NEEL KOLHATKAR
One of the brightest prospects in the comedy world, Neel Kolhatkar boasts a CV rivalling many seasoned professionals. With a subscriber base that had previously garnered him millions of hits on his YouTube and Facebook videos, Neel sky-rocketed to Internet stardom at just 19 years old in 2013 with his viral video Australia in 2 Minutes. This runaway hit has been supervened by numerous noteworthy videos- ranging from song parodies to political short films including his 2015 global hit #Equality, which was featured on the primetime American talk show Stossel (FOX Network) and has close to two million views and counting. The success of these videos has firmly cemented Neel’s position at the top of Australia’s YouTube community, as evidenced by the follow-up videos to #Equality, Modern Educaytion, which clocked close to a million views and a massive global response within 48 hours of release (now fast approaching 5 million views) and the recent The Privilege Game.
Since winning The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF)’s national Class Clowns Competition at the tender age of fifteen, Neel has gone on to perform at all of Australia’s top comedy clubs and festivals. In both 2010 and ‘11 he was invited to perform at MICF’s Teenage Gala – a showcase of Australia’s best comedians aged 20 or under, and In 2013 Neel was again handpicked by the Festival directors as the youngest of 5 comics to perform as part of its prestigious annual show The Comedy Zone- featuring the finest up and coming comedians in the nation.
