32 Facts About Neel Kolhatkar

Neel Kolhatkar was born on 30 March 1994 and is an Australian comedian, YouTuber and actor.

Neel Kolhatkar was born on 30 March 1994 in Sydney, Australia, and grew up in the suburbs of Hurstville and Monterey in the city's St George area.

Neel Kolhatkar's parents are of Indian ancestry, both from Maharashtra state; his mother's family migrated to Sydney in 1962 as part of a collective diaspora of first-generation Indian migrant professionals.

Neel Kolhatkar studied at Caringbah High School and graduated in 2011, performing well in his Drama, Economics, English, and Mathematics courses.

Neel Kolhatkar studied an undergraduate course in Economics before leaving Sydney University after one year to pursue a career in entertainment.

Neel Kolhatkar began uploading monthly videos at the age of fourteen, which his has described as him simply "doing idiotic things".

Neel Kolhatkar first received attention for his video Teenage Girls, which earned them 1,000 subscribers, and then for his Australia in 2 Minutes video.

Since Australia in 2 Minutes, Neel Kolhatkar has collaborated with Playboy Fragrances in the production of a commercial for their Eau de toilette Playboy Generation.

Neel Kolhatkar has received funding from Screen Australia and Google to produce Crossing the Line, an eight-part YouTube series 'investigating perspectives on offensive comedy'.

In 2009, Neel Kolhatkar performed his first stand-up comedy routine when he entered the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Class Clowns Competition.

Neel Kolhatkar won this competition while still in high school.

Neel Kolhatkar continued to experience success as a stand-up comic when he was hand-picked to perform in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Comedy Zone in 2013, a show at the Comedy Festival featuring the strongest emerging Australian comedians of the time.

Neel Kolhatkar first performed the solo show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in the Trades Hall before taking it to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Neel Kolhatkar then followed GENeration ComedY with his second solo show Truth Be Told.

Neel Kolhatkar then took the show to comedy festivals across the world to mixed reviews; its New Zealand International Comedy Festival run received mixed opinions from comedy critic Lord Sutch of The Ruminator in contrast to its ensuing Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, which Broadway Baby gave 5 stars.

Neel Kolhatkar began 2017 by performing at the Mardi Gras Comedy Festival Gala in February.

Neel Kolhatkar ended 2017 by headlining The Comedy Store's Christmas Spectacular, performed in Sydney.

Neel Kolhatkar again performed Live at these same events in 2019 as well as at the Canberra Comedy Festival and Newcastle Comedy Festival.

Neel Kolhatkar was due to perform at the 2020 season of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Australian Institute of Music's Melbourne campus.

Neel Kolhatkar appeared in one episode of the 2016 television show Soul Mates before presenting the five-part documentary series Virgin Bush in 2017, produced by ABC Comedy.

Later in 2017, Neel Kolhatkar featured in an episode of Just for Laughs Australia alongside fellow Australian comedians Alice Fraser and Dave Hughes.

In 2018, Neel Kolhatkar received prominent attention for his role in the Network 10 series Street Smart, where he played Uber driver Raj.

Neel Kolhatkar has appeared as a principal character in Cursed, playing the role of Charles.

Neel Kolhatkar has founded a small business that teaches improvisational and drama skills to children and teenagers, developed from a similar practice he would engage in as a high school student during lunch and after-school hours.

Neel Kolhatkar has featured on Queen Victoria's single Give Us Ya Money and released a song titled Netflix and Chill, featuring Australian musicians Allday and KYA.

In 2017, Neel Kolhatkar spoke at NSW Youth Council's annual conference addressing the role of technology in driving social change and released excerpts of his stand-up comedy material to ITunes as a comedy album.

Neel Kolhatkar later released a second set of excerpts of his stand-up comedy material to iTunes in July 2019, titled Half Hour Happy Ending.

Neel Kolhatkar regularly uses anecdotes to "critique the normative picture of society people experience".

Neel Kolhatkar employs character comedy, using tropes like cross-cultural "speech, dress or mannerisms, a high degree of irony, and blending stereotype and archetype" when depicting different cultures of Australian society.

Comedian Isaac Butterfield has described his comedy as "articulate, smart, and educated", and Neel Kolhatkar has stated he avoids aggressive expression of his opinions in his material.

Neel Kolhatkar has expressed an interest to work with Kevin Hart and admires comedians who are individual and truthful.

Neel Kolhatkar has cited Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life as a highly influential book in his life.