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On Air With AIB
''On Air With AIB'' was an Indian web television satire show created by All India Bakchod on Star India's digital platform Hotstar. It aired between 2015 and 2018. It was modeled after ''The Daily Show'', ''SNL'', and ''Last Week Tonight''. The first season was replayed on Star Plus and World on the weekends. Seasons two and three were Hotstar digital exclusives, and shorter segments were uploaded on the AIB YouTube channel. The show was produced by Only Much Louder, a Mumbai-based entertainment company and AIB's former management, and was cancelled in its third season due to two separate instances of lack of redressal of sexual misconduct complaints by employees against collaborators, by the group's co-founders Tanmay Bhat and Gursimranjeet Singh Khamba. The opening theme "Tragedy Mein Comedy" (finding comedy in tragedy), is written, and performed, by Mumbai-based MC and producer Naezy. The track is produced by the production duo StunnahSezBeatz. All studio episodes were sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All India Bakchod
All India Bakchod (abbreviated as AIB) was a Mumbai-based comedy company which created the eponymous podcast, YouTube channel and production company. The name is a parody of All India Radio. It began in 2012 as a humour/pop-culture podcast co-started by comedians Tanmay Bhat and Gursimran Khamba. Their friends and contemporary comedians, Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya were frequent guests and the four co-founded the YouTube channel in 2013 and began making sketches. They subsequently formed a digital agency and produced sketches, live comedy and TV shows. In October 2018, the company halted operation and fired its entire staff, after Bhat and Khamba were implicated in two separate sexual harassment allegations. No formal charges were made but the company dissolved in May 2019. Khamba was dissatisfied with the independent investigation into the allegation against him and has since disassociated himself with the company and brand. The company's four founders continue to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talent Manager
A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager or music manager) is an individual who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry. The responsibility of the talent manager is to oversee the day-to-day business affairs of an artist; advise and counsel talent concerning professional matters, long-term plans and personal decisions which may affect their career.MusicBizAdvice Q&A January 2008 An artist manager is also a person responsible for hiring and managing the employees in a company. The roles and responsibilities of a talent manager vary slightly from industry to industry, as do the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakir Khan (comedian)
Zakir Khan (born 20 August 1987) is an Indian comedian and actor. In 2012, he rose to popularity by winning Comedy Central India's Best Stand Up Comedian competition. Khan has also been a part of a news comedy show, On Air with AIB. He has also released three-hour length standup specials: ''Haq Se Single'' (2017), ''Kaksha Gyarvi'' (2018) and ''Tathastu'' (2022) on Amazon Prime Video. Early life Khan was born and raised in Indore, Madhya Pradesh to a rajasthani muslim family of classical musicians. He is the grandson of Sarangi Maestro Ustad Moinuddin Khan. He spent a large portion of his adult life in Delhi. He comes from a humble background and credits his father with being supportive of his talent. Career Khan has a diploma in Sitar and is a college dropout. He has stated that had he not been a standup comedian, he would instead be working as a music teacher. He became a known face in India's stand-up comedy circuit in 2012 when he won the title of 'India's Best Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumukhi Suresh
Sumukhi Suresh (born 18 October 1987) is an actor, stand-up comedian, writer and director from India. She is popularly known for her humorous sketches which she writes and stars in for live performances as well as online platforms. In an online article, Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ... referred to Sumukhi Suresh as "India's Tina Fey." She has been a part of stand-up comedy shows like Comicstaan, Go Straight Take Left, Comedy premier League and her solo special, Don't Tell Amma. But she is best known for her funny yet twisted web series, 'Pushpavalli'. The stand-up comedian and actor turned entrepreneur by launching a content platform called 'Motormouth' which is especially for writers who are passionate about pitching stories for movies, web shows and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaneez Surka
Kaneez Surka is a South African people, South African Improvisational theatre, improv artist, actress, comedian and a YouTuber of an Indian people, Indian descent, who works mainly in India. She started her career with the show ''The Week That Wasn't''. She has performed on various stand up platforms. She was a judge on both seasons of the Amazon Prime Video stand-up comedy reality show Comicstaan (TV series), Comicstaan. She also hosts an online comedy game show, ''The General Fun Game Show'' on YouTube. Personal life Kaneez Surka was born and raised in the Mthatha, South Africa. She studied in Diocesan School for Girls, Grahamstown, DSG, Graham School and attended Rhodes University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in law and psychology. Ethnically a Gujarati people, Gujarati, Kaneez Surka was born into a Muslim family originally from Kapadvanj. Career Surka was part of the Mumbai improv scene since 2009. Her initial work in Mumbai was with Divya Palat's Imps troupe. Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Sebastian
Kenneth Mathew Sebastian (born 31 December 1990) is an Indian stand-up comedian, musician and filmmaker. He first rose to prominence through a YouTube channel that broadcasts clips of his stand-up shows, devotional song covers, in addition to original skits, garnering 152 million views since 2008. He has toured the United States, Singapore, The United Arab Emirates and Australia. In 2017, he produced an hour-long comedy special for Amazon Prime. He performs primarily in English, switching to Hindi for comic effect. He was also a judge in Comicstaan, a comedy reality show. He released his special ''The Most Interesting Person In The Room'' on Netflix in 2020. Early life and education Kenny Sebastian was born on 31 December 1990 to Catholic parents from Pala, Kerala, and was brought up in Bangalore. His father was in the Navy, hence Sebastian migrated throughout his childhood. He speaks English, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. Sebastian went to Kendriya Vidyalaya N.A.L. for his educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biswa Kalyan Rath
Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber. He is from Odisha. He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series, ''Pretentious Movie Reviews'' with fellow comedian Kanan Gill. He played a supporting role in the 2016 Netflix sex comedy film '' Brahman Naman''. He created the 2017 Amazon Prime Video's series ''Laakhon Mein Ek''. On 9 December 2020, Rath married actress Sulagna Panigrahi. Career After graduation in Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur in 2012, he worked in graphic design, advertising, and software. It was during this time that he met Kanan Gill at an open mic event in Bangalore in 2013. He quit his job at Oracle in 2014 to become a full-time comedian. Biswa and Kanan came up with the idea of the Pretentious Movie Reviews, a series of videos which soon went viral on YouTube. In this series, they review critically panned Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanan Gill
Kanan Singh Gill is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor and YouTuber. He won the Punch Line Bangalore Competition. He is known for hosting the YouTube series ''Pretentious Movie Reviews'' where he reviews campy 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. In 2017, he released his own one-hour comedy special, ''Keep It Real on Amazon Prime Video''. He made his debut on the big screen with the movie Noor, alongside Sonakshi Sinha. In 2018, he was also a judge on Comicstaan, a comedic reality TV show, on Amazon Prime Video. Early life Kanan was born in Bareilly to a Sikh family and spent his early years in Dehradun and Delhi. His father Charanjit Singh Gill, an officer with the Indian Army was also the principal of Rashtriya Military School, Bangalore. At an early age he was brought to Bengaluru. He did his schooling at Ahlcon Public School, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abish Mathew
GM Abish Mathew is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTuber. He is known for his work with All India Bakchod, as the creator and host of a late night show ''Son of Abish'' and ''Journey Of A Joke'', Comedians on Board (A Youtube Tournament series by Samay Raina) and as the host of Comicstaan. Personal life He got engaged to actress and YouTuber Archana Kavi in 2015. They later separated. Career He began his career as a radio jockey at Red FM, Delhi before switching to stand-up comedy. He has a YouTube channel called ''Son Of Abish'', and another called ''Journey of a Joke''. In 2018 Abish appeared in an Amazon PrimeVideo special, ''Whoop''. Controversy Abish was in news in May 2021 after a nine year old tweet of his on Mayawati resurfaced. Later, an unconditional apology was given by Abish. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathew, Abish Indian stand-up comedians Living people Indian YouTubers Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oliver
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention for his work in the United States on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' as its senior British correspondent from 2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for ''The Daily Show'' and was the show's guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. In addition, Oliver co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast ''The Bugle'' (2007–2015) with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had previously co-hosted the radio series '' Political Animal'', and hosted ''John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show'' on Comedy Central from 2010 to 2013. He has also acted on television, most notably in a recurring role as Professor Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom ''Community'', and in films, notably voice-over work in ''The Smurfs'' (2011), ''The Smurfs 2'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utsav Chakraborty
Utsav Chakraborty is an Indian comedian, writer and actor. He has performed stand-up, written comedy, and acted in sketches and shows, who is known for his frequent collaborations with All India Bakchod. Career Chakraborty gained online popularity in 2012 for operating a Chetan Bhagat troll account called @SatanBhagat on Twitter. He started performing stand-up comedy across India. He was briefly employed as HuffPost India's Trends Editor, for three months in 2015 and later on went on to work as a staff writer at All India Bakchod (AIB.) He has since written for television shows and performed sketches with contemporary Indian comedians. As an actor, and performer, he was known for his frequent collaborations with All India Bakchod (AIB) on comedy sketches and branded content. Between 2016 and 2018, Chakraborty acted in numerous projects that included branded content, reality television, and comedy sketches. He acted in ''Behti Naak'' (running nose), a dark-comedy YouTube ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIB Knockout
The ''All India Bakchod Knockout'', a.k.a. ''AIB Knockout'' was a celebrity roast adaptation created by Mumbai based creative agency All India Bakchod (AIB). It was performed and filmed in December, 2014, and was uploaded on their YouTube channel on January 28, 2015. It was recorded at the NSCI Dome in Worli. It was hosted by Karan Johar, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor were roasted. The show was subsequently removed from their channel on February 3, 2015. AIB removed the show because it attracted widespread public backlash from religious groups, Bollywood actors, and certain right-wing political activists. Cast Reception In February, 2015, the show was subject to widespread public criticism and certain right-wing political leaders filled an FIR against the group, the participants and certain audience members, under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code. No progress or arrests were made in any of the cases. Some dissenters protested outside AIB's office displaying their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
