John Mann (comedian) Phill Jupitus and Lenny Henry and has appeared on numerous TV comedy shows. He was first stand-up comedian to act as warm-up for a music show "The White Room". He has written for Harry Enfield, Paul O'Grady, Gina Yashere and Jasper Carrott, and was a writer for both "The 11 O'Clock Show" and "The Big Breakfast" as well as its replacement R.I.S.E. He also has a popular fortnightly column in the local "Bishop's Stortford Observer", near his residence, for which he was shortlisted as Columnist of the Year in the 2008 EDF Media Awards. Mann is a regular guest on
Ramesh Mehta (comedian) a drama institute there, with a monthly salary of 100 rupees. He wrote two plays, "Soodi vachche Sopari" and "Hu Eno Var Chhu". These plays caught the attention of Kalpana Diwan, a Gujarati actress and producer. She gave him shelter for six years. In 1969, he wrote a few scenes for the Gujarati film "Hasta Melap" when its writer Chaturbhuj Doshi, who was ill, was impressed and made him scriptwriter. He played a supporting role in that film. He played a comedian in Ravindra Dave's film "Jesal-Toral," when their actor-comedian Krishnakant had to drop out due to an accident. He