Munawar Faruqui is a professional Indian stand-up comedian and rapper. He is quite popular on YouTube.
He lifted the winner’s trophy in the first season of the Kangana Ranaut-hosted reality show, Lock Upp.
Munawar Faruqui Birth & Early Life
He was born on 28th January 1992 in Junagadh, Gujarat to a Muslim family. His family consists of his parents and three sisters.
His father used to work as a driver. He had to leave his home due to the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. When he was just 16 years old, his mother committed suicide.
He did his early education at a school in Junagadh. After this, he took his admission to the college of Gujarat.
He is famous for his performance as Aparajito Ray in Anik Datta directed Bengali film Aparajito.
He has won awards at the Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar and Tele Academy Awards for his performance. He also produced a TV show Neeli in the year 2016.
Munawar Faruqui Education
Munawar Faruqui Physical Stats
Munawar Faruqui Career
He was born on 28th August in Kolkata, West Bengal.
He debuted in TV serials with Niyoti as Ranbir Laheri and appeared in many TV serials ever since such as Bhola Maheswar, Raage Anuraage, Milon Tithi, Rangiye Diye Jao, Ardhangini, Guriya Jekhane Guddu Sekhane, etc.
In the year 2021, he was seen in the lead role serial Hoyto Tomari Jonno, which will narrate a saga of love and revenge.
He played a flamboyant character, named Adi. Sampurnaa, on the other hand, was seen playing Jahnabi’s character.
Both Adi and Jahnabi are lawyers but they believe in different ideologies. While Adi doesn’t believe in playing the game following rules, Jahnabi strictly abides by her beliefs.
The story of two poles apart personalities- Adi and Jahnabi, take a new course after their paths collide.
Before starting a career as a standup comedian, he used to work as a salesman in a utensil shop.
He also worked as a graphic designer for some time. In the year 2019, he came to Mumbai where he started making standup comedy videos on YouTube.
In January 2020, his comedy videos started going viral on the internet, and became a youth icon. Later he released a video of his titled ‘Politics in India’, which people liked a lot.
In the year 2020, he uploaded ‘The Chowkidar Song’ on the channel in which he fiercely trolled Modi Government.
In the year 2021, he started his second YouTube channel, seen sharing live stream videos of Super Mario, Grand Theft Auto V, and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.
Marital Status
He is currently in a relationship with Nazila Sitaishi. During a TV reality show, he revealed that he is married and also has a son. But they have been living separately for almost a year.
Jeetu Kamal and Nabanita Das got married on 6th May 2019. They have a daughter Dilka.
| Martial Status | Divorced |
| Wife | Nazila Sitaishi |
| Controversy | • On January 1, 2021, Munawar was arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Police on the complaint of BJP MLA Malini Gaur’s son for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. • He was jailed for 35 days for making derogatory remarks about Hindu gods but got bail from Supreme Court on 5 February 2021. |
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Some Unknown Facts About Munawar Faruqui
- He was seen as a contestant on MTV’s reality show Lock Upp, judged by actress Kangana Ranaut.
- In the year 2019, he performed her first Gujarati show titled “Dodh Dahyo” in Malad, Mumbai.
- He has also been detained several times for speaking about political parties and making indecent remarks.
- He was fond of comedy and rap from the beginning. That’s why he started his professional career in it.
