
Flipkart Presents KVizzing with the Comedians: Special edition
Comedy
May 29 | 2PM onwards
Live On Insider
₹699
Flipkart Presents KVizzing with the Comedians: Special edition
Comedy
May 29 | 2PM onwards
Live On Insider
₹699
About the Event
Your favourite Kviz tournament is back with a special edition in association with Flipkart.
That's right, one of the biggest online "kviz" tournaments in the country featuring 16 comedians, 7 matches, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals and 1 grand finale.
More than 250 questions over 2 days.
Hosted by your favourite Kviz Master - Kumar Varun.
Artist

Kumar Varun is a member of Random Chikibum, a comedy collective with fellow comedian Rahul Subramanian. Self-described as "a group of over-enthusiastic, furniture-loving, animal-agnostic, clingy individuals on a mission to make no sense", they won the Comedy Hunt on YouTube in 2015, and have a popular office-humour series, Random Daftar, as part of Laughter Games on YouTube. Kumar is a popular feature of several AIB sketches, and has recently forayed into stand-up comedy.

Kolkata-born, Mumbai-based Anirban Dasgupta is a stand-up comedian and writer with a distinct comedic style. Since leaving behind his career as a corporate salesman, Anirban has headlined at major comedy clubs and festivals around India and abroad. After several popular youtube videos, he released his first stand-up special Take It Easy on Amazon Prime Video to overwhelming acclaim. Following that, he co-wrote and co-created Afsos, a first-of-it’s kind black comedy thriller series on Amazon Prime Video that was released in 2020 to rave reviews.

Remember the Pretentious Movie Reviews on YouTube? Good. Now forget them. That was just a warm-up to comic Biswa Kalyan Rath’s full comedy prowess. The comedian has moved up a few notches since his YouTube glory days and is using his IIT-Kharagpur education, along with his knowledge of mathematics, language and life, to make jokes that have never been cracked before. He recently released his comedy special, Biswa Mast Aadmi, to rave reviews, with which he toured every pocket in India. Soon after, he released 'Laakhon Mein Ek', a surprisingly dark web-series on the IIT coaching industry. One of the most-followed comedians in the country, Biswa’s angry rant-styled delivery and his unique perspective turns every topic he touches into comedy gold, making audiences crack up instantly. The stand-up comedian, writer, actor, size-zero enthusiast and blogger, has done countless shows across all sorts of venues in the country and has managed to garner 14+ million views on YouTube. Currently, Biswa is part of a panel of judges in Comicstaan, a nine episode series, to mentor and find India’s next comic sensation! Need we say more?

With his razor-sharp wit, Kanan is one of India’s most popular sketch and stand-up comedians in the country. The Mumbai-based comic has performed over a 1000 shows around the world and his recent comedy special, Keep It Real, was received with rave reviews. The man (who was only a boy back then) shot to fame with the hit Pretentious Movie Reviews series, with fellow comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath. He also dabbles in sketch comedy (acted in How Insensitive! and the acclaimed mockumentary Better Life Foundation by Them Boxer Shorts) and stand-up (toured India with two hour-long shows: Feeling with Kanan, and All Correct Opinions). He made his Bollywood debut with the 2017 release, Noor. In the same year, he also launched a web series called Keep It Real on Amazon Video. Furthermore, Kanan was part of a panel of judges in Comicstaan, a nine episode series, to mentor and find India’s next comic sensation!

Kaneez Surka is an improviser, comedy actor, sketch artist and stand-up comedian. She is India’s first female improviser and has been associated with The Improvisers collective since 2009, along with comedians Abish Mathew, Kanan Gill and Kenny Sebastian. She’s been invited to four international Improv Festivals, ones in Amsterdam, Berlin, Seattle and Toronto. Currently, she hosts a game-show called The General Fun Game Show, which has featured popular comics Kanan Gill, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Tanmay Bhat, Rohan Joshi, Abish Mathew, Zakir Khan and several others. In 2014,Kaneez began conducting improv workshops all around the country, expanding the improv scene in India. She is also a part of the popular TV segment The Week That Wasn’t with Cyrus Broacha on CNN IBN. Presently, Kaneez also hosts the Improv All Stars: Games Night on Amazon Video.

One of India’s most versatile comedians, Naveen recently showcased his comic dexterity with released his hour-long comedy special, Don’t Make That Face, on Amazon Prime. A member of comedy collective Them Boxer Shorts, they created the acclaimed web series Better Life Foundation. He has also acted in Challenge Accepted (a Comedy Central TV show), Starboyz (a comedy sci-fi web series with Kenny Sebastian) and acts as Uncle Francis, a comedic avatar which has found a cult following.From being a finalist on Comedy Central’s Indian Comedy Festival 2012, he’s performed over 400 stand-up shows, and headlined comedy events such as Stage42, Bangalore Comedy Festival and Chennai’s Fringe Comedy Festival. In 2017, he wrote episodes and played Pankaj for the hilarious web series Pushpavalli. As Uncle Francis would say, "Hello children, just keep calm and just go to his show, da dei!"

Prashasti Singh is a stand-up comic, writer, actor and improviser, who you've most recently seen in Amazon Prime Video's Comicstaan. She has been active in the Mumbai comedy circuit since 2015. She has 3 years of experience in improv comedy and 2 years in stand-up, performing across venues like Canvas Laugh Club, NCPA and the Cuckoo Club. Prior to comedy she has dabbled with theater and has performed at venues like Kamani auditorium in Delhi and Rangamandira in Bangalore. Prashasti has a degree in engineering from Delhi university and MBA from IIM Lucknow. She has worked with a Television Broadcast company for 4 years understanding and creating content for the heartland consumer.Modesty is clearly not her forte.

If laughter is the best medicine, Rahul Dua is basically running a pharmacy. Rahul Dua is back on tour with Allow Me! From relatable rants to unexpected punchlines, he’s bringing his signature charm and quick wit to the stage. So, brace yourself for a night of laughter you won’t forget.

A child stuck in man’s body, Sahil Shah lets his inner ‘problem child’ out with his comedy (best sampled with his special, Childish Behaviour, with which he toured in 2017). One of the founding members of East India Comedy, he has performed over 900 shows and counting, including performances in New York, London, Singapore and Dubai. The versatile comedian is a regular at the Comedy Store and other leading venues in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Kolkatta, Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore and Hyderabad. Apart from comedy clubs and sold out auditoriums, Sahil has also given a TedX talk, has been featured on shows such as Channel V UR Fired and The Front Row on Star World, and has written articles in MTV Noise Factory, one of India’s leading humor magazines. Sahil is also known for his YouTube show The Ad Show.

Saurav Mehta is a standup comedian and writer, who was a finalist in Amazon Prime Video's comedy hunt, Comicstaan. Saurav’s opened for the likes of Kenny Sebastian, Sorabh Pant, Abish Mathew and Anirban Dasgupta. He’s performed at a variety of places, such as Canvas Laugh Club& IIT Kharagpur. Also Saurav is a freelance writer who has written three seasons of Son of Abish. He’s written for Hotstar, Amazon, Ballantine’s, Bajaj Allianz to name a few.

One of the most instantly identifiable comedians in the country, Tanmay is the co-founder of edgy comedy collective AIB. He has written, directed and acted in several of their best comedy videos and projects, such as AIB Knockout (India’s first ever comedy roast), AIB Diwas (a full-day open-air comedy show), On Air with AIB (the satirical news show telecast on primetime television and Hotstar), and AIB Presents Royal Turds (a Bollywood-themed spoof award show). He has performed all over India, Dubai, The Comedy Store in London, the world’s largest arts festival (Edinburgh Fringe) in Scotland and Singapore.He’s also written for the Filmfare Awards, and moonlights as a humour columnist with Firstpost and Time Out Mumbai. His television credits include India’s first English sketch comedy special Ripping The Decade on Star World. Excitingly, for fans, he has recently got back on the stand-up stage and is trying out new material, building towards a special in 2018.
- Anirban Dasgupta
- Biswa Kalyan Rath
- Devaiah Bopanna
- Kanan Gill
- Kaneez Surka
- Maanvi Gagroo
- Naveen Richard
- Prashasti Singh
- Rahul Dua
- Sahil Shah
- Saurav Mehta
- Shantanu Anam
- Smrutika Panigrahi
- Sulagna Panigrahi
- Tanmay Bhat
- Vishal Dayama
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Flipkart Presents KVizzing with the Comedians: Special edition
Comedy
May 29 | 2PM onwards
Live On Insider
₹699
₹699