Know your comic: Kenny Sebastian

Humour Sapiens — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:14:47 +0000

Kenneth Sebastian aka Kenny is one of the wittiest stand-up comics on the block. This ingenious comic is sure to make you burst out laughing. His acts are relatable, funny and circle around the most mundane stuff in life. But there are quite a few things you might have not known about this most sought-after comic.

Humour Sapiens shares some lesser known things about Kenny Sebastian!

Kenneth Sebastian is a stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and a filmmaker. He has collaborated with many famous comedians like Kanan Gill, Phil Nicol, Scott Capurro, Kaneez Surka and Vir Das.
Born to a Malayali family in Kerala in 1990, he was born and brought up in Bangalore, and shuttles between Mumbai and Bangalore. His father was an Indian Navy personnel
Kenny is colour-blind and carries a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts. He also studied painting for four years at ‘Chitrakala Parishath’.
Kenny got into filmmaking at an early age of 15 years and has direction credits for 12 short films and 2 feature films. He also owns a production house by the name of ‘SuperHuman Studioz’.
With no formal training in music, Kenny is an accomplished vocalist and guitarist. He also brings his guitar during his comedy gigs. He released a self-produced acoustical blues album called ‘Balance’.
Kenny is a travel lover and has been to United States, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London and apart from travelling through India. You can also find some of his travel vlogs on his YouTube channel.
He got into stand-up comedy while in college when he participated in IIT Mumbai’s Mood Indigo festival and ended up winning. Not only did he receive a 10 grand cash prize, he even won a chance to perform at the ‘The Comedy Store’.
The Improvisers – that’s India’s highest rates comedy group and Kenny is a part of it, along with Kanan Gill, Kaneez Surka, and Abish Mathew. Kenny Sebastian has also created a sketch show for Comedy Central.
In 2016, Kenny started a monthly live video blog called ‘Chai Time with Kenny Sebastian’ wherein he interacts with the audience. The topics are usually from day to day life and discussed over a cup of tea and served with his witty takes.
Being a huge Batman fan, Kenny owns a huge number of Batman merchandise. He even made a video to introduce his father to superheroes.
His hobbies comprise music production, painting, performing arts, playing basketball, dancing, reading, doing photography, performing live music, and travelling.
He is fluent in English, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada.
Kenny has been earning since he was in Class 11 and became financially independent by the time he entered college.
Kenny is an avid dog lover and often shares his pictures with dogs. He also has a comic ‘Ken and Chip’ that features Kenny’s childhood dog Chip and their imaginary conversations.
Kenny has made cameos in the web series Humorously Yours, Better Life Foundation, Son Of Abish, and Pushpavalli.
He co-scripted and acted in the web series ‘Star Boyz’ and ‘Sketchy Behaviour’. ‘Die Trying’ and ‘Sketchy Behaviour’ aired on Amazon Prime Video.
Kenny Sebastian is currently working on the second season of ‘Star Boyz’ alongside comics Naveen Richard and Mani Prasad.

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Make way for Kenneth Sebastian, aka, Kenny

Humour Sapiens — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 06:45:38 +0000

When he was in school, Kenneth Sebastian, aka, Kenny, used to go up on stage and give speeches, just to get over his fear of stage. Good thing that he did that, because, after that, he fell so much in love with the stage, that he ended up being one of the biggest names in the Indian stand-up comedy circuit. As for us, we finally found a guy, who could make us laugh while keeping the jokes clean.

The budding Filmmaker?

For Kenny, his first love was always film-making though. When he was in 11^th grade, he got hold of his friend’s handycam and instantly made up his mind to make films. But first, he had to finish his studies and so, he went on to take Visual Arts.

First steps into stand-up comedy

It was when he was studying in college, that he realized what his true calling was. He was at the Mood Indigo festival at IIT and he took part in the stand-up comedy competition. He won and that trigger was enough for him to make it a full-time profession.

Since then, he has been doing numerous stage shows, sketches, improvs and more. One of the unique shows that he is doing on a regular basis is the one called ‘Chai Time with Kenny Sebastian’, which is an informal set-up and he has a general conversation with the audience about topics related to everyday life, but with a touch of his witty humour.

the funny boy next door

His stand-up acts are one of the best you will find on the internet by an Indian. His acts are always conversational and his USP seems to lie in the fact that he takes an everyday activity like a bucket bath and turns it into a hilarious experience; he is one observational comedian. He usually breaks into a musical comedy too, in between his acts, which is again completely interactive.

star boyz

The South Indian blood in him, in particular, mallu blood, made him team up with two other South Indian guys, one of whom was Naveen Richards. They brought out a web series called Star Boyz, which was about the adventures of three South Indian guys in space. Right from the first episode till the last one, each of them were rib-tickling and definitely something every South Indian could relate to!

Yes, A filmmaker!

Not only that. He also fulfilled his dream of becoming a film-maker. He has 12 short films and 2 feature films to his credit.

A YOUTUBER

Apart from all of these, he also has a special on Amazon Prime, called ‘Don’t Be That Guy’. In the special, he talks about his encounters with his maid and his mom; and why the world doesn’t deserve nice people like his Uber driver, among others. This act is a classic!

A judge

At present, he is one of the judges on Comicstaan on Amazon Prime.

That has not stopped him though, from releasing his next Chai Time episode on YouTube, where he talks about coffee dates and flirting – relatable and wacky – like his personality!

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