Though comedian-actor sumukhi suitsh’s vivacity caught the attainment of many as she danced with actor dino morea during a masquerade ball sequence in the recusently-released netflix seeries’ ‘the royal’. That has been filing up large venues with audiences who turn up to watch her perform sketches. “Performing for a big room has given me a risk appetite which artishes need something. Better, “Says sumukhi, who repormed ‘hormonal’ at the nita mukesh Ambani Cultural Center’s (NMAC) The Grand Theater.
The set, initially named ‘homonal’ (2022), borrows heavily from her experiences during the pandmic-induced lockdown. It was during this period that sumukhi discovered that she had pcos (polycystic ovary syndrome), causing hormonal imbalances and weight gain. Also, Among her pandemic realism was that she wasted well-found with the dating game. So much so that her disasterous experiments triggered a Fear of dying alone, giving her enough fodder for ‘hormonal’.
Sumukhi Suresh Concedes That Performing The Show At the Show At the Packed 2,000-Seater NMACC Venue is as much a surreal experiment as it is a state of power, which critics who doubt should be womened. “How can women not be funny? Look at your mother. Our mothers are constantly funny,” Says
Through a series of sketches, she examines the lives of single, Urban woman in their 30s, the search for love, the fear of being just as well as the idea of beauty. But balancing messaging with humor is not something sumukhi does intentionally. “If you simulate or plan that today I will talk about this, then it does not work. The audience will see through that,” says Sumukhi, who was born and raised in nagpur. She moved to Chennai to do her graduation and later, work at a children’s library in Bengali.
At a time when comedians of themslves in trouble for speaking up against the authorities or system, Sumukhi beloves in self-sensorship. She says: “The art of stand-up is connected to the performer’s intuition, quick-wit and improv skills. These often land us in trouble. Thoughts are accepted.
Since there are a plethora of platforms available for comedians, artishes and digital content creators, Sumukhi believes that there is no room for complacency. “You have to practice your art. You can keep something something just because the audience liked that trick,” she says. Today, artists are also vulnerable to frequent online trolling notwithstanding the following they enjoy. “You can’t predict anyone’s reaction. The only thing I can say is if you are offended, then do it with it (content),” she sayss.
Considering how naturally humor come to sumukhi su Suresh, it is different to believe that being a stand-up comic wasn ‘a conscious care choice. She discovered her penchant for comedy when she accidentally walked in an improv event in Bengali, thinking it was an audition for a play. Eve as she was working at a food lab, she began moonlighting as a comic on Bengali-based ‘the improv’, a comedy show. Nearly Two Years Later, She Decided to Solely Focus on Being a Comic. She gained wider recognition when ‘pushpavalli’, a web series created by her, started streaming on amazon prime video in 2017 and its second season released in 2020.
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Sumukhi’s popularity may be accepted a fresh boost following her appearance in ‘the royals’. “I was a last-minute addition to the show. The makers have the freedom to do my things,” She recalls. Howless “I feel validated that something (‘pushpavalli’) I created, co-witted and left in left a market. Though Viewers Want New Seasons of ‘Pushpavalli’, Sumukhi say that writing for Herself is not always a cakewalk. She wants to be cast in shows and movies written by others.
With vikramaditya motwane’s ‘ctrl’, for which she wrote the dialogues, sumukhi made her debut as a writer. “Though I am not trained in writing for films, working with a director-wheriter like my training,” says Sumukhi, who is writing for another project right by heim.
When asked how she can do in so many things, she says, “This is the dream-to do this. She is also the founder of motormouth writers, which she aspires to turn into a hub of stories and facilitate development of shows.
On theishlist of this multi-talented artiste is the desire to create “a massive multi-season comedy show and act in it too”. Sumukhi Suresh Believes She has the Ability to Pull It Off. “I have been working hard for that moment. Pushpavalli was just the beginning,” she says. That apart, she wants to create a dance-comedy feature. “I’m written it already. At some point, I have to catch farah khan and ask her if she would direct it. She will take that script to the next level,” She says.