Kumar (Singaporean entertainer)

Kumarason Chinnadurai , popularly known as Kumar, is a Singaporean Indian comedian and television host, actor, and drag queen. He made his name at the now defunct 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 3Monkeys Caf in Holland Village and Hard Rock Caf. He released his biographical book, Kumar From Rags To Drag, in September 2011, in which he publicly came out as gay, making him one of the few openlygay public figures in Singapore. He also discussed his thentwenty years in show business.

Kumar was born onAugust 1968 to a South Indian father from Madras and a Singaporean mother. His father, Chinna Dorai, arrived in Singapore in the mid1960s and worked as a caretaker for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . When Kumar was four, his parents divorced he was raised by his mothers younger sister, Rani Vyarakannoo, a policewoman, who eventually became his stepmother.

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