Nationality Indian Role Radio host Name Siddharth Kannan | Height 6ft 1 in (186 cm) Years active 1994-present | |
Occupation TV&Radio Host, Master of Ceremony, Voice Over Professional and Film Critic Spouse(s) Neha Kannan (2 Feb 2014) Website www.siddharthkannan.com | ||
Entertaining conversation with siddharth kannan live on fame
Siddharth Kannan is an Indian Television and Radio Host, Master of Ceremony,Voice-over professional and a film critic.
Contents
- Entertaining conversation with siddharth kannan live on fame
- Early life and Background
- Radio
- Television
- Voice Overs
- Personal life
- References
Early life and Background
He was born in New Delhi to parents V.Kannan and Radha Kannan, Sid K as he is popularly known as, moved to Kolkata with them and then spent 8 years in Lucknow and finally moved base with his family to Mumbai in 1994.
Radio
At the age of 14, Siddharth joined Times FM as a Radio Host. He holds the record for becoming the youngest radio host in India. In 1997, while at college, he joined Radio Star on 107.1 FM and hosted a show with Cyrus Broacha called ‘Miranda Char Baje Band Baje’. He started India’s first radio school called ‘Wild on Air’ in 1999. Emirates 2 FM in Dubai syndicated their Hindi shows to him, for whom he hosted and produced shows from Mumbai. He also produced and hosted shows for Rediff Radio on rediff.com. In 2009,He started an A list Bollywood celebrity chat show ‘Meow Starburst’ on Meow 104.8fm. Later called as ‘Oye talkies’ and then re-christened as ‘Bollywood Khul Ke ‘ on Oye 104.8FM(a TV Today Network initiative). Sid K has interviewed Amitabh Bachchan,Shahrukh Khan,Salman Khan,Aamir Khan,Ranbir Kapoor,Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif amongst others
Television
He hosted his first TV show in 2006 –’Santa and Banta Newz Unlimited’ with renowned singer and rapper Baba Sehgal on Zoom. In 2010,Sid started his next TV show ‘See Taare Mastiii Mein’ –An ‘A list’ celebrity chat show on Mastiii. In 2012,he was the commentator on ‘Ring Ka King’ on Colors produced by Endomol India and backed by Total NonStop Action Wrestling (TNA). In 2014,he was one of the hosts of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi and in the same year he was the host of the inaugural season of the Champions Tennis League on Sony Six.
On 10th May 2017, Siddharth Kannan was the official red carpet host of the Justin Bieber concert at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai.
Radio
At the age of 14, Siddharth joined Times FM as a Radio Host. He holds the record for becoming the youngest radio host in India. In 1997, while at college, he joined Radio Star on 107.1 FM and hosted a show with Cyrus Broacha called ‘Miranda Char Baje Band Baje’. He started India’s first radio school called ‘Wild on Air’ in 1999. Emirates 2 FM in Dubai syndicated their Hindi shows to him, for whom he hosted and produced shows from Mumbai. He also produced and hosted shows for Rediff Radio on rediff.com. In 2009,He started an A list Bollywood celebrity chat show ‘Meow Starburst’ on Meow 104.8fm. Later called as ‘Oye talkies’ and then re-christened as ‘Bollywood Khul Ke ‘ on Oye 104.8FM(a TV Today Network initiative). Sid K has interviewed Amitabh Bachchan,Shahrukh Khan,Salman Khan,Aamir Khan,Ranbir Kapoor,Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif amongst others
Television
He hosted his first TV show in 2006 –’Santa and Banta Newz Unlimited’ with renowned singer and rapper Baba Sehgal on Zoom. In 2010,Sid started his next TV show ‘See Taare Mastiii Mein’ –An ‘A list’ celebrity chat show on Mastiii. In 2012,he was the commentator on ‘Ring Ka King’ on Colors produced by Endomol India and backed by Total NonStop Action Wrestling (TNA). In 2014,he was one of the hosts of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi and in the same year he was the host of the inaugural season of the Champions Tennis League on Sony Six. In 2015 he started hosting ' Fit and Famous' a chat show on fitness with Corporate Icons and Bollywood Stars on Tata Sky's Actve Fitness. He won accolades for hosting the 'Super Fight League' a leading mixed martial arts league on Sony ESPN in 2017.
Voice Overs
He has been the voice over artist for the IIFA AWARDS (2000-2014), Filmfare Awards and Stardust Awards.
Personal life
Sid K’s parents are retired Corporate executives. His elder brother Hrishikesh Kannan,also known as Hrishi K,is a radio host and voice over artist in India. Siddharth married Neha in 2014 in Chennai and Mumbai.