Meet the Chef who looks like Gandhiji

Chef Ranjan serves Indian food in SF — and went viral for his uncanny Gandhiji look and “naan-violent” charm.

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00:00People always think I am Bapuji.

00:04This man has gone viral for his face, bald head, slender frame and wire-rimmed glasses.

00:09Life has been freaking delicious.

00:12The internet took one look and said, wait, is that Gandhiji?

00:15I believe in naan violence. I tear up my naan and eat it. That's what I love about it.

00:23Chef Ranjan, originally from Kolkata, has been serving Indian food in the US for over 35 years.

00:28Hello from New Delhi restaurant in San Francisco.

00:31A place where people have been coming to him for decades for both flavour and familiarity.

00:35I love that tension, you know, because people come from everywhere.

00:40This top, they want to take a picture with me. And how cool is that?

00:44But has he always looked like Bapu?

00:46Once upon a time, when I had flowing, wavy hair, I looked more like John Lennon.

00:54But of course now I look like Mahatma Gandhi.

00:58And the life of God a life.

00:59The hair is still üç, üç inämat-hemen.

01:01What is that?

01:02I will tell you that.

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01:06because of non-gabel an hit to em in the country.

01:08I will tell you that you only can take a picture with me.

01:10As for example food.

01:11You can take a picture on this because I have a husband.

01:13I live in one hour, I will show you the world's無ki.

01:15But of course not everything.

01:16I think this is an hour.

01:17Take care.

01:18You know how much more the house in this field.

01:19I keep in mind.

01:20We encourage you to walk alone.

01:21Everybody wants me to pull back things out of it.