Rehman Khan
Rehman Khan (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian stand-up comedian and film actor.
Contents
- 1 Early life and education
- 2 Career
- 3 Shows
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Early life and education
Khan was born and brought up in a conservative family in Mumbai, India. He studied at Karthika High School and graduated from R.D. National College, Mumbai with a first cl* in history. In school he used to crack jokes in cl* and mimic teachers and was well known as a comedian. By the time he was in college he became popular among friends for comedy, mimicry, and imitating teachers and actors.
Career
He began uploading stand-up comedy videos to YouTube in 2018. He is known for his sarcasm, political satire, and unique style of delivering punches. As of July:2021, he has more than 436,000 subscribers and a combined 36 million views on his YouTube channel.
He has also worked with NGO Salaam Baalak Trust and Salaam Bombay Foundation and has performed more than 1000 shows of a play based on Anti-Tobacco. Khan has performed many inter-college and professional plays as an actor, writer, and director in Hindi, English, and Urdu and has anc*d many live orchestras.
Initially he faced a strong opposition from elders of his family as his family was not connected to film, TV, or theater before. However, later his career was accepted as he grew in popularity and began to make his living from stand-up comedy.
Shows
He has participated in Comedy Circus 2 (2008), Comedy Circus Chincpokli to China, Comedy Circus 20–20 with Rakshanda Khan, Comedy Circus Mahasangram with Karishma Tanna, Jubilee Comedy Circus with Saloni Daini, Comedy Ke Superstars with Usha Nadkarni, Kahani Comedy Circus Ki with Ragini Khanna, and Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka (2009) with Anoop Soni and Shweta Tiwari on Sony Television.
Rehman was also part of a Star One show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3, Comedy Champions on Sahara TV, Chote Miya Bade Miya on Colors TV, Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala on Star Plus, Nautanki - The Comedy Theatre on Colors TV (2013), Mad in India with Sunil Grover on Star Plus (2014), Yam Hain Hum on SAB TV (2015), The Great Indian Family Drama on SAB TV with Archana Puran Singh and Satish Kaushik (2016), and Comedy Dangal on And TV with Bharti Singh and Anu Malik (2017).
References
- Real Bollywood 2009-10-21.
- Rehman Khan in Comedy Store
- Stand-up comedy comes easy to Imam: Rehman Khan
External links
- Mad In India actor gets his own show
- Rehman Khan Youtube channel
- Rehman Khan official website
- Rehman khan on Facebook
- Ragini Khanna, Rehman Khan, Sonu Sood on Comedy Circus
- Rehman Khan on SAB TV
- Rehman Khan ‘The best on-screen Bhai’!