Karan Sonawane

Some Lesser Known Facts About Karan Sonawane

• Karan Sonawane wanted to become an entertainer since he was a child.

  

• After completing second year of his Hotel Management degree, he dropped out of college to pursue a career in acting. However, he later pursued a bachelor’s degree in English Literature.

• In 2012, he joined a theatre group and worked there as an actor for two years.

  

• He worked as a trainee at a hotel named Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi from December 2012 to February 2013.

• In an interview, he revealed that he was once in a romantic relationship that ended in 2015.

• In the same year, he created a YouTube channel where he started posting funny videos. Initially, he made videos for the channel alone, but later, his friends also joined him.

• After a few years, he worked as an actor, writer, memer, and content creator for a regional YouTube channel named ‘Bhadipa.’

• He worked as a salesperson at Puranik Builders Ltd in Mumbai for more than a year (August 2016 – January 2018).

• During the COVID-19 lockdown, he started making funny videos on Instagram. Soon, he stared getting numerous views and became popular.

  

• He has collaborated with several YouTubers such as Ashish Chanchlani, Ayush Mehra, Saloni Gaur, and Bhuvan Bam for his videos.

• In 2021, he played the role of Khaizu in the Hindi web series ‘The Viral Jodi,’ which was premiered on the YouTube channel Alright!

  

• In the same year, he appeared in the Hindi web series ‘The Office Canteen,’ which streamed on the YouTube channel Be YouNick. He played the role of Pandu in the series.

  

• He has worked in several small jobs such as delivery boy, sales agent, and call center employee. He has also applied for banking jobs several times.

• He is an ardent supporter of the IPL cricket team Mumbai Indians.

• He is a member of the Orange Juice Gang that include Neel Salekar, Sidhant Sarfare, Saurabh Ghadge, Shravan Kshirsagar, and Shubham Jadhav. Together, they make funny videos for various social media handles.

• In January 2021, he was featured along with Neel Salekar and Sidhant Sarfare (members of Orange Juice Gang) on the cover of Social Ketchup magazine.

  

• He has also worked with several popular Bollywood actors such as Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vidya Balan, Tiger Shroff, and Madhuri Dixit.

  

• In 2022, he received the silver creator award from YouTube for his channel Focused Indian.

  

• He is a cat lover and has a pet cat.