Naveed Mahbub is a stand-up comedian and late-night TV host from Bangladesh. He is credited with pioneering stand-up comedy in Bangladesh by not only introducing the art form to the country but also founding and owning Naveed’s Comedy Club, Bangladesh’s first and only dedicated stand-up comedy venue. He is the first Bangladeshi comedian to be featured on Comedy Central.
Naveed is an observationist who bases his material on his diverse life experiences—he is an engineer, corporate executive, writer, columnist, radio and TV host, dad, husband, and world traveler with firm roots in family values and ethics. His comedy is neither offensive nor hurtful and is squeaky clean. After all, why limit humor to a limited audience?
Naveed threw himself into the comedy world fueled by his burning desire to tell a great story to his grandkids in his golden years. He owes it all to the famous stand-up teacher, the late, fabulous Sandi C. Shore of The Comedy Store, who opened up a new side of him that he never knew existed. Growing up as a person who feared public speaking, a fear second only to death, Naveed now lives for the rush of being on stage to lighten people’s minds and hearts in an otherwise stressed-out world.
Naveed performs both in Bangla and in English. He has performed in 20 countries around the globe.