Humor-Columnist, Stand-up Comedian
Ashish Shakya is a writer, stand-up comedian and humour columnist, with about six years
of work experience. On the TV front, he’s worked with brands that include MTV, Channel
V, Bindass and SAB TV, having written stand-up, sketches, magazine-style shows and reality
TV. As of now, he has been co-writing the hit news comedy show ‘The Week That Wasn’t
with Cyrus Broacha’ on CNN-IBN since 2008 (Almost 200 episodes and counting)
He has a regular humour column with the Hindustan Times, titled ‘The Blunder Years’,
wherein he expounds on everything from Pakistan to the futility of online dating and
everything in between. (You can read the columns here: http://www.ashishshakya.com/)
Ashish is also one of India’s finest young stand-up comedians. Following a series of open
mics and pub gigs in 2009, Ashish earned himself a recurring spot at the prestigious Comedy
Store, which led to him being picked for first-ever all-Indian stand-up night, titled ‘Local
Heroes’. These nights have received a great response and are a regular fixture at the
Comedy Store. Apart from this, Ashish also performs alongside top international comics at
the Comedy Store.
Ashish is also part of Weirdass Comedy (India’s only Comedy Consultancy, run by actor and
top comic Vir Das) and writes and performs with the Weirdass troupe. He has performed
in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Indore and has written for
brands that include ET Now, Hero Group and the Aditya Birla Group, to name just a few.
Ashish’s stand-up material takes a no-holds-barred look at everything from international
and Indian politics, to pop-culture, relationships and the general idiocy and idiosyncrasies of
the world. It is edgy, urban and adult in its sensibilities.
