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Second 1000-word addition to Neel Kolhatkar article
Also in 2013, Kolhatkar made his debut at the New York Comedy Festival in The Aussie Invasion. Performing at the Comic Strip Live alongside other Australian comedians Joel Creasey and Khaled Kalafalla, the show was recommended by Time Out magazine. REORGANISE THIS SENTENCE, READS LIKE AN ESSAY. Is this better?

Kolhatkar later made his television debut in the No Laughing Matter Comedy Gala, a live comedy special aimed towards raising funds for Suicide Prevention Australia and the National Coalition for Suicide Prevention. The special was broadcast on The Comedy Channel in November 2013.

Receiving poor ratings for its premiere, the show was moved to a different timeslot after one episode and later cancelled after one season.

Kolhatkar’s most recent upcoming tour, ''Harder. Bigger. Better. Stronger.'', was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was due to perform at the 2020 season of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Australian Institute of Music's Melbourne campus. JUST WONDERING WHY 2020 IS AT THIS POINT IN WHAT APPEARS AS A TIMELINE (Carrol)? Hi Carrol, the sandbox text is not in perfect chronological order and will be moved around in the page as needed.

In 2014, Kolhatkar performed his first solo stand-up show GENeration ComedY. He debuted this show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014, performing at the Trades Hall. He then took it to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Performing at the Assembly Hall, the show received poor reviews, including three two-star ratings by Chortle, WOW247 and The List and two three-star ratings by Fresh Air and Broadway Baby.

Kolhatkar continued his television career in 2014 with appearances in SBS’s Stand-Up at Bella Union and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Mediacrity program.

In 2015, Kolhatkar followed GENeration ComedY with Truth Be Told. It premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival before featuring at the Sydney Comedy Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Perth's Fringe World Festival. Its run earned acclaim from a number of critics worldwide, including Australian-based theatre magazines WeekendNotes and The Music and a four star rating from the United Kingdom-based The Skinny.

In 2015, Kolhatkar collaborated with Playboy Fragrances in the production of a commercial for their Eau de toilette Playboy Generation. The video, featuring influencer and model Hannah Perera, was posted on his YouTube channel and featured on Playboy Australia’s Facebook page. As of May 2020, the video has over 580,000 views.

Also in 2015, he featured on Queen Victoria’s single Give Us Ya Money and released a song titled Netflix and Chill, featuring Australian musicians Allday and KYA. The music video, uploaded to his YouTube channel, has over 195,000 views as of May 2020.

Though receiving millions of views, the video has drawn mixed responses; Mike Byrne of The Fordham Ram labelled it ‘nothing more than a stale and shallow condemnation of culture’ but Jim Weaver of Texas radio station KKYR-FM described it as ‘brilliant’.

In 2015, he also appeared in SBS’s Comedy Runway pilot episode Tip Rats.

In 2016, Kolhatkar presented his third solo show Neel Before Me. The show debuted at the Perth's Fringe World Festival before touring Australia, featuring at the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and Sydney Comedy Festival. Kolhatkar then took the show to comedy festivals across the world; at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, the show received received a mixed review from comedy critic Lord Sutch of The Ruminator. Its ensuing Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, by contrast, received a 5-star rating from comedy criticism website Broadway Baby. A full recording of the show, performed at Sydney’s The Metro Theatre, was released on Kolhatkar’s YouTube channel in September 2017. His second comedy special, it has over 670,000 views as of May 2020.

In 2017, Kolhatkar featured in an episode of Just for Laughs Australia alongside fellow Australian comedians Alice Fraser and Dave Hughes. The episode aired on The Comedy Channel on 18 November.

Kolhatkar also performed at the Mardi Gras Comedy Festival Gala that same year. The festival was held at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre as part of the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations, and Kolhatkar featured alongside internationally-recognised comedians Hannah Gadsby, Stephen K. Amos, Tom Ballard, and others.

In 2017 Neel presented his fourth solo stand-up comedy show #ObjectifyNeel. Playing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival, Perth’s Fringe World Festival and in a number of regional Australian locations, the show received positive reviews from comedy critic Desiree Walsh of WeekendNotes and The Plus Ones, but only two out of five stars from The Sydney Morning Herald critic Dan Harrison. He also headlined The Comedy Store’s Christmas Spectacular, performed in Sydney in November 2017.

Additionally, Kolhatkar spoke in 2017 at NSW Youth Council’s annual conference addressing the role of technology in driving social change.

Kolhatkar also released excerpts of his stand-up comedy material to ITunes in 2017 as a comedy album. The album takes its name from Kolhatkar’s third solo show, ‘Neel Before Me’.

In 2018, Kolhatkar presented his fifth stand-up comedy show Live. Playing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Perth Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, and the Adelaide Fringe, the show’s Adelaide run received a four out of five star rating from Silvania Weyerhauser-Maher of The Iconic Blonde. The material from the show later formed part of his third stand-up special of the same name, filmed at The Comedy Store in Sydney in November 2018.

In 2019, Kolhatkar continued to perform Live at these same events. That year, he also performed Live at the Canberra Comedy Festival and Newcastle Comedy Festival.

In 2018, Kolhatkar was engaged by the National Rugby League as part of their campaign to re-popularise the annual State of Origin rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland. Alongside influencer Michael Beveridge, Kolhatkar participated in the campaign #BetterStateDebate, producing a number of videos released throughout the three match series debating various topics. The videos were featured on the National Rugby League’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Campaign agency We Are Social also developed GIFs of Kolhatkar for online use.

Also in 2018, Kolhatkar received funding from Screen Australia and Google to produce Crossing the Line. Written and directed by Kolhatkar, it is an eight-part YouTube series ‘investigating perspectives on offensive comedy’. The series is available in full on Kolhatkar’s YouTube channel.

In July 2019, Kolhatkar released a second set of excerpts of his stand-up comedy material to iTunes. The album is titled Half Hour Happy Ending.

In May 2020, Kolhatkar released Bounce for Me, a single released under his alias 'The KogDog'. It is available on Spotify.

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