Navin Prabhakar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Navin Prabhakar

• While he was in class 10, he started mimicking the Marathi actor Nilu Phule in various school competitions.

• During his college days, he used to mimic the Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar in various competitions.

• He considers the Indian comedian Johnny Lever his godfather. For around five years, he worked in Johnny’s comedy group, and after that, he started working as a professional comedian.

  

• He is inspired by the Indian comedian Raju Srivastava.

• He has appeared in a few episodes of the Hindi TV serial ‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!’ as a poet.

  

• In 2005, he participated in the reality TV show ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.’ In the show, his dialogue “Pehchaan Kaun” became very popular.

  

• He is one of the artists to perform on the Eiffel Tower for around 25 minutes.

• He has been honoured as the best stand-up comedian of the country many times.

• Navin has performed in more than 3000 events. He has also hosted the 12th and 13th Film Screen Awards.

• He has worked as a voiceover artist in various films like Mohabbat Ho Gayi Hai Tumse, Maine Dil Tujhko Diya, Nehle Pe Dehla, and Aata Tari Thamba.

• He has acted in various Hindi films like Vroom (2010), Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2012), Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2013), 7 Hours to Go (2016), and Official Bhootiyagiri 3 (2020).

• In 2020, he acted in the Tamil film ‘Darbar’ along with the Rajinikanth.

  

• He has performed in various languages like Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Haryanvi.

• He has appeared in the episodic TV show Crime Patrol.

• He is also a rangoli artist. He is known for making rangoli on water.

• He is an avid animal lover and owns a pet dog.