Bio
Hari: A "Life" In Pictures
On the morning of his first day of school, Hari K. Kondabolu's mother took her son aside and impressed upon him a lesson that, to her, was of great importance. "Always use your middle initial when signing your name, Hari," she implored, "you never know when there might be another Hari Kondabolu. You wouldn't want there to be any confusion." Hari nodded, picked up his “Thundercats” lunch box and bounded out the door.
Six years later he came to two intimately related and equally disturbing conclusions: 1) It was outrageously unlikely that he would ever meet another Hari Kondabolu, especially in the United States. He had been living a lie. 2) In the event that he did meet another Hari Kondabolu, his mother, apparently, lacked any sort of confidence in the fact that it would be her son who would be the better known of the two, thereby forcing the imposter to keep a middle initial.
It was just this sort of suspect parenting that would instill and reinforce the considerable degrees of paranoia and low self-confidence necessary for an individual to take up the art of stand-up comedy.
Hari Kondabolu discovers big laughs with material most
comics wouldn't think about exploring:
Racism, Privilege, and Power. In addition, his astute analyses of
popular culture, Major League Baseball, and his childhood as the son of
Indian immigrants in
His performance at
Hari has appeared on
Jimmy Kimmel Live and was featured
in the 2007 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts
Festival in
He also recently wrote and starred in the short film
Manoj, directed by Zia Mohajerjasbi and made with
Massline Media. It will hopefully
be screened at festivals around the country in late 2007 and throughout
2008.
Hari has performed at colleges, comedy clubs and fundraisers across the country, and is available for booking.