Daniel Fernandes (comedian)

Based in Mumbai, Fernandes regularly performs at comedy clubs including Canvas Laugh Club,^[2][5] The Comedy Store,^[6] Blue Frog^[7][8] and High Spirits.^[9] In his comedic material and interviews, he is known to cover Indian social issues including free speech,^[1] student suicide,^[4] death penalty and marital rape.^[10][2] He has collaborated with several fellow stand-up comedians including Gursimran Khamba,^[7] Aditi Mittal,^[11] Biswa Kalyan Rath,^[12] Sundeep Rao, Radhika Vaz,^[13] Abish Mathew and Kanan Gill.^[5][14]

In October 2015, Fernandes accompanied Nawazuddin Siddiqui for promotions of the 2015 biographical film, Manjhi: The Mountain Man.^[15] In March 2015, he hosted Forbes India's entrepreneurial awards event, 30Under30.^[16]

Do You Know Who I Am is one of the shows began touring in 2024.^[17] In a 2026 interview with cultural critic R. Benedito Ferrão, Fernandes described the show as "an exercise in processing loss. I relive everything I went through during my father’s passing every time I perform these jokes. I also know that my audience is grieving – the loss of a loved one, a friendship, a career, or the box of stash they can’t seem to find, and I guess if I can show them the funny side of the pain they’re in, maybe it won’t hurt that much. It worked for me."^[18]

• Daniel Fernandes's channel on YouTube