Shyam Rangeela (born 25 August 1994), born as Shyam Sunder, is an Indian comedian and politician from Hanumangarh, Rajasthan.

Early life

Rangeela was born on 25 August 1994 in the village of Manaktheri of

Pilibanga Pilibanga (also spelt as Pilibangan) is a town and a municipality in Hanumangarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Geography Pilibanga is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics India census, Pilibanga had a popula ...

town of

Hanumangarh Hanumangarh is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Rajasthan, situated on the banks of the river Ghaggar also identified as ancient Sarasvati river, located about 400 km from Delhi. It is the administrative headquarter o ...

in the Indian state of

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. His father, Jawahar Lal is a farmer. He left this village in 2013 and moved to a new village. Rangeela's family presently lives in Mokamawala village of Raisinghnagar town of

Sri Ganganagar Sri Ganganagar is the northernmost city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, near the international border of India and Pakistan. It is the administrative headquarters of Sri Ganganagar district. It is named after Maharaja Shri Ganga Singh Bahad ...

. He belongs to a

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family. Shyam's education till eighth grade took place in the village of Manaktheri, then till the twelfth in

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. After that, he did an animation course in

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from 2012 to 2015.

Comedy career

Rangeela gained attention when he performed in

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, mimicking

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and Congress leader

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, receiving a standing ovation from the judge

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, although it never aired. Prior to that, he had performed in an institute at

and imitated those politicians.

Political career

Rangeela joined the

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in May 2022, after sharing a series of tweets stating how TV shows were rejecting him repeatedly because his comedy was 'too political'. He was supposed to contest the

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from

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constituency as an

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candidate.However his nomination was rejected by the Election Commission of India.

References

Living people Indian male comedians 1995 births Indian impressionists (entertainers) People from Hanumangarh district {{Comedian-stub