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Abish Mathew

Indian comedian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ44190865 ↗
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Abish Mathew is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTuber. He is known for his work with All India Bakchod, as the creator and host of a late night show Son of Abish and Journey Of A Joke. He is also known as GM Abish Mathew in Comedians on Board and as the host of Comicstaan.

Personal life

Mathew got engaged to actress and YouTuber Archana Kavi in 2015. They were married on 23 January 2016 in Vallarpadam Church, Kerala

The marriage function was attended by Rima Kallingal, Aashiq Abu and Abish's friends from Delhi and fellow comedians like Kenny Sebastian, Kaneez Surka, Rohan Joshi and Kanan Gill.

In 2021, the couple filed for divorce.

Career

He began his career as a radio jockey at Red FM, Delhi before switching to stand-up comedy.

He was the creator of the celebrity talk show Son Of Abish, and currently runs the show, Journey of a Joke.

In 2018, Abish appeared in an Amazon Prime Video special, Whoop.

Controversy

Abish was in news in May 2021 after a nine year old tweet of his on Mayawati resurfaced.

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