Prajakta Koli is a popular Indian YouTuber and blogger. She is best known for her comedy videos on her YouTube channel ‘MostlySane’.
Wiki/Biography
Prajakta was born on Sunday, June 27, 1993 (age 30 in 2023) and her birthplace is Thane, Mumbai. Her star sign is Cancer. She attended high school in Vasant Vihar, Thane, Mumbai. Later, she pursued her bachelor’s degree in mass communication at VG Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mulund, Mumbai.
Prajakta Koli’s childhood photos
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 5″
Eye Color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Family and caste
She was born into a Hindu family in Maharashtra.
Parents and siblings
Her father, Manoj Koli, is a real estate businessman turned restaurateur and her mother, Archana Koli, is a speech and language teacher. She is the only child of her parents.
Prajakta Koli shows her childhood pictures
Prajakta Koli’s childhood photo with her father
Prajakta Koli and her parents
Prajakta Koli and her mother
Relationship/affair
She is in a long-term relationship with lawyer Vrishank Khanal.
Prajakta Koli and her boyfriend
fiancé
Prajakta and Vrishank got engaged in September 2023, and Prajakta announced the news through an Instagram post.
Parajakta and Vrishank showing her engagement ring
Profession
YouTuber
A week after her junior year final exams, she joined the radio station “Fever 104” as an intern. Within a few days of joining, she felt the pressure and workload of the job, but she persisted in the internship for a year. Due to the excessive pressure of the organization, she lost nearly 11 kilograms. She got her first show “Call Centre” as a radio host, but the show did not receive good ratings and ultimately failed.
Prajakta Koli as Radio Jockey
During her internship, she met many Bollywood celebrities including Hrithik Roshan, Jackie Shroff and Ayushmann Khurrana. Her meeting with Hrithik Roshan was a turning point in her life and she was discovered by Sudeep Lahiri, who came with Hrithik to the radio station where Kohli worked. Sudeep noticed that she was good at making comedy videos and asked Prajakta to start her YouTube channel.
Prajakta Koli and Hrithik Roshan
Prajakta Koli and Sudeep
She created her YouTube channel ‘MostlySane’ in February 2015. Her first YouTube video was a monologue titled ‘Five Types of Singles on Valentine’s Day’. In June 2015, her video ‘Funny Words Delhiites Use’ went viral.
Later, she started uploading three videos a week, including “RealTalk Tuesday”, “Comedy video on Thursday” and “SawaalSaturday”. She also uploaded some vlogs on her YouTube channel. In January 2020, she launched the “Pretty Fit” series on her channel, inviting Indian celebrities such as Neha Kakkar, Kareena Kapoor and Sanya Malhotra to participate.
Prajakta Koli and Kareena Kapoor
Her YouTube videos are very popular and her channel “MostlySane” has nearly 6 million subscribers. In 2018, she appeared in a TV commercial for “WhatsApp” to stop the spread of fake news through the messaging app.
She has also collaborated with other Indian YouTubers and YouTube channels like Bhuvan Bam, Ashish Chanchlani, Girliyapa, FilterCopy, and Be YouNick.
Music Videos
Prajakta has acted in music videos like ‘Shameless’ (2017), ‘No Offence’ (2018), and ‘Yeh Diss Gaana Hai’ (2020).
Prajakta Koli’s shameless video
actor
In 2020, she played the role of Asha in the Haryana short film Khayali Pulao for women empowerment.
Prajakta Koli by Khayali Pulav
She also starred in the Netflix web series Mismatched starring Rohit Saraf in 2020. The web series also received a great response from the audience and critics.
She starred in the 2022 Hindi film Jugjugg Jeeyo starring Varun Dhawan and Anil Kapoor.
Prajakta Koli with her co-stars in Jug Jugg Jeeyo
sign
Prajakta Koli’s autograph
Favorites
- Food: Chicken steamed buns, eggs, sausages, granola bars, chocolate smoothies
- Comedian: Ellen DeGeneres
- YouTubers: Ashish Shakya, Nikunj Lotia, Collins Key, Miranda Sings and Lele Pons
- Vacation destination: Europe
Facts/Trivia
- Her family and friends all call her Praju.
- She is also known as the “Indian Superwoman”.
- While in school and college, she often participated in debates and various extracurricular activities.
- At the age of 11, she decided to become a radio host after graduation.
- At the age of 15 or 16, she began to work as a host and collaborated with various theater groups.
- She launched the #IPledgeToBeMe campaign on World Mental Health Day in 2016 and released her rap song “Shameless” on the same day.
- She won the Viral Queen of the Year award at the IWM Digital Awards (2018).
- In 2018, she became the face of H&M’s online store.
- In the same year, she was chosen as the Indian ambassador for YouTube’s ‘Creators for Change’ program and became one of the 50 YouTubers selected from around the world.
Prajakta Koli attended the event
- In 2018, she became the first female comedy creator in India to have a million subscribers.
- She participated in One.Org’s 2018 #GirlsCount campaign.
- Her initial journey as a YouTuber was not smooth. She used to receive many hate comments, was criticized, and people called her a “wannabe superwoman” referring to Indian-Canadian YouTuber Lilly Singh.
- In September 2019, she participated in the International Day for Tolerance and Goalkeepers event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
- In 2019, she was named in Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list, Entrepreneur India’s 35 Under 35 list, and Prospect Business Magazine’s Most Valuable Women list. She has received several awards, including Vogue Magazine’s YouTuber of the Year Award (2019).
Prajakta Koli received awards
- In 2020, she was included in the gossip magazine Grazia India’s annual “Cool List”.
Prajakta Koli on Grazia Magazine
- She has also been named one of the most influential women by several prestigious magazines including BW Businessworld.
- According to Kohli, one of her greatest achievements was gifting her parents a trip to Europe.
- Her hobbies include reading, cooking and traveling.
Prajakta Koli Reading Book
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Prajakta Koli Chicken Dinner
- She has five tattoos. The first tattoo is about the universe, eternity and life, and is tattooed on her right arm; the second and third tattoos are her father’s name and mother’s name, tattooed on the back of her shoulders; the fourth tattoo is about excellence, exploration and balance, tattooed on her right arm; the fifth tattoo is about excellence, exploration and balance, tattooed on her right ankle.
Prajakta Koli’s tattoo
- She doesn’t smoke, but she drinks occasionally.
- In 2020, she participated in the “Creators for Change” event launched by former First Lady Michelle Obama, along with YouTubers Liza Koshy and Thembe Mahlaba.
Prajakta Koli and Michelle Obama
- She attended the “Dear Class of 2020” virtual graduation ceremony hosted by former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama.
- She represented India in 2020 at the Call to Solidarity event, organized by UNITE and Room To Read, which aimed to promote education for children during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide support to people facing difficulties during the pandemic.
Prajakta Koli is one of six YouTube influencers selected in January 2023 from Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Ghana, India and the Middle East to cover the 2023 World Economic Forum.
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