N for Naveen Richard

Naveen Richard is one of the founder-members of the comedy collective ‘Them Boxer Shorts” attributed to the creation of the show ‘Better Life Foundation’. Along with Kenny Sebastian, Naveen has co-written and acted in the show Star Boyz. There are a bunch of videos on his YouTube channel that take a sarcastic dig at real-life issues of Godmen, moral policing, and stereotyping people. What is unique about those videos is that they manage to deliver the underlying message in a subtle and funny way without getting too preachy. He has also played the role of an annoying child in the sketch comedy ‘Go Stright, Take Left’ with Sumukhi Suresh.

 

Naveen Richard - Source:Twitter
Naveen Richard – Source: Twitter

Of all the characters that Naveen has created or acted in, my favorite happens to Uncle Francis or rather Fraaanjiis as he prefers to be known as. Navin’s intelligent humor makes him stand-out from the crowd. Yet, his actor persona overshadows the comedian within him in shows like the Pushapavalli series created by Sumukhi Suresh. This is where his versatility as an artist shines through. Naveen his debut on Amazon Prime with his stand-up special ‘Don’t make that face’ and is now back with a brand new show ‘Relatively Relatable.’

This is the fourteenth post in the Blogchatter A2Z challenge based on the theme ‘Laugh in the time of Corona.’ I hope to see you tomorrow when I divulge the details of the performer getting featured in my post for ‘O’.

You can read the previous posts in the series here. Here’s a video from Naveen’s latest special that is sure to make one go LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVoVn1MmlPA

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Author: Sonia Chatterjee

An alumnus of Presidency College (Kolkata), Delhi University, and XIME (Bangalore), Sonia Chatterjee holds two post-graduate degrees in Chemistry and Management and an MFA in creative writing from Writer's Village University. With eight years of experience in the banking sector as a Branch Head, she took a sabbatical from the corporate world to start her blog soniasmusings.com. Her blog consistently featured in the Top Indian Blogs list from 2019 to 2024. Her articles have been published on various digital platforms such as Women's Web, Youth Ki Awaaz, Tuck's Magazine, and Period Magazine. She was invited as a speaker at the Breaking Barriers, Kolkata 2018 event by the Women's Web, at the Women Writer’s Fest, Kolkata, 2020, and the Crime Writers Festival, Kolkata,2025. Sonia has written two detective thrillers titled ‘Deal of Death – Introducing Raya Ray’ (2019) and ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death – A Raya Ray Adventure’ (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024) and a non-fiction book on true crime titled ‘The Sanyasi Who Became a King’ (Sristhi Publishers, 2025). Her book ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death’ was shortlisted for the PVLF Awards 2024-25 in the Best Fiction Category. Sonia lives in Kolkata with her doctor husband and nine-and-a-half-year-old son.

25 thoughts on “N for Naveen Richard”

  5. I’m curious Sonia. Have you watched all these people before or during the challenge? Because it’s quite a line up and I’m amazed at your collection of stand up comedies.
    Enjoyed the video!

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    1. Ha ha ha, that’s such a tricky question. Actually, I am a big fan of humor, be it in writing or visual medium. For the past few years, I follow most of comedy YouTube channels and then I discovered Indian stand-up comedians. So, yes almost all these guys are performers whose work I have been following for a while now.

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      1. Im sure it takes a bit of time to know them all. It couldn’t be done with over night. Considering that your informative pieces with the videos are so succinct and so well scripted, so sure of the content.

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  22. I love his stand up about Passwords. I laughed my heart out that day. His Franjis is funny as well. All these guys – Kenny, Kanan Gill, Naveen Richard they all seem like our home boys types. Have you felt so? As though we’ve known them a long time like a neighbor or a cousin. 😃

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    1. You are so right. While writing these posts, I realized that it is difficult to separate one comedian from the other because Naveen, Sumukhi, Kenny, Kanan, Biswa have worked together in multiple shows.

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