Yahya Bootwala

Some Lesser Known Facts About Yahya Bootwala

• In September 2013, Yahya Bootwala began working as a freelance writer at ADC News. From August 2014 to November 2014, he worked as a content writer at ClapsnSlaps.com.

  

• In 2014, he scripted a documentary film titled Mahim Return at Acorn Foundation.

• Yahya Bootwala then worked as an assistant director at Media Ant Productions for a month. From May 2015 to July 2015, he worked as a web content writer at Fizzcount.

  

• In May 2016, he began working as a senior content writer at PumpkinTeam and worked there till July 2016.

• In the same year, he began working as a standup comedian.

  

• In 2017, Yahya Bootwala’s poem ‘Shayad Wo Pyaar Nahi’ gained widespread popularity on social media.

  

• In the same year, he started working as a copywriter and morning show producer at Radio Mirchi in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• In 2018, Yahya Bootwala appeared in the short film Game – The Jigsaw Puzzle.

  

• He is one of the co-founders and writers of the page “Once Upon A Conversation.”

  

• In the same year, he promoted his poem “Main Likhunga Tere Baare Mein” on the television show Sabse Smart Kon? on Star Plus.

  

• He then worked in the short film Sheher Ya Tum the same year. The film won the Golden Gateway Award in MAMI Film Festival’s Dimensions Category.

  

• Thereafter, he appeared in the short film Alisha in 2019.

• In 2023, Yahya Bootwala appeared in the YouTube mini-series Butterflies.

  

• Apart from being a writer, he is also a motivational speaker. He often delivers speeches on many public speaking platforms such as TEDx.

  

• Yahya Bootwala likes travelling to distant places, river rafting, playing badminton, and reading books in his free time. He once shared in one of his social posts that he liked eating pizza frequently.

  

• Once, during a media conversation, he shared that he had wished to become an actor since his teenage years. However, during his struggles, he discovered multiple other talents to earn a livelihood.