Siddharth Kannan

Siddharth Kannan is an Indian television and radio host, announcer, voice-over actor and a film critic.

Early life and background

He was born into a Tamil speaking family 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.

Career

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, Himesh Reshammiya, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Deepika Padukone, and Katrina Kaif.

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 10 May 2017, Siddharth Kannan was the official red carpet host of the Justin Bieber concert at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai.

Voice Overs He has been the voice over artist for the IIFA AWARDS (2000–2014), Filmfare Awards and Stardust Awards.

Year Shows 2000–2004 IIFA AWARDS 2008 Ford Super Model India 2011 Femina Miss India South 2012 IIFA Weekend Singapore amongst others. 2013 Femina Miss India Delhi 2014 IIFA World Premiere (Tampa Bay) 2014 IIFA Stomp (Tampa Bay,Usa) 2014 Provogue Men’s Xp Mr.India World 2014 Filmfare Awards 2014 Avengers-Age of Ultron (official Hindi trailer) 2014 Spectre (official Hindi trailer-James Bond film) 2015 Gima Awards2016 Renault Star Guild 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.

TV shows

Year Shows 2006 Santa and Banta Newz Unlimited on Zoom 2008 Planet Bollywood on Zoom 2010 See Taare Mastiii Mein on Mastiii 2012 Ring Ka King on Colors 2014 Star Sports Pro Kabaddi on Star Sports 2014 Champions Tennis league on Sony Six 2015 Fit And Famous on Tata Sky Active Fitness 2016 Star Special on Mtunes 2017 Super Fight League on Sony ESPN

Radio shows

Achievements Year Award Event 2007 Best TV Host 14th Lions Golds Award 2011 Best Radio Host Newsmakers Achievers Awards 2013 Best Chat Show host on TV Tassel Fashion and Lifestyle Awards 2013 Best Emcee Live Quotient Awards (Event Faqs) 2014 Best Emcee Tassel Fashion and Lifestyle Awards