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Kolalu Dot Comedy to be staged in Hubballi tomorrow
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (224+ words) Updated - August 20, 2026 08:59 pm IST - HUBBALLI Flautist Praveen Godkhindi’s musical play Kolalu Dot Comedy will be staged at the Sawai Gandharva Hall in Deshpande Nagar in Hubballi on Saturday. The production is being staged in memory of theatre personality and director…...
Hyderabad’s improv scene is drawing audiences for reasons beyond comedy
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (411+ words) Because improv often veers towards comedy, some view it as an extension of stand-up. But the art form has far greater possibilities, with diverse forms of expression. Comedy is a key component of improv and plays a role at Vikram…...
How Madhu Balaji is taking Crazy Mohan????s comedy to intimate Chennai spaces
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (515+ words) Inside a dark room at Luz’s MdnD performance space, the laughs are on. As the Tamil theatre group Crazy Creations stage their evergreen comedy play, ‘Marriage Made in Saloon’, the entire first row erupts in laughter at a clever wordplay…...
Comedian Sabareesh Narayanan makes history with Malayalam’s first OTT stand-up special
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (645+ words) Kochi-based stand-up comedian Sabareesh Narayanan found himself at a crossroads after the release of his debut YouTube special, Truly Malayali, in 2024. “A lot was happening in my life,” he recalls, referring to a period marked by a job transition and…...
All the world is a meme: when satire can no longer keep up with reality
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (851+ words) Karl Urban and Laz Alonso as Billy Butcher and Mother’s Milk in a still from The Boys, a satire of superhero culture. When real world headlines resemble satire, does satire too reinvent itself as drama to appease fans of stars?...
‘Voicemails For Isabelle’ movie review: Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson charm their way through love and loss
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (248+ words) While entertained, Wes attempts to, and fails to tell Jill that he now has her sister’s number. The voicemails continue, and Wes now has a front row seat to Jill’s dating exploits, and the soul-crushing grief of losing her sister…...
Inside ‘Pritam and Pedro’: Rajkumar Hirani and Arshad Warsi deconstruct comedy and its mechanics
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (413+ words) The show also marks a reunion of Arshad and Rajkumar after a long time. The actor says that he got a call from the director for the show, and he couldn’t say no. “I liked the script and the entire…...
Bhagyaraj’s genius effortlessly melded comedy and crisis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (173+ words) Updated - June 27, 2026 04:30 pm IST - CHENNAI Acknowledged as an ace wordsmith and famed for his intuitive comic timing, K. Bhagyaraj, interestingly, believed that out of crisis comes comedy. The comic track in his films does not run as a parallel track alone,…...
Symposium explores humour’s role in challenging social and political realities
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (328+ words) Published - June 23, 2026 06:44 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram Humour in Malayalam cinema has long transcended entertainment, serving as a tool to question social realities, political structures and cultural norms, speakers observed at a symposium on ‘Humour in Malayalam cinema’ held at Ayyankali Hall…...
SHABD-26 art, literary fest under way at JSS STU
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (27+ words) The 20th edition of SHABD-26, JSS Science and Technology University’s (JSS STU) annual art and literary festival, began on the university campus here on Saturday....