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The Delhi YouTuber was first discovered by viewers in Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi... The story of his rise is almost as outlandish as the characters he coined...
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00:00Most of my following in the initial days was from Pakistan and literally no one in India knew that there is a time for BB guys.
00:08But you are from Karachi, right?
00:10Naturally, all the comments were from Islamabad, Rahulpindi, Karachi.
00:14So people here, they thought that I am from Karachi. Naturally.
00:25Son, which animal is this?
00:30I am from Karachi.
00:54I am ready. Newspaper in the morning, newspaper in the evening.
01:01Your smile is in my every talk. We used to walk together in the crowd.
01:21I am Vasanth Gawde, Mumbai's King.
01:247 years ago, no one knew that social media will be the thing.
01:29But even I was clueless. I started my journey on Facebook.
01:33YouTube came in much later.
01:35But that also happened when someone told me that I could earn from YouTube.
01:40So yeah, the main driving force was the curiosity that how will people discover me.
01:46Because I thought that YouTube was supposed to be for Bollywood movies and trailers.
01:52So I started on Facebook.
01:54And because YouTube was banned in Pakistan, it recently became public.
02:00But on Facebook, they are pretty active.
02:04So most of my following in the initial days was from Pakistan.
02:10And literally no one in India knew that there is a channel called BB Guys.
02:15But there were almost a million people from Pakistan who were following me on Facebook.
02:19So out of a million people, 9 lakh something people were from Pakistan.
02:25So naturally, all the comments were from Islamabad, Awalpindi, Karachi.
02:29So people here, they thought that I am from Karachi, naturally.
02:32Because they used to come and search for Sharma's and Verma's.
02:36And they wouldn't get any such name.
02:41But when they saw me in the markets on my scooter,
02:45they used to ask me, how did you end up here?
02:52And I am like, I can't come from Karachi to this market on a scooter.
02:55I live nearby.
02:56So yeah, that's.
02:57And interviews like these, stories started coming out.
03:01And people realized, oh, he is from Delhi.
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