Rehman Khan (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian

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and film actor.

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 class in history. In school he used to crack jokes in class 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,

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, and unique style of delivering punches. he has more than 436,000 subscribers and a combined 36 million views on his YouTube channel. He has also worked with NGO

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and Salaam Bombay Foundation and has performed more than 1000 shows of a play based on

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. Khan has performed many inter-college and professional plays as an actor, writer, and director in Hindi, English, and Urdu and has anchored 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

Currently Rehman Khan can be seen performing in

The Kapil Sharma Show ''The Kapil Sharma Show'', also known as TKSS, is an Indian Hindi-language stand-up comedy and talk show broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television. Hosted by Kapil Sharma, the first season of the show had its premiere on 23 April 2016. The se ...

as a duo with

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as historical characters King Akbar and his son Salim. He has participated in ''

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'' (2008), Comedy Circus Chincpokli to China, Comedy Circus 20–20 with

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, Comedy Circus Mahasangram with

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, Jubilee Comedy Circus with Saloni Daini, Comedy Ke Superstars with

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, Kahani Comedy Circus Ki with

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, and ''

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'' (2009) with

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and

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. Rehman was also part of a

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show,

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season 3,4 and 5 Winner

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, Chote Miya Bade Miya on

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, Nautanki - The Comedy Theatre on Colors TV (2013), Mad in India with

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(2014),

Yam Hain Hum ''Yam Hain Hum'' is an Indian fantasy situation comedy on SAB TV. It starred Manav Gohil, Atul Parchure, Fenil Umrigar and Debina Bonnerjee. In his home in Yamlok, Yamraj, the god of death, discovers that the people on Earth misunderstand him ...

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(2015),

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on SAB TV with

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and

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(2016), and Comedy Dangal on

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and

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(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 showRehman Khan Youtube channel

Rehman Khan official websiteRehman khan on Facebook

Ragini Khanna, Rehman Khan, Sonu Sood on Comedy Circus

Rehman Khan ‘The best on-screen Bhai’!
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