Siddharth Kannan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Siddharth Kannan

• Siddharth Kannan is an Indian TV & radio host, voice-over artist, film critic, and radio announcer. He is known for hosting various talk shows with Indian celebrities.

• He once shared that in childhood, he loved playing tennis. His parents used to give him a rupee for every ball that he sent across the net, as they wanted him to participate in sports. He even wanted to make his career as a tennis player.

• He spent his childhood in various cities like Kolkata and Lucknow. In 1994, he shifted to Mumbai.

• At the age of 15, he interviewed Amitabh Bachchan for the first time.

• When he was 16 years old, he bought his first car red Nissan Micra and gifted it to his mother.

  

• At the beginning of his career, he hosted a few Hindi radio shows like Thursday Night Take Off on Times FM (1995), Yamaha First on Times FM (1996), and Purab Paschim Masala on Radio Star (1997).

  

• He started ‘Wild on Air,’ India’s first radio school in 1999.

• He has worked as a host and producer in a few Hindi radio shows like Emirates 2 FM in Dubai and a few radio shows for Rediff Radio. As a radio jockey, he has hosted various shows for the radio channel 104.8 FM. Some of such shows are Meow Starburst, Oye Talkies, Bollywood Khul Ke, and Ishq Khul Ke. In 2017, he started hosting the Bollywood Hat Ke show on London’s Lyca Radio.

• Some of the TV shows hosted by him are ‘Planet Bollywood’ (2008; Zoom), ‘See Taare Mastiii Mein’ (2010; Mastiii), ‘Ring Ka King’ (2012; Colors), ‘Star Sports Pro Kabaddi’ (2014; Star Sports), and ‘Super Fight League’ (2017; Sony ESPN).

  

• Siddharth has also hosted many award shows including The IIFA Weekend Extravaganza, The Femina Miss India, Alt Balaji Indian Wiki Media Digital Awards, and Teachers Achievements Awards.

  

• On 10 May 2017, he was the host of the official red carpet of the show of Justin Bieber in DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai.

  

• He has hosted many events like the YouTube Fanfest India Global Conference, the Aditya Birla Financial Services Privilege Club Gold Plus Convention in Udaipur, and the World’s Biggest Guestlist Festival at DY Patil Stadium.

• Kannan has worked as a voice-over artist in a few TV commercials and promos such as Star Network, Sony TV, State Bank of India, Mercedes, Mont Blanc, and Pepsico.

• He regularly works out at a gym to maintain his fitness.

  

• He has started a self-titled YouTube channel on which he uploads his interviews with various Indian celebrities. His channel has around 3 million subscribers.

  

• He is a businessman too and is a co-partner in various companies.

• He follows a regular workout regimen to remain fit.

• In his spare time, he enjoys travelling and partying with his friends.

  

• He is well-versed in speaking around eight languages.

• In an interview, he shared that he had the symptoms of schizophrenia, a disorder that affects a person’s ability to think, feel, and behave clearly. ^[7]The Hindu

• He loves to buy different brands of wristwatches and has a good collection of them.