According to the Seattle Times, Hari Kondabolu is "a young man reaching for the hand-scalding torch of confrontational comics like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor." Additionally, his performance at the 2006 Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival was said to have "eviscerated Western hypocrisy with a verbal razor that had overtones of Lenny Bruce." Like his comedic heroes, he wants to speak truth to power with confrontational and personal material. Unlike them, he does not want to die of a morphine overdose or set himself on fire.
Hari has performed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and was featured in the 2007 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. He made his big screen debut in 20th Century Fox's "All About Steve."
Additionally, his short film "MANOJ," which he wrote, co-produced and starred in, played at the 2008 [MORE]
According to the Seattle Times, Hari Kondabolu is "a young man reaching for the hand-scalding torch of confrontational comics like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor." Additionally, his performance at the 2006 Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival was said to have "eviscerated Western hypocrisy with a verbal razor that had overtones of Lenny Bruce." Like his comedic heroes, he wants to speak truth to power with confrontational and personal material. Unlike them, he does not want to die of a morphine overdose or set himself on fire.
Hari has performed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and was featured in the 2007 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. He made his big screen debut in 20th Century Fox's "All About Steve."
Additionally, his short film "MANOJ," which he wrote, co-produced and starred in, played at the 2008 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and was a finalist at the 2007-2008 Boston Motion Picture Awards.
Hari was born and raised in Queens, NY and graduated with a B.A. in Comparative Politics from Bowdoin College in 2004.
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