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Abish Mathew is an Indian stand-up comedian, YouTuber and Musician. He is widely known for his work with All India Bakchod and as the star of Son of Abish, his YouTube comedy channel of more than 90,000 subscribers. He's worked with a number of popular Indian comedy companies including East India Comedy and The Papa CJ Comedy Company.

Early life
Abish is a pass out from University of Delhi. Abish hails from Kottayam district in Kerala, India. He was brought up as a catholic. He cites his father's entertaining behaviour while drinking as the inspiration for his entrance into comedy. It was his attempt at mimicking his father's behaviour that got him into making people laugh.

Career
Abish started his career as a radio jockey and later ventured into the comedy business. He was the host of Comedy special "Abish & Friends Hit the Big Time" by Teamwork Productions and ran full house for three years. He has performed his stand-up acts internationally from the New York Comedy Club New York to Utrecht International Comedy Festival, Holland. He started an online show titled "Punliners" as a homage to puns in June, 2011. He gained popularity as a regular, starring in many different roles for famous YouTube channel, AIB. He is also known for Son of Abish, his own comedy YouTube channel on which he has collaborated with several stand up acts including Kanan Gill, Tanmay Bhat and Gursimran Khamba among others. Following his rise to fame, he has performed as a headliner comic for several comedy companies including Weirdass Comedy, East India Comedy, Schnitzengiggles and many more. Mathew also served as a panellist on the highly controversial roast comedy show, All India Bakchod Knockout. He is the host of Son of Abish Chat Show at Canvas Laugh Factory with guests like Juhi Pande, Suresh Menon and Sid Cuotto.

Personal Life
Mathew was flatmates with his All India Bakchod co- star and founder Gursimran Khamba. In the August of 2015, it was announced that Mathew was set to marry family friend, television host and Indian film actress, Archana Kavi. The couple were officially engaged on 31 October, 2015. He got married to her on 23 January 2016 in Vallarpadam Church,Kerala. The marriage function was attended by Rima Kallingal, Aashiq Abu and Abishs friends from Delhi and comedians like Rohan Joshi and Kanan Gill.

Awards and Accolades

 * Forbes India listed Mathew as one of its "30 under 30" achievers.
 * Awarded the "Best Young Communicator" by SIMC