Bhuvaneshwar Bam, popularly known as Bhuvan Bam, is an Indian comedian, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, and YouTube personality. He is well known for his YouTube comedy channel “BB Ki Vines.”
Wiki/Biography
Bhuvan Bam was born on Saturday, 22 January 1994 (age 27 years; as of 2021) in Baroda, Gujarat. His zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Bhuvan Bam in childhood
His family moved to Delhi when he was too young. His hometown is Delhi. He did his schooling from New Delhi’s Green Fields School and went to Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, New Delhi to pursue a bachelor’s degree in History. During the gap between his class 12 and college, Bhuvan developed a great interest in music. He desired to become a musician. However, his parents weren’t convinced by his idea of becoming a musician. While in college, Bhuvan got trained in classical singing and later bagged an opportunity to work as a singer for a restaurant in Delhi.
Physical Appearance
Height : 5′ 10½”
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Family & Caste
Bhuvan Bam belongs to a Marathi family. He is the son of Avnindra and Padma Bam. Her mother used to work in ABB, Faridabad. He has an elder brother, Aman Bam (Pilot).
Bhuvan Bam’s parents
Bhuvan Bam with his father
Bhuvan Bam with his mother
On 12 June 2021, he shared the news of his parents’ demise due to COVID-19 complications.
Career
Bhuvan started his career as a singer by singing at a local restaurant in New Delhi. Slowly, he started playing musical instruments and composing music. Once, Bam uploaded a video on the internet in which he ridiculed a news reporter who asked insensitive questions to a woman regarding her son’s death due to Kashmir floods. The video received a great response in Pakistan and motivated Bam to create his own YouTube channel. In 2015, he created his YouTube channel “BB Ki Vines.”
The first video that he uploaded on his channel was “The Chakhna Issue.” The video received only 10-15 views and was later deleted from his channel. In his YouTube videos, he plays characters like Banchoddas, Sameer Fuddi, Titu Mama, Bablu, Pinki, and Mr Hola. Bhuvan has also collaborated with two Pakistani channels “Karachi Vynz Official” and “Bekar Films.” Bhuvan has also bonded with Indian YouTube channel TVF (The Viral Fever) for the video “TVF Bhootiyapa Bachelors Vs Ghost.”
In 2016, Bhuvan released his music video “Teri Meri Kahani.” Subsequently, he released music videos like “Sang Hoon Tere”, “Safar”, “Rahguzaar” and “Ajnabee.”
In 2018, he featured in the short film “Plus Minus” alongside Divya Dutta.
In the same year, Bam launched a new digital series on YouTube called “Titu Talks.” The series featured Shah Rukh Khan as its first guest.
Bhuvan Bam with Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of Titu Talks
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bhuvan shot the video “Lifelines of Society” and raised funds for the migrants.
Awards & Honours
- The Most Popular Channel WebTV Asia Award for his YouTube Channel “BB Ki Vines” (2016)
- Felicitated by Hindustan Times at the first edition of their Game Changer Awards (2017)
Bhuvan Bam with an award
- Filmfare Award for Best Short Film for the film “Plus Minus” (2019)
Bhuvan Bam with his Filmfare Award
Favourite Things
Facts/Trivia
- His hobbies include playing the guitar and travelling.
- He wanted to become an archaeologist since childhood.
- Bhuvan’s mother wanted him to pursue B.Com Honours after his class 12. However, his percentage was not so good, which gave him only a few options to enroll himself in Delhi University. So, he chose history for his graduation.
- Bhuvan is a popular face on YouTube with more than 19.3 million subscribers (as of 2020) on his YouTube channel “BB Ki Vines.”
- His friends and family members fondly call him BB.
- In 2016, Bhuvan appeared at the TEDx at IIIT Delhi and Jaypee University of Information Technology.
Bhuvan Bam as a TEDx speaker
- In 2017, India won the YouTube Summit golf competition in which Bhuvan’s YouTube channel “BB Ki Vines” was the main contributor.
- In 2018, Bhuvan became the first Indian individual YouTube personality to cross 10 million subscribers.
- Bhuvan loves dogs and has a pet dog named Maddy.
Bhuvan Bam with his pet dog
- In 2020, he featured on the cover of the Grazia magazine.
Bhuvan Bam on the cover of the Grazia Magazine
- Bhuvan used to earn Rs. 5000 a month as a singer in a restaurant.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
