Sudesh Lehri

Sudesh Lehri
Sudesh Lehri
	Lehri in July 2017
Born	27 October 1968 (age 55); Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Stand-up comedy
Years active	2004 – present
Spouse	Mamta Lehri
Children	2
	Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up, television, film
Genres	musical comedy; physical comedy; character comedy;
Subject(s)	Bollywood; Punjab;
Notable works and roles	; The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3; Comedy Circus ; Comedy Nights Bachao
Website	https://www.sudeshlehri.com

Sudesh Lehri (born 27 October 1968) is an Indian stand-up comedian from Punjab, India, who often perform in humour related shows on Indian television and live stage shows.

He participated in the 2007 comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge III in 2007.^[1] He placed third in the show after Kapil Sharma and Chandan Prabhakar. Afterwards, Lehri played in the show Comedy Circus as a contestant partnering with Krushna Abhishek. Together, they won three seasons and quickly garnered popularity as "Krushna-Sudesh". The duo appeared on Comedy Nights Bachao, Comedy Nights Live, and Comedy Nights Bachao Taaza. His latest show is The Drama Company on Sony Entertainment Television, in which he appears with Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty.^[2]^[3]

Filmography[edit]

He has appeared in several Punjabi and Hindi films.

Year	Film	Role	Language
2004	Ghuggi Chhoo Mantar		Punjabi
2007	Wagah		Punjabi
2008	Hashar		Punjabi
2009	Akhiyaan Udeekdian		Punjabi
2010	Bhavnao Ko Samjho		Hindi
2010	Muskurake Dekh Zara		Punjabi
2010	Panjaban		Punjabi
2010	Simran		Punjabi
2011	Welcome to Punjab		Punjabi
2011	Naughty @ 40		Hindi
2011	Ready	Lehri	Hindi
2013	Dil Sada Luteya Gaya		Punjabi
2014	Jai Ho	Pandit	Hindi
2016	Great Grand Masti	Ramse	Hindi
2017	Munna Michael	Inspector Shinde	Hindi
2019	Total Dhamaal^[4]	Altaaf	Hindi
2019	Tara Mira		Punjabi
2019	Ardab Mutiyaran	Bittu Bansal	Punjabi
2022	Nikamma	Suresh Trivedi	Hindi
2023	Dream Girl 2	Baby Baba	Hindi

Television shows[edit]

Television series

Year	Show	Role(s)	Genre	Channel	Notes
2007	The Great Indian Laughter Challenge III	Himself	Standup comedy/Sketch comedy	Star One	2nd Runners up
2007	Dekh India Dekh	Himself		Sony TV
2008–2014	Comedy Circus	Himself	Standup comedy/Sketch comedy	Sony TV
2014–15	Comedy Classes	Various characters	Sketch Comedy	Life OK
2015–2017	Comedy Nights Bachao	Host and various characters	Roast Comedy	Colors TV
2016	Comedy Nights Live		Sketch Comedy	Colors TV
2017–2018	The Drama Company	Various characters	Sketch comedy	Sony TV
2021	The Kapil Sharma Show			Sony TV

References[edit]

^ Wadehra, Randeep (16 September 2007). "The Great Punjabi Challenge". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Sudesh Lehri joins Krushna Abhishek on his show, to give competition to Kapil's show". Hindustan Times. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^ "Sudesh Lehri reacts to comparisons between 'The Kapil Sharma Show' and 'The Drama Company'". Zee News. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^ "Total Dhamaal: Jaaved Jaaferi as Manav and Arshad Warsi as Adi promise another laughter riot". The Indian Express. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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External links[edit]

Sudesh Lehri at IMDb
Sudesh Lehri at Bollywood Hungama

[1] Wadehra, Randeep (16 September 2007). "The Great Punjabi Challenge". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[2] "Sudesh Lehri joins Krushna Abhishek on his show, to give competition to Kapil's show". Hindustan Times. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[3] "Sudesh Lehri reacts to comparisons between 'The Kapil Sharma Show' and 'The Drama Company'". Zee News. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[4] "Total Dhamaal: Jaaved Jaaferi as Manav and Arshad Warsi as Adi promise another laughter riot". The Indian Express. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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