Kunal Kamra is an Indian stand-up comedian and a social media personality. He is known for his stand-up acts on patriotism and government in today’s India. Kamra hosts a podcast titled “Shut Up Ya Kunal” on YouTube.
Wiki/Biography
Kunal Kamra was born on 2 October 1988 (age 30 years; as in 2018) in Mahim, Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Libra. He comes from a family with a business background. He did his schooling from a secondary school in Mumbai and went to Jai Hind College to pursue graduation in commerce. Kamra dropped out of school and also dropped out of college without informing his parents. At the age of 17, he started working as an intern on MTV’s in-house production team. After a year, Kunal joined Prasun Pandey’s Corcois Films as a production assistant. He worked there for six years on international shoots, producing commercials for popular brands and conducting high-level meetings with representatives of large media organizations. In 2013, Kunal decided to do something different to break the monotony of his job. That’s when his friend Siddharth Dudeja, himself a comedian, introduced Kunal to stand-up comedy and suggested him to try it. In 2013 his first professional show “Blue Frog” came out of fate. He went to the venue to meet his friend Karunesh Talwar, who was the keynote speaker at the event, and got a chance to perform on stage.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
family and caste
Kunal Kamra belongs to a Hindu family. His father is a businessman who owns a pharmacy in Mumbai. There is not much information about his mother and siblings.
livelihood
Kunal started his career as a stand-up comedian in 2013 by presenting a show at Canvas Club, Mumbai. He brought the house down with his amazing comic punches. After this, he performed in various comedy shows and received appreciation from the audience. In 2017, Kunal launched a podcast called “Shut Up Ya Kunal” with his friend Ramit Verma. The show involves one or more public figures and is intended to generate humor. Celebrities like BJP spokesperson Madhukeshwar Desai, Gujarat MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani and former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid have participated in the show. The episode based on JNU students garnered nearly 1.1 million views within hours of its release.
Kunal Kamra during his show “Shut Up Ya Kunal”
In February 2018, Kamara held a performance titled “Patriotism and Government”, mocking the government’s need to use nationalism as a response to every criticism. The act’s punchline “Our soldiers are fighting in Siachen” went viral on social media.
Subsequently, Kunal made a comedy video titled “Kaun Banega Trollpati” in collaboration with East India Comedy (EIC), which took a dig at right-wing social media trolls. The video shows Kamra as ‘Bhakt Launda’ on the hot seat in front of the show’s host The Real Amitji. The game show included questions such as “In which year did Maharana Pratap defeat Akbar in the battle of Haldighati?” And the grand prize was a new Twitter follower. The video has been viewed more than 4.5 lakh times.
controversies
- In 2017, he deleted his Twitter account over a controversial post that was offensive to a particular religion.
- In January 2020, Kamra was banned by several Indian airlines, including Indigo Airlines, Air India, SpiceJet and GoAir for shoving Arnab Goswami during a flight.
fact
- Kamra is fond of biking and owns a Royal Enfield Himalayan motorbike.
- He is often seen smoking and drinking.
- Kunal considers Douglas Stanhope, Louis CK and Bill Burr as his idols.
- Stand-up comedians like Anuvab Pal and Karunesh Talwar are his favorite comedians.
- He previously lived in a one-bedroom apartment on the first floor of a building in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, but, in January 2019, his landlady asked him to vacate the place because his work had a political edge.
Kunal Kamra’s conversation with his landlady on WhatsApp
- Kamra suffers from dyslexia which makes it difficult for him to read long messages and emails.
- With his podcast “Shut Up Ya Kunal” taking off online, Kamra has become a controversial figure among the public for his outspoken humour.
- His favorite targets include PM Narendra Modi, Arnab Goswami and the general right-wing mindset.
Kunal Kamra is copying Narendra Modi’s look
- According to Kunal, he has received death threats because of his sharp and cutting political humor.
- He started his career as an open mic-er performing on sets between the performances of some famous comedians.
- In January 2019, emotional outcry against a Republic TV report led to an influx of trolls and his phone number being shared on the social platform, forcing Kamra to deactivate his Twitter account for a month. Fell.
- Kunal was never interested in studies and when he was in second year he left his college to take up an advertising job. However, he told his parents about this only after 3 years when he was earning a salary of ₹35000 per month.
- When Kamra was asked in an interview about choosing politics as the subject of comedy, he replied-
I’m interested in politics because it’s entertaining. Right now (in India) there is a mix of politics and pop culture. Everything is political. In comedy, your premise must be relatable and your punchline must be hilarious. Politics fits that bill perfectly.”
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