Kumar Varun is an Indian stand-up comedian,[2] actor, writer and quizmaster. He is known for his roles in the comedy sketches of All India Bakchod, as the co-founder of the comedy collective Random Chikibum, which won the OML Comedy Hunt.[3] He has featured in both seasons of the comedy webseries Amazon Prime Video's Chacha Vidhayak Hain Hamare.[4]

Kumar Varun
Born (1985-11-19) 19 November 1985 (age 39)
EducationB. Tech. from SASTRA, Tanjore
Alma materFaculty Of Management Studies, Delhi
Occupations
  • Stand up comedian
  • Writer
  • YouTuber
  • Actor
Years active2016–present
Known forKvizzing With The Comedians, "Failure" in Honest Campus Placements
Spouse
(m. 2023)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Genres
  • Sketch Comedy
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzing
Subscribers706 thousand[1]
Total views97.9 million[1]
Associated actsZakir Khan, Kanan Gill, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Tanmay Bhat, All India Bakchod

Last updated: 16 October 2022

Early life

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Born in 1985, Kumar mostly grew up in Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Deoghar and Arrah. At age twelve he moved to Delhi and studied at Sarla Chopra DAV Centenary Public School, Noida. He completed his engineering in biotechnology degree from Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, Tanjore in 2008. Varun married Maanvi Gagroo on 23 February 2023.[5]

Career

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Before committing to stand up in 2017, Kumar worked as an engineer at TCS in Delhi from 2008-2011. He earned an MBA in Marketing at FMS, Delhi from 2011-2013. He worked as a brand manager in Mahindra Group and DBS Bank.[6] During this time he met Rahul Subramanian, with whom he found the comedy collective Random Chikibum and won the OML Comedy Hunt judged by AIB and hosted by Biswa Kalyan Rath in 2016.[7]

Varun wrote and acted in the 7-episode mini series Random Daftar along with Rahul Subramanian. The same year he appeared as Atul Naak in four episodes of Sumukhi Suresh's sketch series Behti Naak.

In 2017 he rose to popularity with his role as Failure Mehta in Honest Campus Placements.[8] He played the role of Professor Kodoth in Laakhon Main Ek.[9]

Between 2017-2020 Kumar took roles across web series and shorts including Anirban in Better Life Foundation,[10] Kranti in both seasons of Amazon Prime Video's Chacha Vidhayak Hain Hamare, Babloo in DisneyPlus Hotstar's PariWar[11] and the titular Buddhaditya Das in Mr. Das. In 2019 he released his first stand up video on YouTube which garnered more than 5.5 million views.[citation needed]

In 2022 Kumar Varun alongside Tanmay Bhat, Richa Chadda, Gopal Datt, Vijay Varma appeared in two seasons of Farzi Mushaira.[12] He featured in an ad by ManMatters as part of their #LetsTalkMan campaign.[13]

Kvizzing With The Comedians

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During the pandemic, Kumar Varun hosted online quizzing tournaments with fellow comedians and other actors and writers under the title of Kvizzing With The Comedians.[14] Since July 2020, 14 such tournaments were conducted by Varun, which gained over 100 million views on YouTube.

Season Name Winner Runner-up
KVizzing With The Comedians - 1st Edition Rohan Joshi Aakash Mehta
KVizzing With The Comedians - Movies Edition Rohan Joshi Shantanu
KVizzing With The Comedians - 2nd Edition Ashish Shakya Aakash and Hussain
KVizzing With The Comedians - Cricket & Football Edition Anirban Dasgupta Aravind SA
KVizzing With The Comedians - 3rd Edition Rohan Joshi Biswa Kalyan Rath
Kvizzing With The Comedians - India Quiz Edition Biswa Kalyan Rath Devaiah Bopanna
KVizzing With The Comedians - 4th Edition Rohan Joshi Ashish Shakya
KVizzing With The Comedians - MELA Edition Kenny Sebastian Rohan Joshi
KVizzing With The Comedians - 5th Edition Ashish Shakya Kanan Gill
KVizzing With The Comedians - BizTech Edition Kanan Gill Prashant
KVizzing With The Comedians - 6th Edition Rohan Joshi Ashish Shakya
KVizzing With The Comedians - Business Edition Ashish Shakya Kanan Gill
KVizzing With The Comedians - Pop Culture Edition Anuya Jakatdar Nihal Parashar
KVizzing With The Comedians - 7th Edition Kanan Gill Surbhi Bagga
KVizzing With The Comedians - All Star Edition Kanan Gill Rohan Joshi
KVizzing - Mega Kvizzing Tournament Kanan Gill Rohan Mitra

Filmography

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Web
Year Show Role Platform Notes
2016 Random Daftar Madan Mathews YouTube Co-created and co-wrote with Rahul Subramanian
2016 Behti Naak Atul Naak YouTube Four episodes, acted alongside Sumukhi Suresh
2016-2018 Better Life Foundation Anirban Youtube (Season 1), Hotstar (Season 2)
2017 AIB: Honest Engineering Campus Placements Failure Mehta YouTube Three episodes
2017 Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 1 Professor Kodoth Amazon Prime Video Six episodes
2017 Rise Abhishek JioCinema Mini series
2018 Half Ticket 2 Pranav (Peda) YouTube
2018 Queens vs Kings Self TLC India Ten episodes, non fiction
2018-2020 Pushpavalli Guruji Amazon Prime Video Guest role
2018-2021 Chacha Vidhayak Hain Hamare Kranti Amazon Prime Video Main role
2019 Mr. Das Buddhaditya Das JioCinema Main role
2019 Cheesecake Shikhar MX Player
2020 PariWar Babloo Hotstar Main role
2022 Farzi Mushaira Self Amazon MiniTv Two seasons

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Random Chikibum". YouTube.
  2. ^ Singh, Nandita (2019-07-21). "All India Bakchod is history. These are the 10 rising comedians to watch". ThePrint. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  3. ^ "Random Chikibum win OML's Comedy Hunt". DNA India. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  4. ^ Staff, Scroll.in (24 March 2021). "'Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare' S2 trailer: Zakir Khan's Ronny contests an election". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  5. ^ "Maanvi Gagroo on Instagram: "In the presence of our close friends and family, today, on this palindrome-ish date, of 23~02~2023, we made it official, in every way. You've loved and supported us in our individual journeys, please continue to bless us in our journey together. Happy #2323 #KGotVi ❤️🧿🙏🏽 Outfit : @shantanugoenkaofficial Styled : @itsbhavyapatel_ Saree drapped : @dolly.jain Assisted by @mahimajainofficial Jewellery : @mortantra MUA : @komzy_le Hair : @fouzikazi_makeupndhair Captured by @raabta.studios"". Instagram. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  6. ^ ""I Am Not at All Competitive": Comedian Kumar Varun's Formula for Mental Peace, Happiness – Thrive Global India". stories.thriveglobal.in. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  7. ^ "AIB with Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath announce the arrival of new batch of comedy stars". News18. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  8. ^ "AIB's 'Honest Campus Placements' is a hilarious reminder of college politics [Watch]". InUth. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  9. ^ "Laakhon Mein Ek: Biswa Kalyan Rath's web series has promising premise, faltering plot". Firstpost. 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  10. ^ Silgardo, Dustin (2016-10-10). "Review: 'Better Life Foundation'". mint. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  11. ^ "Pariwar review: The Disney Plus Hotstar series needed smarter writing". The Indian Express. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  12. ^ "APN News".
  13. ^ www.ETBrandEquity.com. "Kumar Varun says nothing is urgent in Man Matter's new ad - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  14. ^ "Live Streaming Demigods: Comedian Kumar Varun talks about Random Chikibum, superchats, and staying sane during COVID-19 lockdown". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
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