Save A Mother & Anish Shah are bringing the

'No Laughing Matter' Comedy Tour to NYC.

This tour is designed to raise funds for Save A Mother, a non-profit focused on health care solutions for the poor, with maternal mortality reduction as a first step.

Join us for a star-studded comedy show!

Performers and Celebrities include:

• Parvesh Cheena - "Gupta" from NBC's Outsourced!
• Arjun Gupta - The hottest nurse from Showtime's Nurse Jackie tries stand-up comedy for the first time! 
• Joya Dass - NY1 Business Anchor and AVS Host performing stand-up comedy for the first time! 
• Azhar Usman - former lawyer, current comedian and co founder of the "Allah Made Me Funny" Comedy tour 
• Rajiv Satyal - Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes, XM radio, Sirius Radio and Make Chai Not War 
• Melanie Kannokada - Named the most sexy and successful woman around by Anokhi Magazine this model and and actress has been on Rules of Engagement, The Daily Show, and countless other places. She tried stand-up for the first time at the Save A Mother's LA show, and rocked it! 
• Nimesh Patel - One of New York's fastest rising comedy talents
• Akaash Singh - MTV, NBC's Stand-up for Diversity, Hoboken Comedy Festival
• Nivedita Kulkarni - She loves improv and is also a model who is the face of Bank of America!
• And your Headliner - Anish Shah - Anish has performed around the world, on many of its most famed stages and will be releasing his first comedy special immediately after this show!

A 2 drink minimum is required.

The three city 'No Laughing Matter' Comedy Tour kicked off on Mother’s Day in Chicago with celebrity guest, Parvesh Cheena, from “Outsourced”. The tour continued at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles on August 15th, India’s Independence Day, followed by a performance at NYC’s premiere comedy club, Carolines on Broadway on September 13th.

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ABOUT SAVE A MOTHER: Save A Mother is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization in the U.S.A. and 80 G Non-Profit Foundation in India. Dedicated volunteers, who are passionate about the cause, donate their time and professional expertise to run the organization. As of May 2012, the only salaried employees are 11 health care workers in the field. Save A Mother’s mission is to develop health care solutions for the poor, with maternal mortality reduction as a first step. www.SaveAMother.org

ABOUT ANISH SHAH: 3 years ago Anish Shah was a Yale MBA who had spent the past 5 years working his way up the ladder at venerable consulting firm, McKinsey & Company. Shortly thereafter, he wandered into a comedy club open mic to try comedy on a whim. This set off a whirlwind of events that has culminated in Anish performing around the world, on many of its most famed stages, and walking away from his corporate career to focus full-time on comedy. He is spending 2012 raising money for charity through stand-up. www.AnishComedy.com