Aditi Mittal doesn’t wait a second before answering “Kapil Sharma in drag” when I ask her about who should play her in her yet-to-be-made biopic. Amidst discussing the blatant sexism she faces every time she gets on stage to the reasons why she decided to be a comic, I wanted to know who (or what) made Aditi Mittal laugh?
While, like the rest of humanity, serious situations reduce Aditi into a hopeless, giggly mess, it’s noted comedian Johnny Lever who, according to her, is God. “I think he is our Chris Rock plus Louis CK. I don’t think there’s any comic in India who will disagree with me if I say Johnny Lever is God.”
After firmly establishing just how much she reveres him (and making me promise that I would check out all the comics she’s mentioned) she rattles off a list of comedians that have an assured place at the list of her comedy idols, including Maria Bamford (“You have to watch her special Old Baby”), Bridget Christie (“She is fucking amazing”) and Rajnish Kapoor (“Too funny, this guy”).
Aditi Mittal’s comedy idols
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