Mallika Dua

The comedian shot to fame with the viral video of Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition,[1] which was written, styled and enacted by Dua herself.

[3] She was exposed to media early since her father, Vinod Dua, is a veteran journalist and a consulting editor at The Wire.

She also made a special appearance in Saket Chaudhary's Hindi Medium sharing screen space with Irrfan Khan in 2017.

[8] In September 2017, she appeared as one of the three mentors along with Zakir Khan and Hussain Dalal for the fifth season of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge which is judged by the actor Akshay Kumar.

[9] Dua's videos are satirical in nature depicting the harsh reality of the society with a dash of humour.

She has also defied gender stereotypes through her videos and hashtag activism slamming body-shaming,[10] fat-shaming[11] carving a niche for herself in the industry inspiring the youth.