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Born | Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | 20 August 1987|||||||||
Education | Saint. Paul Higher Secondary School, Indore | |||||||||
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Years active | 2009 –present | |||||||||
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Relatives | Ustad Moinuddin Khan (grandfather) | |||||||||
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Genre | Comedy | |||||||||
Subscribers | 7.53 million [1] | |||||||||
Total views | 707 million [1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 23 July 2023 |
Zakir Khan (born 20 August 1987) is an Indian comedian, poet and actor. In 2012, he rose to popularity by winning Comedy Central's comedy competition 'India's Best Stand Up'. Khan has also been a part of a news comedy show, On Air with AIB. [2] [3] He has released four hour-length standup specials: Haq Se Single (2017), Kaksha Gyarvi (2018), Tathastu (2022) and Mannpasand (2023) on Amazon Prime Video.
Khan was born and raised in Indore, [4] Madhya Pradesh to a Rajasthani Muslim family of classical musicians. He is the grandson of Sarangi Maestro Ustad Moinuddin Khan. [5] He spent a large portion of his adult life in Delhi. [3] He comes from a humble background and credits his father with being supportive of his talent. [6] [7]
Khan has a diploma in Sitar and is a college dropout. [8] 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 Up', a comedy competition organized by Comedy Central. [9] [10] Besides performing at many stand-up comedy shows, he has also ghostwritten and produced radio shows. His comedy style was applauded in NDTV Prime's The Rising Stars of Comedy television show. Khan is known for his punchline "Sakht Launda" which refers to a guy with immense self-control who doesn't easily fall for girls. [6] He also performed with Joke Singh at Gurgaon. [11]
He is an emerging Urdu Poet and comes from a family of artists. He has presented his poetry in events like Rekhta. [12] On his train journey to Delhi, he wrote first poem, "Mai Soonya Pe Sawar Hoon". He also wrote "Apne Aap Ke Bhi Piche Khara Hoon Main", "Bus Ka Intezar Karte Huye".
In September 2017, Khan appeared as one of the three mentors along with Mallika Dua and Hussain Dalal for the fifth season of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge , judged by actor Akshay Kumar. He has more than six million subscribers on YouTube and is known for works like his Amazon Prime special Haq Se Single. [13]
Khan wrote and played the protagonist in the Amazon Prime web series Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare . [14]
In 2015, Khan co-hosted and wrote On Air with AIB, a news comedy show, with Sorabh Pant and Gursimran Khamba from the Indian comedy group All India Bakchod. The show was broadcast on Star World, India. Khan co-hosted the 5th Annual Golden Kela Awards. [15]
He also appeared as one of the judges in Amazon Prime's Comicstaan Season 2 where he mentored the contestants in a genre of comedy known as anecdotal comedy. [16] He also went on to be one of the four judges in Season 3.
Khan has also featured in the recent Amazon Prime's One Mic Stand Season 1 alongside Bhuvan Bam [17]
He has also begun his show called Farzi Mushaira which is available on Amazon mini TV.
Apart from comedy, he has also generated podcast series Ummeed on Gaana, where he shares the inspiration he got from incidents in his life, along with his other comedian friends. [18] [19]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2017 | The Great Indian Laughter Challenge | Mentor | Season 5 | [20] |
2022 | The Kapil Sharma Show | Self | Guest | [21] |
2023 | Kaun Banega Crorepati | Guest | Season 15 | [22] |
2024 | Aapka Apna Zakir | Host | Sony tV |
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2017 | Haq se Single | Released on Amazon Prime Video | |
2018 | Kaksha Gyarvi | Released on Amazon Prime Video | |
2022 | Tathastu | Released on Amazon Prime Video | [23] |
2023 | Mannpasand | Released on Amazon Prime Video | [24] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | On Air With AIB | Himself | Season 2 | [25] |
2016 | Journey of a Joke | Season 1; Episode 1 | [26] | |
Humorously Yours | Cameo | [27] | ||
2018 | Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare | Ronny Pathak | 3 seasons | |
2019 | Comicstaan | Judge | Season 2 | [28] |
One Mic Stand | Himself | Season 1; Episode 1 | [29] | |
2021 | Dhindora | Cameo | ||
2022 | Farzi Mushaira | Host | Also writer |
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