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India's Got Latent
India's Got Latent was an Indian Hindi-language talent show hosted by Samay Raina on YouTube from 2024 to 2025. Inspired by the international ''Got Talent'' franchise and ''Kill Tony,'' it featured a wide variety of acts including singing, dancing, magic, and comedy. The show was eventually called off by Raina and all episodes were made private on YouTube on February 12, 2025 after a controversy sparked over some Obscenity, obscene comments made by podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia and social media influencer Apoorva Mukhija in the last episode. History India's Got Latent was launched on June 14, 2024 by Samay Raina on his YouTube channel. The show and all its episodes were removed from YouTube on February 12, 2025, after a controversy sparked over derogatory comments made by Ranveer Allahbadia. Samay Raina also launched an India's Got Latent app on iOS and Android. Format The format of ''India's Got Latent'' follows a similar structure to other shows in the ''Got Talent'' fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage (theatre), stage and delivers humour, humorous and satire, satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical comedy, physical acts. These performances are typically composed of Rehearsal, rehearsed screenplay, scripts but often include varying degrees of interactive theatre, live crowd interaction (crowdwork). Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke, one-liners, stories, observations, or shticks that can employ Theatrical property, props, comedy music, music, impressions, Magic (illusion), magic tricks, or ventriloquism. Performances can take place in various venues, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges, or theaters. History Stand-up comedy originated in various traditions of popular entertainment in the late 19th century. These include vaudeville, the Stump speech (minstrelsy), stump-speech monologues of minstrel shows, dime museums, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urfi Javed
Uorfi Javed (born 15 October 1994; formerly Urfi Javed) is an Indian internet personality and television actress. Known for her unique fashion sense and social media presence, Javed began her career with roles in soap operas and rose to fame in 2021 after appearing on Voot's reality show '' Bigg Boss OTT 1.'' In 2024, she appeared in the film '' Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2'' and starred in the reality series '' Follow Kar Lo Yaar''. Early and personal life Javed was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 15 October 1994. She did her schooling from City Montessori School, Lucknow. She graduated from Amity University, Lucknow in mass communication. She was born to Ifru Javed and Zakiya Sultana, and has three sisters, Urusa, Asfi, and Dolly Javed, and a brother named Sameer Aslam. She had a difficult childhood, as her father verbally and physically mistreated her mother and siblings. Javed began dating her ''Meri Durga'' co-actor Paras Kalnawat in 2017. The couple broke up in 2018. Thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghu Ram
Raghu Ram Ambadapudi (born 15 April 1973) is an Indian actor and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi and Telugu television shows, and films. He began his career as the creator of Hindi reality shows ''MTV Roadies'' (20032014) and ''MTV Splitsvilla'' (20082009). Ram later also hosted various television shows. He made his film debut with the Hindi romantic comedy ''Jhootha Hi Sahi'' (2010) and got breakthrough with the Tamil action comedy ''Doctor'' (2021). He made his Telugu debut with the crime comedy ''Keedaa Cola'' (2023). Early life Raghu Ram was born into a Telugu family in New Delhi, along with his twin brother, Rajiv Lakshman. Ram attended Deshbandhu College and Sri Venkateswara College, finally earning his degree at Osmania University in Hyderabad. Career Early career Raghu Ram started his career at MTV India supervising shows including ''MTV Love Line'' with VJs Malaika Arora and Cyrus Broacha, and also spearheaded ''MTV Select'' and the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manan Desai
Manan Desai is an Indian actor, comedian, and a former Radio Jockey. He is co-founder of Gujarati YouTube channel ''The Comedy Factory''. In past, he worked as a RJ in My FM and Radio Mirchi. He was also in Indian comedy reality show Comedy Nights Bachao along with Amruta Khanvilkar. He acted in Gujarati films like Ventilator, Chor Bani Thangaat Kare, and Order Order Out Of Order ''Order Order Out of Order'' () is a 2019 Gujarati courtroom drama starring Jinal Belani, Raunaq Kamdar and Gaurav Paswala. On a concept created by Shyam Khandhedia, the film was directed by Dhwani Gautam and produced by Shyam Khandhedia a .... Filmography Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Desai, Manan Gujarati people People from Gujarat People from Vadodara Living people Male actors in Gujarati-language films Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male comedians Indian stand-up comedians 1987 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagar Shah
Sagar Shah (born 28 January 1990) is an Indian chess player, journalist, commentator, and YouTuber who holds the title of International Master (IM). He co-founded ChessBase India in late 2015 with his wife Amruta Mokal. Professionally a chartered accountant, Shah has a peak FIDE rating of 2468 with two Grandmaster (GM) norms. He was awarded the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2014. In 2020, Shah and comedian and chess streamer Samay Raina started streaming chess on YouTube. He started teaching chess to a group of comedians on stream. The duo have greatly contributed to the chess boom in India. They also organized team tournaments like the Chess Super League, in which top chess players such as Gukesh D., Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri Anish Kumar Giri (; ; born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidit Gujrathi
Vidit Gujrathi (born 24 October 1994) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Gujrathi attained the title of grandmaster in January 2013, becoming the 30th player from India to do so. He is the fourth Indian player to have crossed the Elo rating of 2700. He is a double gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad. He is also a silver medalist at the Asian Games. He became the third Indian to qualify for the Candidates tournament by winning Grand Swiss 2023. Early life Vidit Santosh Gujrathi was born in Nashik to Santosh Gujrathi and Nikita Gujrathi, who are doctors. He did his early schooling at Fravashi Academy and was coached in chess from an early age. Career 2006–2017 In 2006, he finished 2nd in the Asian Youth Championships in the U12 category, thus receiving the title of FIDE Master. In 2008, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Open U14 section, the first Indian to do so. He scored 9 points out of a possible 11, clinching his final norm to become an International Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poonam Pandey
Poonam Pandey (born 11 March 1991) is an Indian media personality and actress. She debuted in Hindi cinema with the erotic film '' Nasha'' in 2013. She was also a contestant in '' Khatron Ke Khiladi 4'' (2011) and ''Lock Upp'' season 1 (2022). Early life and media spotlight Pandey was born in a middle class family family in Mumbai on 11 March 1991. She began career as a model in 2010. She became one of the top nine contestants of the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest and appeared on the cover page of the fashion magazine. Pandey became popular through her social media accounts, including Twitter, when she started posting her semi-nude photos. Her revealing photos received significant media attention. Pandey rose to the media's spotlight when she promised to strip for the India national cricket team if it won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. India indeed lifted the World Cup; however, Pandey did not fulfill her promise due to public disapproval, but later claimed she was den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vipul Goyal
Vipul Goyal is an Indian stand-up comedian and actor. He is counted among the top comedy performers in India and also plays the main protagonist in the web-series ''Humorously Yours''. The show is produced by The Viral Fever and depicts a semi-autobiographical account of his life interspersed with standup clips. Vipul is the only Indian comedian with a dedicated show of his own, with more than 70 million views on his online videos across various platforms (as of August 2017). The show revolves around his struggles of becoming a comedian and season 2 depicts the life after his success. He is often called the Indian Seinfeld as he does some observational comedy. Early life Vipul was born in Falna Pali Marwar in Rajasthan, India. He studied electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He has been involved in theatre during college life. He was also a part of "Love in December", along with Nitin Gupta. He was greatly inspired by Indian stand-up comedian of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Joshi
Rohan Joshi is a YouTuber. He was one of founding members of the creative agency ''All India Bakchod''. Joshi scripted and starred in several YouTube sketches for ''All India Bakchod'', and was one of the co-creators of the satirical news comedy show ''On Air with AIB''. Now, he runs his own YouTube channel and makes reaction videos with Tanmay Bhat. Early life and education Joshi attended K J Somaiya College of Engineering, but eventually dropped out. He attended Jai Hind College and subsequently worked as a journalist for a period of time. Before working for CNBC and Times Now, Joshi also attended Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, where he received his postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism. Career In the late 2000s, Joshi was a contributor to ''JLT'', a humour magazine based in Mumbai. In addition to performing across India, Joshi served as a humour columnist for several publications including ''Mid-Day''. In 2011, he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atul Khatri
Atul Naraindas Khatri is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTube personality. He was rated among the top Indian comedians by CNN-IBN and was the only Indian to perform in the Hong Kong International Comedy Festival (Sep 2014). He was also the winner of the ''CEO's Got Talent Season 1''. Early life and education He attended the St. Theresa’s Boys High School and later obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree from TSEC, University of Mumbai. He also attained a certificate in Business Administration from the Manchester Business School in Manchester, England. His family is Sindhi and his mother hails from Karachi. After completing his education, he joined his family-run computer business (Kaytek Computer Services Private Limited) and assumed the post of Chief Executive Officer. At the age of 43, Khatri became a comedian whilst still being engaged in his business. Career Khatri in 2011, owing to monotony and after being encouraged by his wife to do so, wanted to have an alter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunal Kamra
Kunal Kamra (born 3 October 1988) is an Indian standup comedian and political satirist known for his observational comedy about absurdities of life. His performances include jokes about politics, cabbies, bachelor life and TV advertisements. Early life and education Kamra was born and brought up in Mumbai. He attended Jai Hind College for a degree in Commerce. He dropped out in his second year to start working as a production assistant in Prasoon Pandey's ad film production house Corcoise Films, where he worked for eleven years. Career He started performing as a stand-up comedian in 2013, with a show at the Canvas Laugh Club in Mumbai. A clip of one of his shows, uploaded on YouTube in 2017, led to him receiving death threats for his satirical take on Indian hyper-nationalism. He started his eponymous titled talk-show ''Shut Up Ya Kunal'' in July 2017 along with Ramit Verma. The episodes typically feature a conversation with one or more invited guests, interposed with clips of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seedhe Maut
Seedhe Maut is a hip hop duo from Delhi, India, consisting of Siddhant Sharma (stage name Calm) from Nainital and Abhijay Negi (stage name Encore ABJ). Formed in 2015, their name comes from a slang that the former's brother used perpetually among his friends to signify "giving their full potential to something". The rap duo has made songs on romance, politics, Indian society and the education system, and their lifestyle. In 2017, they signed to the independent music label Azadi Records. After releasing their final project ''Lunch Break'' with Azadi Records in 2023, they departed from the label and found their own independent labelDL91 in 2024. Career 2015-2017: Formation and ''2 Ka Pahada'' The two met at Spit Dope Inc., a Delhi underground battle rap league organized by MC Kode and Encore ABJ at Deer Park, Hauz Khas Village, where Calm delivered a freestyle that would capture the latter's attention. After competing in various rap battles and cyphers together, the duo would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
