As seen at London’s Soho Theatre in 2022 and 2023, and across India and Europe, Sumukhi Suresh is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and a slow runner.
Currently touring her comedy special ‘Sumukhi Suresh: Hoemonal’ – which is finishing its European leg – she is all set to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut later this month. Her show revolves around her trying to balance the various facets of being a woman.
Sumuhki began her comedy journey in Bengaluru while working at a food factory. She rose to prominence with her creation ‘Behti Naak’, a YouTube series. She went on to create and star in the titular role in the acclaimed Amazon Prime Original ‘Pushpavalli’ for two seasons. She bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Comedy Actor for Season 2, as well as many other awards.
Sumuhki has also created, written and acted in shows across streaming platforms: \Beauty And The Feast’ for Hotstar, and ‘Comedy Premium League’ and ‘Lust Stories’ both for Netflix. She also hosted and judged the Amazon Original ‘Comicstaan’ across its three seasons. Notable among Sumukhi’s feature film acting credits is the 2018 Indian Kannada-language satirical comedy ‘Humble Politician Nograj’. Her first stand-up special Don’t Tell Amma was released on Amazon Prime Video in 2019.
Sumuhki started her own company, Motormouth, aimed at bringing writers together to develop stories about flawed, funny and fabulous women. She has just finished writing movies to be directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and Tushar Hiranandani. And with screenwriter Gazal Shaliwal, she has also just finished writing a movie for a leading streaming platform, which she is creatively producing.
Sumuhki was named one of the BAFTA Breakthroughs from India and is often referred to as “India’s Tina Fey”.
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She is one of seven Indian comics Soho Theatre brings to the world-famous Edinburgh festival this year. She joins last year’s Best Newcomer Urooj Ashfaq, International Emmy Award-winner Vir Das, India’s most subscribed mentalist Suhani Shah, this year’s Most Outstanding Show nominee at the Melbourne Comedy Awards Kanan Gill, and Anirban Dasgupta and Rahul Subramanian, also making their Edinburgh debuts.
*Ticket info: Sumukhi Suresh: Hoemonal
