# Kumar Varun

Kumar Varun is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and quizmaster. He is known for his roles in the comedy sketches of All India Bakchod, as the co-founder of the comedy collective Random Chikibum, which won the OML Comedy Hunt. He has featured in both seasons of the comedy webseries Amazon Prime Video's Chacha Vidhayak Hain Hamare.

## Early life

Born in 1985, Kumar mostly grew up in middle class Brahmin pandeyJamshedpur, Bokaro, Deoghar and Arrah. At age twelve he moved to Delhi 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 Maanvi Gagroo 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 Mahindra Group and DBS Bank. During this time he met Rahul Subramanian, with whom he found the comedy collective Random Chikibum and won the OML Comedy Hunt judged by AIB and hosted by Biswa Kalyan Rath 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 Amazon Prime Video'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 Tanmay Bhat, Richa Chadda, Gopal Datt, Vijay Varma 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.
| Season Name | Winner | Runner-up |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - 1st Edition | Rohan Joshi | Aakash Mehta |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - Movies Edition | Rohan Joshi | Shantanu |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - 2nd Edition | Ashish Shakya | Aakash and Hussain |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - Cricket & Football Edition | Anirban Dasgupta | Aravind SA |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - 3rd Edition | Rohan Joshi | Biswa Kalyan Rath |
| Kvizzing With The Comedians - India Quiz Edition | Biswa Kalyan Rath | Devaiah Bopanna |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - 4th Edition | Rohan Joshi | Ashish Shakya |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - MELA Edition | Kenny Sebastian | Rohan Joshi |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - 5th Edition | Ashish Shakya | Kanan Gill |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - BizTech Edition | Kanan Gill | Prashant |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - 6th Edition | Rohan Joshi | Ashish Shakya |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - Business Edition | Ashish Shakya | Kanan Gill |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - Pop Culture Edition | Anuya Jakatdar | Nihal Parashar |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - 7th Edition | Kanan Gill | Surbhi Bagga |
| KVizzing With The Comedians - All Star Edition | Kanan Gill | Rohan Joshi |
| KVizzing - Mega Kvizzing Tournament | Kanan Gill | Rohan Mitra |

## Filmography

Web :
| Year | Show | Role | Platform | Notes |
| 2016 | Random Daftar | Madan Mathews | YouTube | Co-created and co-wrote with Rahul Subramanian |
| 2016 | Behti Naak | Atul Naak | YouTube | Four episodes, acted alongside Sumukhi Suresh |
| 2016-2018 | Better Life Foundation | Anirban | Youtube (Season 1), Hotstar (Season 2) | |
| 2017 | AIB: Honest Engineering Campus Placements | Failure Mehta | YouTube | Three episodes |
| 2017 | Laakhon Mein Ek: Season 1 | Professor Kodoth | Amazon Prime Video | Six episodes |
| 2017 | Rise | Abhishek | JioCinema | Mini series |
| 2018 | Half Ticket 2 | Pranav (Peda) | YouTube | |
| 2018 | Queens vs Kings | Self | TLC India | Ten episodes, non fiction |
| 2018-2020 | Pushpavalli | Guruji | Amazon Prime Video | Guest role |
| 2018-2021 | Chacha Vidhayak Hain Hamare | Kranti | Amazon Prime Video | Supporting role |
| 2019 | Mr. Das | Buddhaditya Das | JioCinema | Main role |
| 2019 | Cheesecake | Shikhar | MX Player | |
| 2020 | PariWar | Babloo | Hotstar | Supporting role |
| 2022 | Farzi Mushaira | Self | Amazon MiniTv | Two seasons |