Kaneez Surka

Kaneez Surka is an Indian-South African improv artist, actor, comedian and a YouTuber who works mainly in India. She started her career with the show The Week That Wasn't.[1][2][3][4][5] She has performed on various stand up platforms.[6] She was a judge for the Amazon Prime stand-up comedy reality show Comicstaan.[7][8][9] She also hosts an online comedy game show, The General Fun Game Show on YouTube.[10][11]

Kaneez Surka
Birth nameKaneez Surka
Born28 October 1983
Mthatha, South Africa
MediumEnglish
Alma materRhodes University
Years active2006 – present
EmployerAmazon Prime
TLC (India)
GenresImprovisational comedy
Notable works and rolesThe Week That Wasn't
The General Fun Game Show
All India Bakchod
Comicstaan
Websitewww.youtube.com/channel/UC6a7TnbzoeggcDscJBrR0kw

Personal life

Kaneez Surka was born and raised in the Mthatha, South Africa. She studied in DSG, Graham School and attended Rhodes University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in law and psychology.[12]

Career

Surka was part of the Mumbai improv scene since 2009.[12][13] Her initial work in Mumbai was with Divya Palat's Imps troupe.[12] Surka was co-director of a Mumbai-based story-telling club "Tall Tales"[14] in 2013.

She achieved mainstream popularity on the satirical news show The Week That Wasn't[15] on CNN-News18 (formerly CNN-IBN). She also worked with Weirdass Comedy, a Vir Das venture and then began collaborating with[16] and making appearances in several All India Bakchod videos including roles such as Clitika from 'A woman's besties', 'Honest wedding', 'Honest Bars' and the Instagram character from 'If Apps were people'. She was also a judge for shows such as Comicstaan[17][18] and 'Improv All Stars' for Amazon Prime and Queens of Comedy[19] for TLC. Surka is part of an improv group called "The Improvisers"[20] along with Abish Mathew, Kanan Gill, and Kenny Sebastian on Amazon Prime Video. She also teaches the art of improv comedy, proving her comedic skills by being a judge in Amazon Prime's stand-up comedy reality show Comicstaan.[12]

Filmography

Web[21]
Year Platform Name Notes
2005 Film Dosti: Friends Forever Debut Film
2014 TV Series The Living Room
2016 TV Mini-Series How Insensitive! By Kanan Gill Plays various side-characters
2015-2016 YouTube AIB Honest Series AIB: Honest Bars & Restaurants Part 1, 2, 3

AIB: Honest Indian Weddings Part 1, 2

2016 TV Series Better Life Foundation Plays Vashma Chandi (1 episode)
2017 YouTube Series Son of Abish Season 3 with Swara Bhaskar (Episode 7)[22]
2018 Amazon Prime The Improvisers: Something from Nothing Herself
Comicstaan Season 1 Herself - Judge
2019 Amazon Prime Comicstaan Season 2 Herself - Judge

References
  1. "People find it easily digestible when guys are a little crude: Comedian Kaneez Surka". Hindustan Times. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  2. "Kaneez Surka on stand-up, multiculturalism and political humour". The Indian Express. 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  3. "Kaneez Surka: I m scared to do stand-up comedy". mid-day. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  4. "From #MeToo to Bolly humour: Kaneez Surka takes our really random rapid fire". t2online.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  5. "Watch: Mallika Dua, Kaneez Surka reprise roles in AIB's If Apps Were People 2- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  6. "Comedienne Kaneez Surka hosts Sapan Verma, Sahil Shah and RJ Malishka in her game show". mid-day. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  7. "Comicstaan's Latest Episode Focuses On Kaneez Surka's Improv Round!". Businessofcinema.com. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  8. "Comicstaan's latest episode focuses on Kaneez Surka's improve round!". Glamsham. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  9. "'Comicstaan' Review: The Future Looks Pretty Funny". The Quint. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  10. "Comedians talk about books they read in new YouTube series". mid-day. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  11. "Things to do in Mumbai today". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  12. Kale, Arun (26 August 2014). "Kaneez Surka". Astray. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  13. "Laughter Therapy With The Rising Stars of Comedy". NDTV. May 18, 2015.
  14. Gianani, Kareena (May 19, 2013). "Tell stories at Tall Tales, Mumbai's newest storytelling club". Mid Day.
  15. "Small talk: The improv lady". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  16. Singh, Jasmine (Jul 26, 2015). "Nothing half-baked about it". The Tribune.
  17. "Comictaan". firstpost. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  18. "Comicstaan". IMDB. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  19. "Queens Of Comedy". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  20. Singh, Anvita (May 13, 2018). "Kaneez Surka on stand-up, multiculturalism and political humour". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  21. "Kaneez Surka". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  22. Abish Mathew (2017-11-24), Son Of Abish feat. Kaneez Surka & Swara Bhaskar, retrieved 2018-10-17
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