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Kanan Gill

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Kanan Gill
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Kanan is a popular sketch and stand-up comedian. He's performed over a 1000 shows around the world and his recent comedy special 'Keep It Real' on Amazon Prime Video was a huge success. He is most recognized from his web series 'Pretentious Movie Reviews' with Biswa Kalyan Rath. In 2016, he performed sketch comedy 'How Insensitive!', the mockumentary 'Better Life Foundation' by Them Boxer Shorts and stand-up shows: 'Feeling with Kanan' and 'All Correct Opinions'. He made his Bollywood debut with the 2017 release, 'Noor'.
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    Known for

    Purab Kohli, Sonakshi Sinha, Shibani Akthar, and Kanan Gill in Noor (2017)
    Noor
    4.1
    • Saad
    • 2017
    Harshil Koushik, Jagadishwar Sukumar, Ashok, Sudha Belawadi, Anirudh Acharya, Vamsidhar Bhogaraju, and Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy in Aachar & Co (2023)
    Aachar & Co
    7.8
    • Writer
    • 2023
    Behti Naak
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Music Department
    Ida Ursin-Holm and Kanan Gill in Christmas as Usual (2023)
    Christmas as Usual
    5.5
    • Jashan
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Kanan Gill in What Is This? (2026)
      What Is This?
      7.7
      TV Special
      • Performer
      • 2026
    • Tanvi Azmi, Shishir Sharma, Elisha Mayor, Vishakha Pandey, Kush Jotwani, Anushka Sen, and Revathi Pillai in Dil Dosti Dilemma (2024)
      Dil Dosti Dilemma
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Nasir
      • 2024
    • Ida Ursin-Holm and Kanan Gill in Christmas as Usual (2023)
      Christmas as Usual
      5.5
      • Jashan
      • 2023
    • Sketchy Behaviour (2019)
      Sketchy Behaviour
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • 2019
    • Better Life Foundation (2016)
      Better Life Foundation
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Armaan
      • Armaan Garewal
      • 2016–2018
    • Comicstaan (2018)
      Comicstaan
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Judge
      • 2018
    • Kenneth Sebastian, Kanan Gill, Abish Mathew, and Kaneez Surka in The Improvisers: Something from Nothing (2018)
      The Improvisers: Something from Nothing
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • Kanan
      • 2018
    • Kenneth Sebastian in Die Trying (2018)
      Die Trying
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Bouncer
      • 2018
    • Purab Kohli, Sonakshi Sinha, Shibani Akthar, and Kanan Gill in Noor (2017)
      Noor
      4.1
      • Saad
      • 2017
    • How Insensitive! By Kanan Gill
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Various
      • 2016
    • The Living Room
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Kanan
      • 2014–2015

    Music Department

    • Behti Naak
      • title track singer
      • Released
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2016

    Writer

    • Kanan Gill in What Is This? (2026)
      What Is This?
      7.7
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2026
    • Harshil Koushik, Jagadishwar Sukumar, Ashok, Sudha Belawadi, Anirudh Acharya, Vamsidhar Bhogaraju, and Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy in Aachar & Co (2023)
      Aachar & Co
      7.8
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Kanan Gill in Kanan Gill: Is This It? (2023)
      Kanan Gill: Is This It?
      8.3
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill (2020)
      Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill
      7.1
      TV Special
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Sketchy Behaviour (2019)
      Sketchy Behaviour
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Kanan Gill in Kanan Gill: Keep It Real (2017)
      Kanan Gill: Keep It Real
      7.9
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Biswa Kalyan Rath and Kanan Gill in Pretentious Movie Reviews (2014)
      Pretentious Movie Reviews
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • co-writer
      • 2014

    Videos15

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:14
    Official Trailer
    Comicstaan Season 3 - Trailer
    Trailer 2:25
    Comicstaan Season 3 - Trailer
    Comicstaan Season 3 - Trailer
    Trailer 2:25
    Comicstaan Season 3 - Trailer
    Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill | Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:37
    Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill | Official Trailer
    Season 2 Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:19
    Season 2 Official Trailer
    Kanan Gill Previews "Keep It Real"
    Trailer 1:34
    Kanan Gill Previews "Keep It Real"
    Comicstaan
    Trailer 1:53
    Comicstaan

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    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      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.

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