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Revision as of 22:14, 25 February 2022
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| Born | Vikas Jayaram Pathak August 6, 1979 Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | social media influencer and social worker |
| Years active | 2013 |
Vikas Jayaram Fhatak popularly known as Hindustani Bhau (born 6 August 1983) is a social media influencer who is known for his infamous style of nagging people whom he considers stand against India or Indian culture. He has 5M followers on Instagram.
Early life
Bhau was born and brought up in Mumbai into a Maharashtrian family in 1983. He attended St. Andrew's High School in Mumbai until the 7th standard and deliberately left the study to support his family after his father lost the job. He is married and currently lives in Mumbai with his parents, wife Ashwini Fhatak and son.[1]
Career
He started his career at a very young age. After dropping out the school he worked as a ball boy in Khar Gymkhana where he used to earn ₹20 a day and was also selling incense sticks on the train. He started making videos after the Pulwama terror attack in February 2019 and became popular in the Indian audience after his video "Pehli Fursat Mein Nikal" went viral and was used by many to create dramatic memes.[2] Apart from being a YouTuber, he also works as a news reporter at "Daksh Police Times", a local newspaper in Mumbai. In 2011, he was also awarded the "Best Chief Crime Reporter" in Mumbai.[3] He also founded "Aditya Yuva Pratishthan" an NGO which is named after his son and also a member of "Sankalp Yuva Pratishthan".[4]
- Bigg Boss 13
Bhau participated in Bigg Boss season 13 and entered the house on day 36 as a wildcard contestant and was evicted on day 78.[5]
Controversies
In August 2020, his Instagram profile was suspended after he posted a video and asked people to hit those who "made fun of Indian Gods" and "dharam" which was reported by several app users for promoting hate speech and violence. Post his account suspension comedian Kunal Kamra asked Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh to take action against Bhau for his videos through a Tweet.[6] A few days later his Facebook account was also suspended for spreading hatred and communal violence.[7]
In June 2020, Bhau filed a police complaint against TV and film producer Ekta Kapoor at the Khar police station. He accused Kapoor of disrespecting Indian soldiers in an episode of her ALTBalaji web series XXX 2. Post filling the complaint he took his Instagram and asked Kapoor to return her Padma Shri award and also asked to issue a public apology. Weeks later filling the police complaint Bhau filed a criminal complaint in a Mumbai magistrate court against Ekta, her mother Shobha Kapoor, father Jitendra Kapoor and their web platform ALTBalaji for allegedly insulting the uniform of the Indian Army in a web series.[8]
On May 7, 2021, Bhau tweeted that he will stage a protest at Dadar's Shivaji Park against the government to cancel all exams for students.[9] He reached the location the next day using an ambulance as the ambulance service falls in the category of emergency service. On learning that he has reached Shivaji park, a local police team went and detained him for allegedly violating the Covid-induced restrictions in Mumbai that prohibit the movement of anyone in public unless for an emergency reason. An FIR was registered against him under sections 188 and 269 of the IPC, as well as 51 (B) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, read with section 11 of Maharashtra Covid-19 Regulations, 2020.[10] He was later released on May 8 and soon after his release he posted a video on his Instagram handle.
Fhatak was arrested on February 1, 2022, for orchestrating the riots in Dharavi where over a thousand students, mostly minors, choked the roads and some of them took to violence demanding the cancellation of offline board exams for Class 10 and 12 in view of the pandemic. An FIR was registered against him and several others under IPC sections 353 (obstructing a public servant from discharging duty),332 (causing hurt to public servant), 427 (mischief causing damage), 109 (abetment) and 114 (abettor present when offence committed), 143, 145, 146, 149 for unlawful assembly and rioting and 188, 269, 270 for violating Covid-19 guidelines. The police have also booked them under section 3 (mischief causing damage) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property act 1984. He was produced before a magistrate court in Bandra and remanded in police custody till February 4.[11] He was granted bail by a sessions court in Mumbai on February 17, 2022.[12]
References
- ↑ MumbaiNovember 25, Indo-Asian News Service; November 25, 2019UPDATED:; Ist, 2019 12:30. "Bigg Boss 13: Hindustani Bhau's wife files complaint against fake family members". India Today. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ World, Republic. "Bigg Boss 13: All about Hindustani Bhau; the new entrant in BB house". Republic World. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Hindustani Bhau कभी वेटर का काम कर चलाते थे घर, आज हर महीने कमा रहे इतनी बड़ी रकम". Jansatta. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Bigg Boss 13: Hindustani Bhau, Keshari Lal and Tehseen Poonawala enter as wild cards". 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Hindustani Bhau gets evicted from Bigg Boss 13". 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Instagram suspends Hindustani Bhau's account for violating community guidelines". Hindustan Times. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "After Instagram, Bigg Boss 13 contestant Hindustani Bhau's official Facebook account gets suspended — read deets". Bollywood Life. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Hindustani Bhau files criminal case against Ekta Kapoor for insulting Indian Army". News Track. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "Bigg Boss 13's Vikas Fhatak aka Hindustani Bhau arrested for travelling in an ambulance to stage a protest amid curfew". Bollywood Life. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ↑ "Mumbai: 'Hindustani bhau' uses ambulance to travel during curfew, arrested". 8 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ↑ "Maharashtra student protests: YouTuber 'Hindustani bhau' in police custody till Feb 4". indianexpress.com. February 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Hindustani Bhau, arrested for 'inciting' student protests in Maharashtra, granted bail". Hindustan Times. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-22.