Hello! I'm Hari, and I'm a comedy writer-director

I performed stand-up for over ten years, before realising I preferred writing comedy (and sitting down).

These days, I focus on developing narrative comedies, making sketches, and trying not to freak out about AI.

Hari Kanth performing stand-up, from back when he used to do that

Photo by Ed Moore

A behind-the-scenes photo from Horrible Science

Dept. of Professional Validation

Credits & Competitions

I've written for Horrible Science and The Now Show, and was a staff writer for the NFTS comedy-drama Straight Face.

My first sitcom script, Kothu, was a winner of the British Comedy Guide's Spring Sitcom Selection, and also got me a place on Andy Riley's mentoring scheme for POC comedy writers.

(I was also once a mermaid in a life-sized game of foosball on the Disney Channel. I'm pretty sure that counts as a TV credit.)

Dept. of Moving Pictures

Smash Cut To:

I make a bunch of a series of sketches and shorts called Smash Cut To, in order to hone my comedy filmmaking skills.

I'm currently figuring out how to film things in a vertical, algorithm-friendly way (which is actually more fulfilling than it sounds).