Female Comedians on Silver Screen - Upasana Singh started her care- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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Upasana Singh started her career in regional movies, before getting into Bollywood. She has done several shows on television. She is one of the best female comedians in Indian cinema. She has also worked in Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani and Gujarati movies.

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Uma Devi is referred as 'Tun Tun' in the Indian cinema. She started her career as a singer, and later moved on to acting. She was on a heavier side, but it didn’t stop her to take up funny roles. She was in the industry for around five decades, and she was paired with India’s top comedians like Bhagwan Dada, Johnny Lever, Keshto Mukherjee, Mukri, Sundar and Dhumal in movies.

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Supriya Pathak has won ‘Best Actress in Comedy’ at the 4th and 8th Indian Television Academy Awards. She started her career in the year 1981. She is daughter of actress Dina Pathak, and her sister Ratna Pathak is also a renowned actress. Supriya is best known for the television series Khichdi.

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Sridevi started her career in regional movies as a child actor at the age of four. Initially, she was known in the South industry—Tollywood. Later, she started her career in Bollywood. She has done some brilliant funny roles in her career span. She is best remembered for her roles in Chaalbaaz, Mr India and Sadma.

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Sarah Silverman is a stand-up comedian. The themes for her performance include religion, sexism and racism. She has not only acted in Saturday Night Live, but has also written for the show. She has worked in several movies, and is an activist also—signed an open letter by ONE Campaign.

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