Rajesh Rawani

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajesh Rawani

• Rajesh has been driving a truck for 25 years. Earlier he was a mechanic (mistri) but opted for truck driving to support his family financially after the death of his father.

  

• Rajesh once met with a bike accident in Nagpur. His right hand was injured in the accident and to date, it is slightly twisted.

• Rajesh’s YouTube journey started in 2021.

•  Initially, Rajesh was unaware of his videos being uploaded on YouTube. He used to record videos of himself at different places casually and send them to his children. His children used to edit those videos and upload them on YouTube.

• Rajesh’s first video went viral when he revealed his face identity, the video got 4.5 lakh views in just one day. Earlier, he only used to do voiceovers in his videos while driving the truck.

• Rajesh uploads vlogs on his YouTube channel of different places and cooking food while travelling in his truck. He is often seen cooking chicken and mutton dishes in his videos.

  

• Rajesh has driven trucks across India and even Bhutan.

• Rajesh used to drive someone else’s truck earlier, but later, he bought it from its owner in instalments.

  

• Rajesh’s entire family helps him in handling his YouTube and social media. His elder son Sagar stays with him in the truck and does recording and editing, meanwhile, Shubham handles Instagram and Saurabh handles his Facebook account.

• Rajesh has the habit of sleeping only 2-3 hours every day.

• Rajesh made headlines when once he said in an interview that the highest earning he has received from YouTube is Rs. 18 lakh in a single month.

• In one of his tweets, Anand Mahindra praised Rajesh’s truck driving and YouTube journey and called him his Monday motivation. He also shared Rajesh’s video in his tweet.