Harsh Beniwal

 Some Lesser Known Facts About Harsh Beniwal

• Harsh Beniwal grew up in Delhi.

  

• In childhood, he used to participate in ramleelas as Lakshman.

  

• He used to participate in various acting and dance competitions in school and college.

  

• While he was in college, he joined a theatre group and participated in various nukkad nataks.

  

• On 6 May 2015, he started making videos on Dubsmash and posted a few videos on his Facebook account.

 

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• He gained 200-300 views on his videos after which he started a Facebook page ‘The Brain Humour’ on Facebook and uploaded his Dubsmash videos.

  

• Soon, he started dubbing vines on Dubsmash which became very popular. His first dubbed Dubsmash Vine was ‘Hey Siri Call My Girlfriend’ by Logan Paul.

• On 6 July 2015, he started his self-titled YouTube channel on which he uploads his comedy videos. His first YouTube video was ‘Comedy Hunt – Indian Mom During Result.’

• Some of his popular YouTube comedy videos are A Day With Cringe TikToker, PUBG With Pariwar, School PTM, and Other Parents VS My Parents.

• After TikTok gained popularity in India, he started making videos on TikTok, and he gained millions of views on it. In 2020, after TikTok was banned in India, he started uploading his comedy reels on Instagram.

• He has been featured in a few Hindi music videos like ‘Kalesh’ (2018; by Mika Singh and Millind Gaba), ‘The Lockdown Rap’ (2020; various singers), ‘Dhindora’ (2021; by Kailash Kher), and ‘Meri Zindagi’ (2023; by Tulsi Kumar).

  

• Harsh has also uploaded a few comedy series on his YouTube channel. Some of such series are ‘Daaru With Dad’ (2020), ‘Who Killed Jessica?’ (2021; also writer and director), and ‘Barfi’ (2022).

  

• Harsh has acted in a few Hindi web series like ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ (2020) and ‘Campus Diaries’ (2022).

  

• For his debut Hindi film ‘Student of the Year 2,’ he gained around 20 kg weight for his character in the film and weighed around 80 kg. Within 3 months after the shooting of the film was complete, he lost his weight from 80 kg to 63 kg.

  

• In 2022, he judged the online gaming reality TV show ‘Playground’ which streamed on Amazon Mini TV.

  

• In 2023, he acted in the YouTube film ‘Checkmate’ in which he has also worked as a writer and director.

  

• He regularly works out at a gym to remain fit.

  

• He is an avid animal lover and owns a few pet dogs named Barfi (died) and Rio.

  

• He has performed at various stage shows and other events.

  

• Harsh Beniwal can play the guitar very well.

  

• He is a religious person and often visits various religious places.

  

• He is often spotted smoking cigarettes and hukkas.

 

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• He often consumes alcohol while partying with his friends. ^[2]YouTube – Purav Jha

• Harsh is considered a lookalike of the Indian actor Varun Dhawan.

  

• His work is managed by the celebrity management company Sanro Media.

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