Kanan Gill

Kanan Gill
Born (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Education B.E. In Computer Science.
Alma mater M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Occupation Stand-up comedian
Actor
YouTuber
Years active 2013–Present
Home town Bangalore
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Kanan Gill is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor and YouTuber. He won the Punch Line Bangalore Competition. He is known for the YouTube series, Pretentious Movie Reviews, where he reviews flawed yesteryear Bollywood films along with fellow stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath . He was one of the main personalities behind the YouTube Comedy Hunt and also co-hosted the YouTube FanFest India. He made his debut on the big screen with the movie Noor, alongside Sonakshi Sinha.

Early life

Kanan was born in Bareilly. His father is an officer with the Indian Army. Kanan started his schooling at Ahlcon Public School and was later educated at Frank Anthony Public School.[1] He pursued a B.E. in Computer Science at M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology. He was a part of a band where he later became the lead singer when he started writing "funny songs".

Career

Kanan worked as a software engineer in Exeter Group Inc., for three years.[2] In the meantime, he participated in and won a competition called Punchline Bangalore followed by another win at the Comedy Store in Mumbai. He then quit his job to pursue a career in comedy.

He gained popularity with the viral YouTube series Pretentious Movie Reviews. He reviewed critically panned popular Hindi movies along with Biswa Kalyan Rath. Kanan also worked in an improvised sketch comedy show, The Living Room on Comedy Central.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Gill made his acting debut in Sunhil Sippy's Noor in 2017, alongside Sonakshi Sinha.[13] The same year, Gill launched the Keep It Real series on the Amazon Video platform.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes Reference
2017 Noor Saad Sehgal Lead actor opposite Sonakshi Sinha [14]

Web

YearPlatformNameNotes
2017Amazon VideoKeep It Real[15][16]
2016YouTubeBetter Life FoundationProduced by Them Boxer Shorts
Released by All India Bakchod.[17]
2014 - PresentYouTubeMost Pretentious Reviews
I Can Do That
How Insensitive
2014 - 2017YouTubeSon of AbishSeason 1
Season 2 with Biswa Kalyan Rath
Season 3 with Sonakshi Sinha
2018 Amazon Video Comicstaan - Season 1 Himself - Judge[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Take it from Gill". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "About Stand Up Comedian: Kanan Gill". Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kanan Gill unplugged". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Comedy Central to premiere 'The Living Room'". Afaqs.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Disney owned YouTube MCN Maker Studios signs up Indian channels: AIB, Kanan Gill, others". Medianama.com\accessdate=29 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Reviewer duo Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath throw a few punches at bad Bollywood movies". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath's first live show in Gurgoan". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Allan Moses Rodricks. "Take it from Gill". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "How To Make Your YouTube Videos Work". Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Boys of Bollywood". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - Comedy Central sees potential in localised content". Indiantelevision. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Kanan Gill". CreativeMornings. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Natasha Coutinho (6 July 2016). "Today's headlines are tomorrow's garbage: Sonakshi". Times Of India. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "These Artists Became Famous In Most Unconventional Ways". News18. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Kanan Gill's show, Keep it Real, is the freshest thing you can stream this week".
  16. ↑ "Kanan Gill breaks down technology for parents in Brunch WTF".
  17. ↑ "What's Good And Not So Good About AIB's Latest Web Series 'Better Life Foundation'".
  18. ↑ "Comicstaan emerges as the most watched show on Amazon Prime Video in its first week". dna. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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