“Wanna speak English like Americans?”

Meet the 21-year-old viral “American accent” teacher from a small village in Odisha.

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00:00You want to speak English like foreigners?

00:05I came here to make fun of him, but I'm learning English.

00:10Guess the English that your school never taught you.

00:24I'm from a small village in Odisha called Chitrakut.

00:28I make videos to help people.

00:39My audience mainly comes from Delhi.

00:41I get a lot of DMs, doctors, engineers, students.

00:47My second largest audience is from the US.

00:50They tell me that they've been living here for 20-25 years, but my videos are helping them.

00:57It shows that people are following me for my accent.

01:22I went to a government school in Odia.

01:24I wasn't a good student.

01:26When I was studying, I failed in 12th grade.

01:29Not in one or two subjects, but I failed in 6 subjects in 12th grade.

01:34I've only learned English after 12th grade.

01:54I'm from a small village in Odisha.

02:07I make a lot of money.

02:18I wanted to learn English because I wanted to sing.

02:23Mainly Christian songs.

02:24I wanted to speak English fast.

02:32When the lockdown was going on, I had a Panasonic P91 phone.

02:38It was broken.

02:40The screen was broken.

02:42I started looking at foreigners on my phone.

02:47How they speak.

02:50I tried to speak like them.

03:02In two weeks, I had 8 lakh followers.

03:06In 44 days, I had 1 million followers.

03:13People were talking behind my back.

03:15They didn't like the way I spoke.

03:17They didn't like my skin complexion.

03:23When I grew up, I stopped getting negative comments.

03:26Some people used to call me a cheapskate.

03:29But now they don't.

03:32Don't look for negative comments.

03:33You won't find any.