Kanan Gill

Kanan Gill
Born Kanan Gill
24 December 1989
Nationality Indian
Education B.Eng.
Alma mater M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Occupation Stand-up comedian
Years active 2013–Present
Home town Bangalore

Kanan Gill is an Indian stand-up comedian. He won the Punch Line Bangalore Competition. He is known for the Youtube series, Pretentious Movie Reviews where he reviews yesteryear Bollywood films along with fellow stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath. The first movie that they reviewed was Gunda.

Early life

Kanan was educated at Frank Anthony Public School[1] and pursued a B.E. in Computer Science at M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology.

Career

Kanan worked as a software engineer in Exeter Group Inc., for three years. In the meantime, he participated 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 reviews critically panned Hindi movies along with Biswa Kalyan Rath. Kanan also worked in an improv sketch comedy show, The Living Room on Comedy Central.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

References

  1. "Take it from Gill". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. "Kanan Gill unplugged". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. "Comedy Central to premiere 'The Living Room'". Afaqs.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. "Disney owned YouTube MCN Maker Studios signs up Indian channels: AIB, Kanan Gill, others". Medianama.com\accessdate=29 December 2014.
  5. "Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath's first live show in Gurgoan". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  6. Allan Moses Rodricks. "Take it from Gill". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  7. "Boys of Bollywood". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  8. Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - Comedy Central sees potential in localised content". Indiantelevision. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. "Kanan Gill". CreativeMornings. Retrieved 29 December 2014.