# Siddharth Kannan

Siddharth Kannan is an Indian television and radio host, announcer, voice-over actor and a film critic.

## Early life and background

He was born into a Tamil speaking family in New Delhi to parents V.Kannan and Radha Kannan, Sid K as he is popularly known as, moved to Kolkata with them and then spent 8 years in Lucknow and finally moved base with his family to Mumbai in 1994.

## Career
### Radio

At the age of 14, Siddharth joined Times FM as a Radio Host. He holds the record for becoming the youngest radio host in India. In 1997, while at college, he joined Radio Star on 107.1 FM and hosted a show with Cyrus Broacha called ‘Miranda Char Baje Band Baje’. He started India’s first radio school called ‘Wild on Air’ in 1999. Emirates 2 FM in Dubai syndicated their Hindi shows to him, for whom he hosted and produced shows from Mumbai. He also produced and hosted shows for Rediff Radio on rediff.com. In 2009,He started an A list Bollywood celebrity chat show ‘Meow Starburst’ on Meow 104.8fm. Later called as ‘Oye talkies’ and then re-christened as ‘Bollywood Khul Ke ‘ on Oye 104.8FM(a TV Today Network initiative). Sid K has interviewed Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Himesh Reshammiya, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Deepika Padukone, and Katrina Kaif.

### Television

He hosted his first TV show in 2006 –’Santa and Banta Newz Unlimited’ with renowned singer and rapper Baba Sehgal on Zoom. In 2010,Sid started his next TV show ‘See Taare Mastiii Mein’ –An ‘A list’ celebrity chat show on Mastiii. In 2012,he was the commentator on ‘Ring Ka King’ on Colors produced by Endomol India and backed by Total NonStop Action Wrestling (TNA). In 2014,he was one of the hosts of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi and in the same year he was the host of the inaugural season of the Champions Tennis League on Sony Six.
On 10 May 2017, Siddharth Kannan was the official red carpet host of the Justin Bieber concert at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai.

## Voice Overs

He has been the voice over artist for the IIFA AWARDS (2000–2014), Filmfare Awards and Stardust Awards.
| Year | Shows |
| 2000–2004 | IIFA AWARDS |
| 2008 | Ford Super Model India |
| 2011 | Femina Miss India South |
| 2012 | IIFA Weekend Singapore amongst others. |
| 2013 | Femina Miss India Delhi |
| 2014 | IIFA World Premiere (Tampa Bay) |
| 2014 | IIFA Stomp (Tampa Bay,Usa) |
| 2014 | Provogue Men’s Xp Mr.India World |
| 2014 | Filmfare Awards |
| 2014 | Avengers-Age of Ultron (official Hindi trailer) |
| 2014 | Spectre (official Hindi trailer-James Bond film) |
| 2015 | Gima Awards |
| 2016 | Renault Star Guild Awards |

## Personal life

Sid K’s parents are retired Corporate executives. His elder brother Hrishikesh Kannan, also known as Hrishi K,is a radio host and voice over artist in India. Siddharth married Neha in 2014 in Chennai and Mumbai.

## TV shows

| Year | Shows |
| 2006 | Santa and Banta Newz Unlimited on Zoom |
| 2008 | Planet Bollywood on Zoom |
| 2010 | See Taare Mastiii Mein on Mastiii |
| 2012 | Ring Ka King on Colors |
| 2014 | Star Sports Pro Kabaddi on Star Sports |
| 2014 | Champions Tennis league on Sony Six |
| 2015 | Fit And Famous on Tata Sky Active Fitness |
| 2016 | Star Special on Mtunes |
| 2017 | Super Fight League on Sony ESPN |

## Radio shows

| Year | Shows |
| 1994 | Campus Capers on Times FM |
| 1995 | Thursday Night Take off on Times FM |
| 1996 | Yamaha First on Times FM |
| 1997 | Purab Paschim Masala on Radio Star |
| 1998 | Miranda Chaar Baje Band Baje on “All India Radio” |
| 1999 | East West Masala on All India Radio |
| 2009 | Meow Starburst on Meow 104.8fm |
| 2011–2013 | Oye Talkies on Oye104.8fm |
| 2013 – present | Bollywood Khul Ke on Oye104.8fm |
| 2016 – present | Ishq Khul Ke on Ishq 104.8FM |
| 2017 – present | Bollywood Hat Ke on London's Lyca Radio |

## Achievements

| Year | Award | Event |
| 2007 | Best TV Host | 14th Lions Golds Award |
| 2011 | Best Radio Host | Newsmakers Achievers Awards |
| 2013 | Best Chat Show host on TV | Tassel Fashion and Lifestyle Awards |
| 2013 | Best Emcee | Live Quotient Awards (Event Faqs) |
| 2014 | Best Emcee | Tassel Fashion and Lifestyle Awards |