About Umar Rana
Born 1975. Umar Rana is a Pakistani and American comedian.
Umar Rana is a Pakistani stand-up comedian based in Singapore.
Early life Umar Rana was born in Karachi, Pakistan.
Career Umar began his comedy career performing improv. He was a founding member of Pakistan's first English-speaking improv troupe, Blackfish, created by Saad Haroon, which represented Pakistan in an international youth theatre festival called "Contacting the World" at Contact Theatre in Manchester, England.
He later moved to Bahrain because of a job posting and, in January 2007, moved to Singapore.
After performing in many improv shows and stand-up comedy events, in September 2010 Rana founded Comedy Masala. Comedy Masala offers a weekly open mic in Singapore and brings in comedians from across Asia. He has also hosted many events, including Rob Schneider's stand-up comedy performance in Singapore.
He was second runner-up at the 2009 HK International Comedy Festival.
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comedian
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Umar Rana was born on 28 May 1975.
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Umar Rana is a comedian.
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Umar Rana is Pakistani and American.
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