Kanan Gill is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTuber. He won the Punch Line Bangalore Competition. He is known for the YouTube series, Pretentious Movie Reviews where he reviews flawed yesteryear Bollywood films along with fellow stand-up comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath . The first movie that they reviewed was Gunda followed by other movies like "Hum Saath Saath Hain", "Prem Aggan", "Aap ka Suroor" and "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge". In 2023, he had a starring role in the Netflix film, "Christmas As Usual".
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 24, 1989 (36)
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Actor, writer, director and composer, also producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Kanan Gill's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Kanan in The Improvisers: Something from Nothing (2018)
- Heraldas Jashan in Christmas as Usual (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet3
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kanan Gill's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Kanan Gill's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Kanan Gill : What Is This? (also Original) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Dil Dosti Dilemma(2024)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Christmas as Usual(2023)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Aachar & Co(2023)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Kanan Gill: Is This It? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Sketchy Behaviour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Comicstaan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Die Trying (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Kanan Gill: Keep It Real(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Noor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Behti Naak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Better Life Foundation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Living Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Pretentious Movie Reviews (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Career shape
Star power in the 64th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 2014 to 2026; peak year 2023.
Film career
Peak 2023 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2017Screen debut· Noor
How do Kanan Gill's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 51/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kanan Gill work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kanan Gill's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shahnawaz Khan shares the most, 2.
Editors
- Shahnawaz KhanShared titles: Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill (2020), Kanan Gill: Keep It Real (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Shahnawaz Khan
Producers
- Rachita AryaShared titles: Biswa Kalyan Rath: Mood Kharaab (2023), Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Rachita Arya
- Sachit RameshShared titles: Biswa Kalyan Rath: Mood Kharaab (2023), The Improvisers: Something from Nothing (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Sachit Ramesh
- Riva MendoncaShared titles: Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill (2020), The Improvisers: Something from Nothing (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Riva Mendonca
- Sneha MenonShared titles: Yours Sincerely, Kanan Gill (2020), The Improvisers: Something from Nothing (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Sneha Menon