Mahesh Kotagi
Mahesh Kotagi, a standout comedian known for his appearances on Laughs on Fox and performances at numerous comedy festivals. With his unique blend of sharp social commentary and quirky observations, Mahesh brings his bicoastal flair to NYC, ensuring a night filled with humor that’s both thought-provoking and hilariously entertaining. Catch him this Friday on the next Laughing Lassi show!
Adam Mamawala
Adam Mamawala is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster based out of New York City. He has appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, BET, and SiriusXM, and both of his albums, Statistically More Relatable (2022) and One of the Good Ones (2017) debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts. Adam has been a freelance contributor to Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update and Someecards and currently co-hosts podcasts Away Games and HORSE, as recently featured in the New York Times!
Ayanna Dookie
Ayanna Dookie is a dynamic comedian, writer, and storyteller known for her sharp wit and relatable humor. A native of Brooklyn, Ayanna has made her mark in the comedy world with performances on some of the most renowned stages across the country. Her comedy is a blend of personal anecdotes, cultural insights, and sharp observations on life, relationships, and identity. In addition to her standup career, Ayanna has written for various television shows and has been featured on platforms like BET, MTV, and SiriusXM. Beyond comedy, she is also an accomplished writer, whose work has been recognized for its authenticity and humor. Ayanna continues to break barriers and entertain diverse audiences with her unique voice and perspective.
Ali Mehedi
Ali Mehedi is a NYC based Bangladeshi Canadian stand-up comedian known for his sharp wit and unique perspective. Born in a small village in Bangladesh, Ali’s journey from hardship to comedy is as inspiring as it is humorous. After moving to Canada, he pursued a degree in Computer Science and worked at IBM Canada before discovering his passion for stand-up comedy at Second City, Toronto.
Ali has performed in renowned comedy clubs like Broadway Comedy Club and Greenwich Village Comedy Club in New York City. He self-produced his first one-hour special, “Made in Bangladesh,” which he is showcasing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He is also the creator and producer of “Laughing Lassi,” the most popular South Asian stand-up comedy show in New York City.
Ali’s comedic talent has earned him spots as a finalist in the World Series of Comedy (2019 & 2022) and NYC Comedy Mob Competition (2021), and he has performed at major festivals, including the New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Fest, and Boston Comedy Festival.
Kaneez Surka
Meet the radiant Kaneez Surka, an extraordinary comedian, actor, and producer who brings a world of laughter and creativity to her audience! 🌟 Born in South Africa and shining bright in the comedy world, Kaneez is renowned for her wit, sarcasm, and impeccable comedic timing.From her groundbreaking Netflix Specials ‘Ladies Up’ and ‘Comedy Premium League’ to her hilarious improv on Amazon Prime’s ‘Something From Nothing’ and ‘Improv All Stars – Games Night,’ she never fails to entertain! 🎭✨
Karmen Naidoo
Karmen Naidoo is straight outta the Motherland, hailing from South Africa. She continues to pursue her comedy career in New York City, the heart of Comedy since 2016. Featured as the only female finalist on Comedy Central’s Grab the Mic (2015), co-founder and Director of Indie Comedie a comedy production company (former) which aimed to nurture young rising talent. She has featured in The Bantu Hour, a South African satirical sketch and variety comedy show Hosted by the legendary comedian Kagiso Lediga and featuring the legendary musician Hugh Masekela. With over 100 performances in her first year of comedy, Karmen continued to pursue her passion in New York, by performing at the Desi Comedy Festival (2017), New York Comedy Festival 2017 “Comics you should know”, SketchFest 2018 (San Francisco Comedy Festival) & New York Comedy Festival 2018. Her quirky and witty humor has set her apart from the others, her originality and progressive style resonate with both young and old.
Vick Krishna
Vick Krishna is a standup comedian, actor and viral Tiktoker (325K) and has been featured on NPR, FastCompany and has appeared on TV shows for CBS, FOX and NBC. He has performed all over the east coast and originally hails from Columbia, Maryland.
SABEEN SADIQ
Sabeen Sadiq is a stand up comic, actor, and writer based in New York. Her comedy has been described as whimsically honest and even “I didn’t think she’d talk about that” with topics ranging from her Muslim upbringing and family dysfunction, to being related to white people (surprise!!). Sabeen sadiq can most recently be seen as the lead in the digital series CODE SWITCHED. She has been on the road with Hasan Minhaj opening for him in several cities.She also featured at the San Francisco Sketchfest – 2023. She tours nationally as a stand-up comedian on the festival and college circuit. She is fluent in Urdu, Punjabi, Potohari & Spanish.
Tanveer Arora
Tanveer Arora is a Sikh who was born in Mumbai, India, but his love for denim durags brought him to Texas. He has been featured in numerous comedy festivals including Desi Comedy Festival, Big Little Comedy Festival, and has performed in a variety of shows all over the USA and also internationally including India and Japan. His ability to share his culture, religion and Indianness through his comedy certainly wins the audiences. He has had the pleasure of working with comics like Dusty Slay, Jeremiah Watkins, Bobby Lee, Mark Normand, Shane Gillis and many more. Forever grateful to his family (as they are his key comedy subjects), Tanveer wrote a lot of jokes over the past 7 years and he is bringing all he has got to you through this show.
Sureni Weerasekera
Sureni Weerasekera is a Sri Lankan-born, San Diego-raised, & New York-based stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. She is known for her lighthearted, conversational banter to her ruthless, dark jabs.
She has performed at San Francisco Sketchfest, Desi Comedy Festival, Oakland Comedy Festival, San Francisco Pride Festival and recently headlined New York Comedy Festival. Sureni is a paid regular at San Francisco Punchline Comedy Club, Cobb’s Comedy Club, Sacramento Punchline Comedy Club, Alameda Comedy Club, and more. She recently opened for Hari Kondabolu, Irene Tu, Lucas Zelnick, and Ashley Gavin. She has worked with Amazon Prime, META, and HBO. Sureni was recently featured on Don’t Tell Comedy. She just completed the 2023-2024 Hot & Funny Tour alongside Sydney Stigerts, a DIY national tour geared towards queer audiences. She’s a regular in with college circuit with KP Comedy. In 2024, she was selected for Netflix’s “Introducing…” Series for the Netflix is a Joke Festival.
Raj Belani
Raj Belani is a comedian/actor from Long Island, New York. He tells jokes. Some people laugh, some people don’t. He gets sad when people don’t. He also just recently got a bad haircut, so he’s even sadder at the moment.
Divya Gunasekaran
Divya Gunasekaran is a New York-based writer and standup comedian. She was in the inaugural cohort of the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Comedic Voices Program in 2022, participated in The Onion’s writing workshop in partnership with the Diverse As Fuck Comedy Festival in 2023, and is currently a writer on a UCB house sketch team. She is committed to showcasing diverse, underrepresented voices. She produces a weekly open mic and monthly show featuring women and LGBTQIA+ comedians. Outside of comedy, Divya’s life goals include cage diving with great white sharks and winning a pie eating contest.
Vik Sathya
Vik Sathya is a stand-up comedian and the producer of Canceled Comedy, a monthly stand-up comedy show, taking place all over the city featuring top comics such as Roy Wood Jr., Matt Rife, Cipha Sounds, Preacher Laweson, Usama Siddiquee and more.
Mrin Patil
Mrin is a bicoastal comic performing regularly in Phoenix, AZ and locally at the Comedy Cellar, West Side comedy club, Broadway comedy club, and Gotham!
Sandeep Sen
Sandeep Sen is an Indian American standup comedian in New York. He is a blend of east-west cultures, which means he eats meat, but feels guilty about it, and only prays to Hindu Gods when he wants something. He performs throughout the country, and has appeared in the New York Times and on Fox’s Laughs.
Abby Govindan
Abby Govindan Abby Govindan is a comedian and recent graduate of Fordham University. She is an aspiring television writer and advocate for diversity in TV and film. She got her start in comedy at the young age of 20 and made her debut in New York City.
Farooq Hussain
New York based comedian and writer, producer of @beigecomedy and host of @slakistan!
Pratima Mani
Pratima Mani is a Peabody-winning, two-time Emmy nominated comedic writer and performer based in New York City. With roots in NYC’s live comedy scene, she has written for the likes of Upright Citizens Brigade Theater’s Maude Night, Reductress and The Belladonna.
Naveed Mahbub
Naveed Mahbub is a Bangladeshi comedian and columnist. He was awarded Best Male Comedian in the 2007 Las Vegas Comedy Festival. In 2016, Mahbub was featured in US-based comedy television channel Comedy Central. He hosts a morning radio show, Good Morning Bangladesh, on ABC Radio.
TV: Comedy Central
Host: The Naveed Mahbub Show (late night), Pepsi TV commercial – main character
FESTIVALS: Best Male Comedian, Play Vegas Stage, 2007 Original Las Vegas Comedy Festival
INTERNATIONAL: Featured/headlined in 30 countries
Aliza Gandhi
Aliza Gandhi is a screenwriter, producer, and stand up comic. She holds a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. During her time at Tisch, she developed comedic interests, being involved with comedy club and taking classes like Writing for Late Night with former Late Show head writer, Steven O’Donell.
Ruben Rajah
Dr Ruben Rajah is the host of Hi Brow Comedy and your friendly neighborhood Radiologist.
Maninder Nikki Chawla
Actress, stand-up comic, NYC stage explorer, Cannes 2025 delegate—proving IMDB is smarter than me.
Bhavik V. Patel
Bhavik Patel is an Indian-American Philly comedian whose comedy revolves around his life, family and dating. His comedy is fresh and edgy about growing up in the Philadelphia area and majoring in engineering at Penn State. He found his way to comedy because he didn’t want to end up in the family business serving icecream and talking to his computer for the rest of his life. Since starting in comedy, Bhavik has started his own podcast called “TheBhavCast” which can be seen on You Tube. “TheBhavCast” is just a pleasant conversation between Bhav and his people that feature playfulstories with RockStars, Touring Comedians, Music Producers, Athletes, Successful Entrepreneurs, Law Enforcement, Adventurers, Djs, Babies, Filmmakers and Sketch Show Producers.
Annam Choudhry
Annam is a teacher and a comedian. She travels all over the country doing standup. She has opened for Dave Attell, Hasan Minhaj, Maria Bamford, Bob the Drag Queen, Beth Stelling and more.
Jabar Bains
Jabar Bains is a Toronto-born stand-up comedian and actor whose sharp, relatable jokes about dating, culture, and everyday delusion have made him a favorite. He recently landed a principal role on a TV series Late Bloomer produced by Russell Peters. Jabar brings high energy, honesty, and the kind of laughs that make you rethink your life choices.
Gauri B
Gauri B is an international standup comedian. Based in Berlin and born in India, she catches the nuance of dark humour. Magnetic to watch and easy to relate with, it is understandable why she has over 100k followers across Instagram and Tiktok ranging a global scale. Her natural charisma, sharp wit and ability to deliver morbid subjects with strong punchlines has won the hearts of audiences both on stage and on social media. Her material touches the subjects of intersectional feminism, race, gender, sexuality as well as grave problems like domestic violence, depression and generational trauma. These subjects are packed and delivered with uproarious satire, thought provoking irony and hysterical personal anecdotes. Her material speaks to marginal bodies, to what they endure, accept and respond to. Dark comedy at its dirtiest. No one is safe. It’s a statement of zero f###s to give. She has succeeded in hosting one of the most popular comedy nights in Berlin, showcasing a diverse lineup of comedians. A middle finger to society, the night is aptly titled Hoes of Berlin. A safe space for us all.
Raja Krishnan
Raja Krishnan is a Comedian based in New York City. Having started at the ripe old age of 16 he has appeared on Kids in the Hall, performed as a regular at Yuk Yuk’s in Toronto and in addition is an Architect. He delivers hilarious perspectives about construction, languages and cultural oddities. His unique observations come alive in multiple accents and characters.