Stand-up comedian Anudeep Katikala is an IIT Bombay graduate and the founder of Hyderabad-based Silly South Comedy Club, a collective of Telugu stand-up comedians. He was recently detained for cracking jokes about Pawan Kalyan's divorce, Niharika Konidela, and Ram Charan, among others. The jokes damaged the celebrities' reputations with sarcasm and vulgar language, stated an FIR filed against him.