Kumar Varun is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and quizmaster. He is known for his roles in the comedy sketches of

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, as the co-founder of the comedy collective Random Chikibum, which won the

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Comedy Hunt. He has featured in both seasons of the comedy webseries

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's ''Chacha Vidhayak Hain Hamare''.

Early life

Born in 1985, Kumar mostly grew up in middle class Brahmin pandey

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, Bokaro,

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and

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. At age twelve he moved to

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and studied at Sarla Chopra DAV Centenary Public School, Noida. He completed his engineering in biotechnology degree from Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, Tanjore in 2008. Varun married

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on 23 February 2023.

Career

Before committing to stand up in 2017, Kumar worked as an engineer at TCS in Delhi from 2008-2011. He earned an MBA in Marketing at FMS, Delhi from 2011-2013. He worked as a brand manager in

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and

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. During this time he met Rahul Subramanian, with whom he found the comedy collective Random Chikibum and won the

Comedy Hunt judged by AIB and hosted by

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in 2016. Varun wrote and acted in the 7-episode mini series ''Random Daftar'' along with Rahul Subramanian. The same year he appeared as Atul Naak in four episodes of Sumukhi Suresh's sketch series ''Behti Naak''. In 2017 he rose to popularity with his role as Failure Mehta in ''Honest Campus Placements''. He played the role of Professor Kodoth in ''Laakhon Main Ek''. Between 2017-2020 Kumar took roles across web series and shorts including Anirban in Better Life Foundation, Kranti in both seasons of

's ''Chacha Vidhayak Hain Hamare'', Babloo in DisneyPlus Hotstar's '' PariWar'' and the titular Buddhaditya Das in ''Mr. Das''. In 2019 he released his first stand up video on YouTube which garnered more than 5.5 million views. In 2022 Kumar Varun alongside

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appeared in two seasons of ''Farzi Mushaira''. He featured in an ad by ManMatters as part of their #LetsTalkMan campaign.

Kvizzing With The Comedians

During the pandemic, Kumar Varun hosted online quizzing tournaments with fellow comedians and other actors and writers under the title of ''Kvizzing With The Comedians''. Since July 2020, 14 such tournaments were conducted by Varun, which gained over 100 million views on YouTube.

Filmography

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