IndIa’s most loved

comedIan
ZakIr khan
 IntroductIon

 Zakir Khan (born 20 August 1987) is

an Indian comedian, poet and actor.
 In 2012, he rose to popularity by
winning Comedy Central, India's Best
Stand Up Comedian competition.
 Khan has also been a part of a news
comedy show, On Air with AIB.
  He has also released three-hour
length standup specials: Haq Se
Single (2017), Kaksha Gyarvi (2018)
and Tathastu (2022) on Amazon Prime
Video.
 early lIfe

 Khan was born and raised

in Indore, Madhya Pradesh to
a Rajasthani Muslim family of classical
musicians.
 He is the grandson of Sarangi
Maestro Ustad Moinuddin Khan.
 He spent a large portion of his adult life
in Delhi.
 He comes from a humble background
and credits his father with being
supportive of his talent.
 career
 Khan has a diploma in Sitar and is a
college dropout. He has stated that
had he not been a standup
comedian, he would instead be
working as a music teacher.

 He became a known face in India's

stand-up comedy circuit in 2012
when he won the title of 'India's Best
Stand Up', a comedy competition
organized by Comedy
Central. Besides performing at
 many stand-up comedy shows, he
has also ghostwritten and produced
radio shows.

 His comedy style was applauded

in NDTV Prime's The Rising Stars
of Comedy television show.
 Khan is known for his punchline
"Sakht Launda" which refers to a
guy with immense self-control who
doesn't easily fall for girls. He also
 performed with Joke Singh at
Gurgaon.
 He is an emerging Urdu Poet and
comes from a family of artist.

 He has presented his poetry in

events like Rekhta. On his train
journey to Delhi, he wrote first
 poem, "Mai Soonya Pe Sawar
Hoon". He also wrote "Apne Aap Ke
Bhi Piche Khara Hoon Main", "Bus
Ka Intezar Karte Huye".
 In September 2017, Khan appeared
as one of the three mentors along
with Mallika Dua and Hussain
Dalal for the fifth season of The
Great Indian Laughter Challenge,
judged by actor Akshay Kumar.

 He has more than six million

subscribers on YouTube and is
 known for works like his Amazon
Prime special Haq Se Single.
 Khan wrote and played the
protagonist in the Amazon Prime
web series Chacha Vidhayak Hain
Humare.

 In 2015, Khan co-hosted and

wrote On Air with AIB, a news
comedy show, with Sorabh
Pant and Gursimran Khamba from
the Indian comedy group All India
Bakchod.
 The show was broadcast on Star
World, India. Khan co-hosted the
5th Annual Golden Kela Awards.

 He 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. He also went on
 to be one of the four judges in
Season 3.
 Khan has also featured in the
recent Amazon Prime's One Mic
Stand Season 1 alongside Bhuvan
Bam
 He has also begun his show called
Farzi Mushaira which is available on
Amazon mini TV.

 Apart from comedy, he has also

generated podcast series Ummeed
on Gaana, where he shares the
inspiration he got from incidents in
his life, along with his other
comedian friends.
 struggles

 A journey that did not reach its original

destination, but the failures lead to the
bigger stage. This journey is what
defines Zakir Khan.
 India’s most loved comedian and the
man we treat as our own.

 The question of how Zakirism (his

very own style of representation of
various topics like comedy, writings,
songs, and acting) is such a huge hit,
 and how he has made millions of
people to wait eagerly for his next
video on youtube lies in his past.

 The story of Zakir Khan will inspire

every young mind to fulfill their
dreams.
 Like many achievers about whom we
have written in our blogs, he is another
example of never giving up on yourself.
 The Beginner’s Luck

 Before hitting the ott platforms with

hits like “Haq Se Single” and “Kaksha
Gyarvi,” even before becoming the
“Sakht Launda” of our generation, there
was the guy who suffered, who
struggled and embraced the pain that
life offered him.
 Zakir Khan comes from a middle-class
family from Indore, Madhya Pradesh,
India. His father is a music teacher, and
his mother is a homemaker.
 He is a drop out of college but has a
diploma in Sitar. He was pursuing
B.Com, and that time he decided he
 wants to be a radio producer.

 With that plan in mind, he went to

Delhi and joined a radio institute.
 After that, he did an internship for six
months in Jaipur, returned his home,
and a promise of getting a job.
 It was a good going for him, and why
would it be not? He was not on the
same page with his parents about
leaving graduation, and he proved them
wrong.

ZAKIR KHAN’s Way

 But, it was merely the beginning of
what fate had before him. The days
passed by and soon the months. There
was no appointment letter, not even a
call. He realized there was no job for
him, like millions of others in our
society.

 He had the option of becoming a music

teacher, but as it’s said, there comes a
time when you have two choices: an
easy way and the right way.

Zakir chose the second one, hustle. He

went to Delhi. Again.
 “If I am unemployed, then I will
prefer to be unemployed in a big
city.”
ZAKIR KHAN

With 1500 bucks, he came to the city,

which had rejected him before also.
 No plan, no backup, no security every
moment in his life was a fight. He was
 broke, and nothing went his way.

 There were times when he thought of

quitting, but the warrior inside him kept
pushing.
 He used to poems; this time, they were
not just words. The poetry and the
quotes were his emotions that he was
not able to convey.
 They gave him strength—the strength
to fight, to endure, and move forward.

 “की अपने आप के भी पीछे खड़ा हु

मैं
ज ़िंदगी जकतऩा धीरे चल़ा हु मैं
और मुझे जग़ाने जो और भी हसी ़िं
होक आते थे
उन ख्व़ाबो को सच समझ के सोय़ा
रह़ा हु मैं
ज ़िंदगी जकतऩा धीरे चल़ा हु मै!”
ZAKIR KHAN
 A Ray Of Hope
 After three years of hardships and doing
odd jobs, he got a job in a radio station
where his job was to write for
advertisements. It was the next phase of
his life.
 It was the learning stage; he was trying
to fit in and dig deep into the work
culture. But job satisfaction was not
there.
 Then a suggestion from a friend – to try
open mics and stand-up shows.

 And he did. Slowly but he was getting

attention, and he was doing acts with
full houses in no time.
 In all his efforts of keeping his job and
open mics intact, he was in a committed
relationship.
 Things were not great, but he was in a
happy space in his life. And then his
relationship falls apart.
 He was at his lowest. The whole
moving on was very tough on him.
 At one point, he was thinking about
ending his life. But he was not going to
 give up that easily.

 “If you will die you won’t be able

to feel even if millions love you,
but if you live and no one loves
you, you can still feel that you love
yourself.”
ZAKIR KHAN

Hard Work Pays Off

 He decided to leave Delhi and also the
job.
 Now, it was time to make some crucial
decisions about his life. He left for
Mumbai—the city of dreams.
 He knew content creators in Mumbai,
and soon he met creators of AIB(All
India Bakchod, a comedy company)
Tanmay Bhatt and Gursimran Khamba.
 He collaborated with them and wrote
scripts for On Air with AIB. It was the
perfect opportunity for him as they
 were looking for Hindi content writer
and a stand-up comedian.
 Zakir Khan was the one who was
getting rejected and sidelined because
he used to write and perform in Hindi.
 And then the AIB Diwas happened, he
was one of the performers that night.
 It was an ultimate hit for AIB and the
most significant moment in his life.
 He was going viral across the internet,
and from that day, he never looked
back.
 Even after five years of AIB Diwas,
Zakir’s video gathers views across all
platforms by masses.
 He runs his youtube channel Zakir
Khan and has millions of subscribers.
 Besides his presence in youtube and ott
platforms, he performs live shows
worldwide, and his fans are always
excited to see him entertain.

shayarI
 Zakir Khan Poetry is inspired by the
anger and aftermath of a failed love.
 The outrage Zakir Khan Shayari
consists of is a truth that he only says
through his poetry.
 Often, Zakir Khan poetry is full of
promises of revenge and promising
 himself that the conditions will change.

 We all know Zakir Khan as a sakht

launda. He is among the most popular
comedians in India.
 The other side of Zakir Khan is poetry.