Tanmay Bhat

Tanmay Bhat (born 23 June 1987) is an Indian YouTuber, comedian, script writer, performer, producer, co-founder of the creative agency All India Bakchod (AIB) along with Gursimranjeet Singh Khamba.[1] [2] He was one of the first four comedians to be featured at the Comedy Store Mumbai's first all-Indian comedian line up, titled Local , and soon thereafter he performed alongside comedians from Nepal in Stand Up event.[2]

Tanmay Bhat
Bhat in an AIB Video
Born (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation
Years active2009–present
Known forCo-founder of AIB
Parent(s)Jaya Bhat
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Genre
Subscribers2.71 million
Total views407.93 million
100,000 subscribers 2019
1,000,000 subscribers 2020
Updated: 13 December 2020

In 2018, he was a judge in Comicstaan, a stand-up comedy competition broadcast on TV. However in the next season of the show he was replaced due to the controversy related to AIB.

In mid 2019, he started the YouTube channel "Tanmay Bhat" where he posts vlogs, comedy sketches, and video essays, and streams games such as PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty with other YouTubers. He also runs the YouTube channel "Honestly by Tanmay Bhat" where he shares videos on personal finance, he does podcasts and other things with some of the famous people in different fields.

[3] He has worked in many stand-up comedy shows and was part of Weirdass Comedy founded by Vir Das. Popular chess streamer and comedian Samay Raina has credited him as the main reason for him to start YouTube streaming, which led to a massive boom in chess streaming in India.

Career

Film and television

Tanmay Bhat had his writing debut with UTV Bindass' flagship show, Hass Ley India. From there, he went on to write for MTV India's Wassup, and Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan. He ventured into story screenplay and dialogue writing for Disney India's daily comedies Kya Mast Hai Life, and NDTV Imagine's Oye! It's Friday! with Farhan Akhtar.[4]

He was also the writer and producer for India's Got More Talent, a subsidiary comedy show spawning from India's Got Talent.[4]

Bhat has also scripted TV award shows including the Filmfare Awards, Star Parivaar Awards, Balaji Awards, Big TV Awards and Stardust Awards.[4]

He had a brief cameo appearance inRagini MMS[5] and also appeared in Mr. X.[6]

All India Bakchod
Main article: All India Bakchod

All India Bakchod, as a YouTube channel, was co-founded in 2013 by Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba, Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya[7] As a comedy company they filmed sketches, performed stand-up comedy and co-wrote shows. By early 2015, the comedy group became a creative agency, making branded content for corporate clients.[8] AIB's first foray into YouTube consisted of short spoofs and mimicry-based sketches. Song parodies continued to feature in their work, along with stereotypical situations, and plays on heavy nostalgia. They popularized a satirical trope, "Honest Indian...", which they applied to various situations. Their podcast guests, and work collaborators, included Bollywood celebrities, global and Indian comedians and filmmakers.

In May 2016, Bhat uploaded a Snapchat video mimicking Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar, with them arguing about who is a better player. The video generated heated controversy over their portrayal, which some deemed offensive and appalling, while others found it to be hilarious and witty.[9] Following which an FIR was registered by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena against him and Mumbai police wrote to Google and YouTube requesting the video be deleted.[10]

In 2017, the comedian was booked and an FIR was filed against him for posting a meme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Snapchat.[10]

Me Too controversy
Main article: Me Too movement (India) § Utsav Chakraborty And All India Bakchod (AIB)

In October 2018, writer and comedian Mahima Kukreja accused the YouTuber Utsav Chakraborty, who worked as a freelancer with All India Bakchod, of sending her and other women lewd messages and photos via social messaging apps. At the time, Bhat was the CEO of AIB.[11] Several comedians within Chakraborty's circle, including Tanmay Bhat, knew about the allegations of harassment but opted to keep quiet and work with him.[12] On 8 October 2018, AIB announced that Bhat would immediately "be stepping away from his association with AIB" for the time being.[13][14][15] Amazon Video removed Bhat from the panel of judges for the second season of Comicstaan due to the allegations.[16]

In May 2019, AIB announced that Bhat was no longer suspended but that he was removed from the CEO post.[17] A few weeks later, Bhat stated in videos posted to Instagram that he suffered from clinical depression, drawing criticism from Mahima Kukreja and fellow comedian Aditi Mittal, who accused Bhat of using depression as a good, and characterised his claims as insincere.[18]

YouTube career

Bhat returned to YouTube in November 2019, streaming Pubg. He claimed PewDiePie to be his inspiration as a person who's at a place in life "where he’s independent, regardless of what Wall Street Journal says about him, or any other publication, his people are with him forever no matter what he does. He went from gaming to becoming an overall personality. He is an inspiration in the model he created."[19] He also launched a second channel, 'Honestly by Tanmay Bhat' where he hosts 'learning streams' and videos featuring experts in various topics.[19]

Raising money for causes

Bhat teamed up with Youtuber Saiman Says in January 2020 and brought in several comedians, including Sorabh Pant, Ajey Nagar, Kaneez Surka and Zakir Khan, for the "TreeMathon 2020" live stream. The stream was an 8-hour live session with people playing the game Getting Over It, to support the Mission Green Mumbai and raise funds to plant as many trees as possible in response to the deforestation drive at Aarey Milk Colony.[20]

In early April 2020, Bhat and Kaneez Surka hosted an 8-hour live-streamed for two days, raising over Rs 1.7 million for charities fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Bhat moderated multiplayer online games with fellow comedians Rohan Joshi, Kaneez Surka, Bhuvam Bam, Anuvab Pal, Varun Grover and Kusha Kapila.[21]

Filmography
YearPlatform/ChannelNameNotes
2007–2008 Sony Entertainment Television Champion Chaalbaaz No.1 Contestant
2009–2010 Disney Channel India Kya Mast Hai Life Writer
2012–2018 YouTube Various AIB Videos Various Characters
2014 ALTBalaji Ragini MMS 2 Cameo
2015–2018 Hotstar On Air With AIB Himself
2015 Amazon Prime Video Mr.X Actor (Popo); Also producer
2015–2020YouTubeSon Of Abish Season 1 with Gursimran Khamba
Season 2 with Vishal Dadlani
Season 4 with Bhuvan Bam
Season 7 with Kanan Gill
Season 8 with Ahsaas Channa
2018 Amazon Prime Video Comicstaan Himself- Judge
2020 Zee5 Chintu Ka Birthday Co-producer

References
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  4. Wirally, Team. "What AIB Dudes Were Doing Before AIB Was Formed – Wirally". Wirally. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. Puri, Niharika (21 March 2014). "True Review: Ragini MMS 2". The Daily Eye. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. Chopra, Sonia (18 April 2015). "'Mr. X' Review: Steer clear of this 'Hollow Man' wannabe". sify.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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  9. "Tanmay Bhat Roasted Over 'Sachin vs Lata' Video, Police Explore Ban". NDTV.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. Krishnan, Revathi (7 January 2021). "No laughing matter — all the comedians who got into trouble for trying to be funny". ThePrint.
  11. "Mahima Kukreja responds to Utsav Chakraborty's allegations, calls it 'sick fantasy of revenge'". Hindustan Times. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  12. "AIB accepts Tanmay Bhat knew of sexual harassment claims against Utsav Chakraborty and continued working with him". Hindustan Times. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  13. "Me Too: Founders Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba out of AIB 'until further notice'". The News Minute. 8 October 2018.
  14. "Comedian Tanmay Bhat To "Step Away" From AIB Amid #MeToo Allegations". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  15. "India's #MeToo wave is already forcing powerful men out of their jobs". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  16. "Amazon Drops Tanmay Bhat, Keeps Kanan Gill for Comicstaan Season 2". NDTV Gadgets 360. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  17. "#MeToo row: AIB posts after 7 months; Gursimran Khamba to not be a part of the company, Tanmay Bhat demoted". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  18. "Aditi Mittal, Mahima Kukreja slam Tanmay Bhat for 'clinical depression' post, call his claims insincere". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  19. "Tanmay Bhat on dealing with depression and his PewDiePie ambitions: Tech2 Innovate- Technology News, Firstpost". Tech2. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  20. Bajaj, Abhisek (27 January 2020). "Tanmay Bhatt & co. Raise over 5,000 USD with 8-hour fundraising stream » TalkEsport". TalkEsport. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  21. 16 Apr, Mumbai Mirror / Updated:; 2020; Ist, 08:59. "Tanmay Bhat takes a unique route to raise funds for COVID-19 relief work". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 4 July 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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