Akash Dodeja, popularly known as Jadoo, is an Indian comedian, vlogger and YouTuber. He is famous for appearing in the funny videos of popular YouTube blogger Ashish Chanchlani.
Wiki/Biography
Akash Chander Dodeja was born on Saturday, March 27, 1993 (30 years old as of 2023) and hails from Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Aries.
Akash Dodeja childhood photos
He attended Sri Satya Sai Niketan High School in Ulhasnagar. For junior college, he attended Smt. Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College, Ulhasnagar (2009 – 2011). He pursued Bachelor of Science (BE) in Chemical Engineering from Thadomal Shahani College of Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra (2011 to 2015). He completed BE and took first place. Akash revealed in an interview that he studied chemical engineering because his father owned certain chemical plants. He thought he should study chemical engineering and join his father’s business to expand it.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family and caste
Akash Dodeja belongs to a Sindhi family.
Parents and siblings
His father, Chander Dodeja, owned chemical plants. His mother’s name is Neeta Dodeja. He has two sisters: Barkha Dodeja and Renu Dodeja.
Akash Dodeja and his parents
Akash Dodeja with his mother and sisters
wife and children
He married actor, model, YouTuber and dancer Simran Dhanwani on February 29, 2024.
Akash Dodeja and Simran Dhanwani on their wedding day
other relatives
His cousin’s name is Nitesh Dodeja.
Akash Dodeja and his cousin
Relationships/Affairs
Akash Dodeja dated Simran Dhanwani (who also appeared in YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani’s Grapevine) for a long time before getting married in 2024. On January 3, 2024, Simran announced his engagement to Akash. She posted a picture on her Instagram account, in which Akash can be seen proposing to her with a ring.
Akash Dodeja proposes to Simran Dhanwani with a ring
Their best friend Ashish Chanchlani acted as a matchmaker between the two. Chanchlani left a heartwarming comment on their post, writing:
Yes, folks, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley are engaged. Love you both so much. Two of my best friends are getting married. Just wow. “
Chanchlani posted the poster of their YouTube video titled The Palti-Khor FRIEND (2017) on his Instagram story with the caption:
What if I told you that this video was actually the reason they fell in love?”
Akash Dodeja and Ashish Chanchlani
He has been passionate about movies and the entertainment industry since he was a child. As a child, he would sit with his father and watch old movies, just for the pleasure of the air-conditioned TV room. Later, he studied science in classes 11 and 12 and attended MBGT tuition classes, where he met Ashish Chanchlani. One day, Ashish and his friend Karan were sitting in their tuition class arguing about Akshay Kumar’s laughter, while Akash, a film buff, sat on the bench behind them. Karan said it was Akshay Kumar’s original style, while Ashish said he was imitating the old Bollywood actor’s laugh. Amid the heated debate, Akash said Akshay Kumar imitated the laughter of veteran actors Pran and Jeevan. Ashish was impressed by Akash’s knowledge of Bollywood and soon they became friends. Akash then studied at Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai, while Ashish studied at Datta Meghe Engineering College, Navi Mumbai. Ashish started creating content on Vine in 2014-15 while still in college and sharing it on social media. Looking at Ashish, Akash also became interested in making vines. Akash would meet with Ashish on the weekends and make fun videos for Ashish’s YouTube channel. However, this is a leisure activity for Akash. After completing engineering, he worked in the corporate sector for two years before entering the entertainment industry.
Profession
In July 2015, he started working as a process engineer at Aker Solutions, a Mumbai-based oilfield services subsea (technical) engineering company. He joined as a contract intern and is expected to become a permanent employee within a year and a half. However, a sudden drop in oil prices led the company to lay off contract interns in 2017. Subsequently, in 2017, he worked as a process engineer at TechnoQuest, Inc, where he worked for seven months. After that, he decided to take the CAT exam and study for an MBA. Meanwhile, he spends weekends making vines with Ashish Chanchlani.
Old photos of Ashish Chanchlani and Akash Dodeja
At the same time, he also joined his father’s chemical business. On the day of the exam, some CAT candidates recognized him as Jadoo at the exam center and asked him if he was the person seen in Ashish Chanchlani’s video. Then, people started clicking his pictures. From this moment on, Akash announced that he had amassed a fan base and started taking content creation seriously. Instead of pursuing an MBA, he began focusing on content creation and running his father’s business. Akash has since appeared in various vines by Ashish Chanchlani such as The Reality of Every New Year’s Resolution (2016), When Mom Scolds Your Brother and You Enjoy It (2017), That One Is Always Right All Our Friends Who Plan to Say No (2017), and The Palti-Khor FRIEND (2017), with Kunal Chhabhria, Simran Dhanwani, Rohit Sadhwani, Anmol and others Sachar, Barkha Singh, Bhavika Motwani, Radhika Bangia, Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma.
Thumbnail image of The Palti-Khor FRIEND (2017) by Ashish Chanchlani
In 2018, he established his own YouTube channel of the same name, where he posts various interesting Vlogs, which he calls “We-log” because Akash and his friends always appear together in his Vlogs. His first vlog was a trip to Goa with friends. In 2019, Akash won a YouTube Silver Play Button for his channel of the same name.
Akash Dodeja poses with his silver YouTube play button
In 2020, he was highly appreciated for his role as Claudia Ciesla in Ashish Chanchlani’s parody video Sasta Biig Bosss.
Thumbnail of Ashish Chanchlani Sasta Biig Bosss parody video 2020
In 2022, Chanchlani created a parody of the TV show Shark Tank India. Titled Sasta Shark Tank, the satirical drama stars Ashish Chanchlani as Paneer Grover (Ashneer Grover), founder of Bharatde Simran Dhanwani as Babita Papad (Namita Thapar), Akash Dodeja as Chaman Gutka (Aman Gupta), Kunal ·Kunal Chabria plays Utapam Misal (Anupam Mittal).
Ashish Chanchlani as Paneer Grover (Ashneer Grover), Simran Dhanwani as Babita Papad (Namita Thapar), Akash Dodeja as Chaman Gutka (Aman Gupta), Kunal Chabria in a parody of Shasta Shark Tank (2022) Uttapam Misal (Anupam Mittal), a parody of Sasta Shark Tank) (2022) TV show Shark Tank India
Apart from this, Akash Dodeja is also the Director of Ralline Exim Pvt. He has been a member of the company since 2019. By 2024, he had over 1.32 million subscribers. Akash Dodeja, one of the first generation YouTubers in India, spoke at the India Influencer Summit (2024).
Akash Dodeja Attends India Influencer Summit (2024)
bicycle collection
He has a Yamaha Fazer.
Akash Dodeja pictured with his Yamaha Fazer (left)
car collection
He has a Honda Brio.
Akash Dodeja poses with his Honda Brio
Favorites
Facts/Trivia
- Samaira Kukreja is his talent manager.
- Akash Dodeja enjoys the occasional alcoholic beverage.
Akash Dodeja’s Instagram post reveals his drinking habits
- He sometimes smokes hookah.
Akash Dodeja enjoys shisha
- His hobbies include photography and reading.
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Source: HIS Education