Kumar (Singaporean entertainer) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Kumar (Singaporean entertainer) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Kumarason Chinnadurai (born 10 August 1968, in Singapore), popularly

known as Kumar, is a Singaporean Indian comedian and television host,

actor, and drag queen. He made his name at the Boom Boom Room and was,

for a time, synonymous with the cabaret nightclub as its resident

performer. Having spent nearly two decades as an entertainer, he has

amassed a string of television, stage, and film credits. Currently, he

is a regular performer at Hard Rock Café. He released his

biographical book, Kumar: From Rags To Drag, in September 2011. In his

book, he publicly came out as gay, making him the first entertainer in

Singapore to come out. He is one of the few openly-gay public figures

in Singapore.Kumar was born on 10 August 1968 in a South Indian

Mudaliar family from Madras and a Singaporean mother. His father,

Chinna Dorai, arrived in Singapore in the mid-1960s and worked as a

caretaker for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

(SPCA). When Kumar was four, his parents divorced; he was raised by

his mother’s younger sister, Rani Vyarakannoo, a policewoman, who

eventually became his step-mother.Kumar grew up in a terrace house on

Paterson Road with his parents, three siblings â€" three older

sisters, and six dogs. He went to Cairnhill and Selegie Primary

schools and later attended Monk’s Hill Secondary School. As a child,

he aspired to be a classical Bharathanatyam dancer and joined the

Indian Dance Society in his secondary school. After his O levels,

Kumar worked for six months as a cashier at a convenience store before

enlisting for National Service, where he served as a combat signaler

in the army and held the record for one of the fastest times in his

cohort for the completion of the 2.4 km run.In 1987, after serving his

conscription, Kumar had his first exposure to the entertainment

industry at 22 years old as a singing waiter at Cheers! The Fun Pub at

the Novotel Orchid. Two years later, he began a stint as an

entertainer at Haw Par Villa. In 1991, Kumar landed a gig at the now

defunct Laughs Comedy Club in Tanglin Shopping Centre playing the role

of an Indian drag queen. It was then when he realized comedy was his

calling.
Kumar (Singaporean entertainer) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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