Kanan Gill

About

Kanan Gill is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor, author and YouTuber who grew up in Bengaluru. He first broke through with the YouTube series "Pretentious Movie Reviews" - a comedic takedown of campy Bollywood films co-hosted with Biswa Kalyan Rath - before building an international career with specials on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube. Beyond comedy, he appeared in the Norwegian romantic comedy "Christmas As Usual" (2023) and published his debut novel "Acts of God" with HarperCollins in 2024.

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What's new

2026-02
Kanan Gill announced his new international tour "Not This Again" with shows in North America, the United Kingdom and other countries.
2025
His fifth comedy special "What Is This?" premiered in 2025 directly on YouTube.
2024
HarperCollins published his debut novel "Acts of God", a comedy science fiction story based on a short story he wrote in 2016-17.
2024
His show "What Is This?" was nominated for "Most Outstanding Show" at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024.
2024
He made his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in 2024 and subsequently did a UK tour that started at the Southbank Centre in London.