The Guru’s of Comedy–Coming to a Town Near You

Posted on by

Piyush Dinker Pandya, the writer/director of the genre creating film American Desi is bringing the South Asian answer to the Kings/Queens of Comedy, yes, it is The Gurus of Comedy Tour. The first-ever national tour of South Asian standup comedy, kicks off in Los Angeles this Thursday, December 9, with Russell Peters (Comedy Central), Paul Varghese (NBC’s Last Comic Standing), Anand Chulani (American Chai), and host Aladdin (BET, American Desi).

The five-city tour moves on to San Jose on December 10, San Francisco on December 11, New York City on December 15, and closes in Boston on December 16. Other comedians on The Gurus of Comedy Tour include Pooth the Curry Comic, Vidur Kapur, Tony Sparks, and Mo-D. Complete comic lineups for each show are available here.

7 thoughts on “The Guru’s of Comedy–Coming to a Town Near You”

  2. I dont know about the other comics, but Russell Peters is so damn funny…he used to present a show in England. I put him up there with Chris Rock.

  4. i wish they were coming to DC or philly…oh, well. i’m sure abhi will have a full report on “inside the mind of madness”, i’ll just wait for that. 🙂

  6. Los Angeles Times Magazine has an interview with the founder of a Muslim comedy tour that might be of interest:

    Preacher Moss would be the first to agree that some might view Muslim comedy as an oxymoron. That’s one reason why the L.A.-based writer and comic cooked up the “Allah Made Me Funny” comedy tour, a three-man show featuring Moss and fellow funnymen Azeem and Azhar Usman that’s been breaking them up in places such as North Carolina and the Midwest.

    Los Angeles Times Magazine: The Fundamentals of Laughter (free registration required)