francis is no ordinary uncle. He is powerful enough to make you roll with laughter every time you see him. Naveen Richard is the person responsible for bringing the South Indian representation in the mainstream Indian comedy.

c. Sumukhi Suresh aka Behti Naak and Pushpavalli

Epitome of satirical comedy, the issues of Behti Naak has won multiple tissues, and of course hearts! In her videos and appearance on Son of Abish, Sumukhi as Behti Naak talks about faults in our sanskaars and much visible gender inequalities at home.

Sumukhi’s another alter ego is Pushpavalli, a web series on Amazon Prime which is a delight to watch. It’s about her moving to a new city after the love of her life, and boy, what a quirky life Pushpavalli has.

d. Rahul Subramanian aka Tobasco

Tobasco is a Motivational Speaker who answers arbitrary questions from his followers in a way that is funny, honest and distinct. The wisdom of Tobasco feels like it is coming from someone who has been there, seen that and done that.

e. Aditi Mittal aka Dr. Mrs. Savitri Lutchuke

A character from Aditi Mittal that is similar to your mother, Mrs. Lutchuke has a Marathi accent in which she hilariously educates about sex.

Apart from these, there’s Biswa Kalyan Rath as toothless Rajesh who is a mutual fund advisor who gives some mind-blowing advice on monetary investments; and Sahil Shah as Prashant. This gujju has a wife named Parul, and they are a bee and deer couple who make it evident that bees and deers need to be heard too.

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