Happy Birthday Zakir Khan: A look at comedian’s life

Zakir Khan is an Indian comedian and actor.

In 2012, he rose to popularity by winning Comedy Central's India's Best Stand Up Comedian competition

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He has also been a part of a news comedy show, On Air with AIB.

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Zakir has also released two hour length standup specials: Haq Se Single on Amazon Prime

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He is an emerging Urdu Poet and comes from a family of artists.

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Comedian has presented his poetry in events like Rekhta

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Khan wrote and played the protagonist in the Amazon Prime web series Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare

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In 2015, Khan co-hosted and wrote On Air with AIB, a news comedy show, with Sorabh Pant and Gursimran Kamba from the Indian comedy group AIB

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Zakir also appeared as one of the judges in Amazon Prime's Comicstaan Season 2 where he mentored the contestants in a genre of comedy known as anecdotal comedy

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Wishing him a very happy birthday

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