The influencer to actor pipeline is prominent now more than ever, through this phenomenon we have gained some interesting actors playing diverse roles. Maithili Bachani looks through 5 influencers who turned into actors.
Prajakta Koli
Prajakta Koli is a famous Indian Youtuber from Mumbai, who began her acting career a few years ago. She started her Youtube career, where she would do comedic skits, real talk videos along with vlogs. She debuted in the Netflix web series Mismatched and shortly after gained success and went on to do a Dharma film Jug Jug Jeeyo. She also starred in Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti and Zindaginama and has signed many other exciting projects.
Bhuvan Bam
Bhuvan Bam is a renowned Indian Youtuber from Delhi who primarily used to make comedy sketches that became cult classics very early on with a following of over 26 million subscribers. His acting skills and comedic timing were evident, it was only a matter of time. He starred in the Disney plus Hotstar show Taaza Khabar which went on to be a massive hit and has been renewed for another season.
Kusha Kapila
Kusha Kapila is a well known Indian content creator who worked with iDIVA the Youtube channel where she performed comedy skits and gained most of her popularity from; but went viral on Instagram when she started posting her funny unfiltered original content. She debuted in the Netflix movie Ghost Stories, followed by Masaba Masaba, Plan A Plan B, Sukhee, Life Hill Gayi, and recently Thank You For Coming.
Sumukhi Suresh
Sumukhi Suresh is an internet personality and comedian that has written and starred in multiple comedy sketches. Her debut was with the Amazon Prime Video show Pushpavalli that ran for two seasons, and also recently starred in the Netflix show The Royals. Her debut role received critical acclaim making her a promising actor.
Dolly Singh
Dolly Singh is a prominent internet personality who used to be a part of the iDIVA Youtube channel and primarily gained fans on her instagram, where she also wrote and enacted hilarious comedy sketches which made her land roles of the funny sidekick. She debuted in the Netflix series Bhaag Beanie Bhaag followed by her role in Double XL and Thank You For Coming.