Bhuvaneshwar Bam, popularly known as Bhuvan Bam, is an Indian comedian, actor, writer, singer, songwriter and YouTube personality. He is known for his YouTube comedy channel ‘BB Ki Vines’.
Wiki/Biography
Bhuvan Bam was born on Saturday, January 22, 1994 (age 30 in 2024) in Vadodara, Gujarat. His zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Bhuvan Bam in his childhood
When he was very young, his family moved to Delhi. His hometown is Delhi. He attended Green Fields School in New Delhi and later went to Shaheed Bhagat Singh College in New Delhi to pursue his BA in History. In the gap between Grade 12 and college, Bhuvan developed a keen interest in music. He aspired to become a musician. However, his parents were not convinced that he wanted to be a musician. During college, Bhuvan received classical singing training and later got an opportunity to work as a singer in a restaurant in Delhi.
appearance
Height: 5′ 10½”
Hair color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Family and caste
Bhuvan Bam was born in a Marathi family. He is the son of Avnindra and Padma Bam. His mother used to work for ABB in Faridabad. He has an elder brother, Aman Bam (pilot).
Bhuvan Bam’s parents
Bhuvan Bam and his father
Bhuvan Bam and his mother
On June 12, 2021, he shared the news that his parents had passed away due to complications from COVID-19.
Profession
Bhuvan started his career as a singer by singing in a local restaurant in New Delhi. Slowly, he started playing instruments and composing music. Once, Bam uploaded a video online in which he ridiculed a news reporter who asked an insensitive question to a woman about the death of her son due to floods in Kashmir. The video created a backlash in Pakistan, prompting Bam to create his own YouTube channel. In 2015, he created his own YouTube channel, BB Ki Vines.
The first video 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 collaborated with Indian YouTube channel TVF (The Viral Fever) for the video “TVF Bhootiyapa Bachelors Vs Ghost”.
Bhuvan released his music video ‘Teri Meri Kahani’ in 2016. He subsequently released music videos like ‘Sang Hoon Tere’, ‘Safar’, ‘Rahguzaar’ and ‘Ajnabee’.
In 2018, he co-starred with Divya Dutta in the short film Plus Minus.
In the same year, Bam launched a new digital series on YouTube called “Titu Talks”. Shah Rukh Khan was the first guest of the series.
Bhuvan Bam and Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of Titu Talk
During the coronavirus pandemic, Bhuvan shot the video “Social Lifeline” to raise funds for migrants.
In September 2023, Bhuvan was announced as the host of the game show Takeshi’s Castle, originally hosted by actor and dancer Javed Jaffrey on Pogo. The show is the Indian version of the Japanese show of the same name.
Bhuvan Bam’s Instagram post
Awards and Honors
- Its YouTube channel “BB Ki Vines” won the WebTV Award for the Most Popular Channel in Asia (2016)
- Winner of the inaugural Game Changer Award from the Hindustan Times (2017)
Bhuvan Bam won the award
- The film “Plus Minus” won the Best Short Film Award at the Indian Film Awards (2019)
Bhuvan Bam wins Filmfare Award
- Mumbai Grammy Awards Icon of the Year (2023)
Bhuvan Bam announced on Instagram that he has won the 2023 Grammy Award for Icon of the Year
Assets and Properties
Bhuvan Bam owns a bungalow worth Rs 11 crore in Greater Kailash, South Delhi. According to sources, the property was registered on August 7, 2023, and he paid stamp duty of around Rs 7.7 crore.
Favorite things
Facts/Trivia
- His hobbies include playing guitar and traveling.
- He wanted to be an archaeologist since he was a child.
- Bhuvan’s mother wanted him to pursue Bachelor of Commerce Honours after Class 12. However, his poor grades left him with only a few options to get into Delhi University. So, he chose History as his graduation subject.
- Bhuvan is a YouTube celebrity and his YouTube channel ‘BB Ki Vines’ has over 19.3 million subscribers (as of 2020).
- His friends and family affectionately called him BB.
- In 2016, Bhuvan attended TEDx events at IIT Delhi and Jaypee University of Information Technology.
Bhuvan Bam is a TEDx speaker
- In 2017, India won the YouTube Summit Golf Competition and Bhuvan’s YouTube channel ‘BB Ki Vines’ was a major contributor to the competition.
- In 2018, Bhuvan became the first Indian YouTube individual star to cross 10 million subscribers.
- Bhuvan loves dogs and he has a pet dog named Maddy.
Bhuvan Bam and his pet dog
- In 2020, he appeared on the cover of Grazia magazine.
Bhuvan Bam on the cover of Grazia magazine
- Bhuvan used to work as a singer in a restaurant and earned Rs 5,000 per month.
- In a podcast hosted by Raj Shamani, Bhuvan claimed that he does not smoke or drink.
- He officially trademarked Titu Mama, one of the most famous characters from BB Ki Vines, in May 2024. According to Bhuvan, this was his first step towards the BB Ki Vines universe.
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