# Bhuvan Bam

Bhuvan Avnindra Shankar Bam (pronounced; born 22 January 1994) is an Indian comedian, writer, singer, actor, songwriter and YouTube personality from Delhi. He is known for his comedy channel on YouTube named BB Ki Vines.

## Early life and education

Bam was born on 22 January 1994 in Vadodara, Gujarat into a Marathi Hindu family to Avnindra and Padma Bam. Later on, his family moved to Delhi. He attended Green Fields School in Delhi and graduated from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University, with a bachelor's degree in history.
Bam's parents passed away in 2021 due to complications from a COVID-19.

## Career

Bam launched his internet career in uploading a video in which he lampooned a news reporter who asked a woman insensitive questions regarding the death of her son due to the Kashmir floods. The video went viral in Pakistan, inspiring Bam to create his own YouTube channel in June 2015.

### BB Ki Vines

BB Ki Vines is a YouTube channel whose 2–12 minute videos depict the life of an urban teenager, and his whimsical conversations with his friends and family – all played by Bam himself. He had 26 million subscribers on his YouTube channel as of 2024. He is known for playing characters like Bhuvan (a fictionalised version of himself), Banchoddas, Sameer Fuddi, Titu Mama, Babloo, Janki, Mrs. Verma, Adrak Baba, Mr. Hola, Papa Maakichu, Detective Mangloo, Dr. Sehgal and Babli Sir (also known as Angry Masterji).
The videos are filmed using a front camera on a phone by Bam himself. He originally uploaded his videos to Facebook, and then moved to YouTube.

### Works

In August 2016, Bam released a music video of a song named "Teri Meri Kahani" which was sung by him. This was followed by other music videos of songs sung by him such as "Sang Hoon Tere", "Safar", "Rahguzaar", "Bas Mein", "Ajnabee" and "Heer Ranjha". He also appeared in a short film, Plus Minus, along with Divya Dutt which earned him a Filmfare award. In December 2018, he began a new digital series on YouTube called Titu Talks, where he plays one of his character named Titu Mama who interviews his guests in a funny manner. The first episode featured Shah Rukh Khan as the first guest. In the second episode of that show released in February 2019, he interviewed a famous American pornographic actor Johnny Sins.
In 2019, he released the song, "Ajnabee" on his YouTube channel.
In May 2020, Bam uploaded an episode of Titu Talks titled 'Lifeline of Society' in which he interviewed an electrician, house help, farmers, transgenders and milkmen to understand the difficulties they are facing during the COVID-19 lockdown in India.
In January 2021, he released a statement claiming that his uploaded videos had a total number of 3 billion views. In October of the same year, he released the web series Dhindora on YouTube, with eight episodes. For that web series, he sang two songs namely "Saazish" and "Bann Gayi Zindagi".
In March 2022, the fourth episode of Titu Talks featured the cast members of the movie RRR, namely Ram Charan and Jr. NTR, along with the film's director S. S. Rajamouli.
In January 2023, he made his OTT debut with Taaza Khabar. In the same month, he was seen in Amazon miniTV's Rafta Rafta opposite Srishti Rindani.

## Media

In April 2019, Bam was featured in the Hindustan Times brunch cover story. In the same year, during July, Bam also featured on Rolling Stone's cover.
In January 2020, Bam featured on Grazia India's cover in collaboration with Puma. In the same month, he made his presence at the World Economic Forum and the next month, he featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the "Digital Content Creators" category.
In October 2021, Bam again featured in the Hindustan Times brunch cover story.

## Filmography
### Television

List of television credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | MTV Unplugged | Himself/Singer | Season 8; Episode 4 |
| 2021 | Bingo Comedy Adda | Himself | Episode 2 |
| 2021 | Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra | Himself | Guest appearance |
| 2021 | Bigg Boss 15 | Himself | Guest appearance |
| 2023 | The Kapil Sharma Show | Himself | Guest appearance |
| 2025 | Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 | Himself | Guest appearance |

### Web series

List of web series credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016–17 | TVF's Bachelors | Bhubaneswar Bam | Season 1 |
| 2018–present | Titu Talks | Titu | |
| 2019 | One Mic Stand | Himself | Season 1; Episode 1 |
| 2021 | Dhindora | Various | Also writer and producer |
| 2023–2024 | Taaza Khabar | Vasant "Vasya" Gawde | Also producer |
| 2023 | Rafta Rafta | Karan Malhotra | Also producer |

### Short films

List of short film credits :
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2018 | Plus Minus | "Baba" Harbhajan Singh | |

### Music videos

List of music video credits :
| Year | Title | Singer(s) | Ref. |
| 2020 | The Lockdown Rap | SSD Music | |
| 2021 | Kill Chori | Ash King, Nikhita Gandhi | |

## Discography

| Year | Title | Album | Singer(s) |
| 2016 | "Teri Meri Kahaani" | Non-album single | Himself |
| 2018 | "Sang Hoon Tere" | Non-album single | Himself |
| 2018 | "Safar" | Non-album single | Himself |
| 2018 | "Rahguzar" | Non-album single | Himself |
| 2019 | "Bas Mein" | Non-album single | Himself |
| 2019 | "Ajnabee" | Non-album single | Himself |
| 2019 | "Guncha Koi" (Unplugged) | MTV Unplugged | Himself |
| 2020 | "Hum Saath Hain" | Non-album single | Himself |
| "Heer Ranjha" | | Non-album single | Himself |
| 2021 | "Didi Song" | Dhindora | Himself |
| 2021 | "Saazish" | Dhindora | Himself, Rekha Bhardwaj |
| 2021 | "Bann Gayi Zindagi" | Dhindora | Himself |
| 2023 | "Rafta Rafta" | Rafta Rafta | Himself |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2019 | Filmfare Awards | Best Short Film | Plus Minus | Won |
| 2022 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor in a Series (Male): Comedy | Dhindora | Nominated |
| 2023 | Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish Digital Entertainer (Male) | — | Won |
| 2023 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor in a Series (Male): Drama | Taaza Khabar | Nominated |
| 2023 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Actor in a Series (Male): Comedy | Rafta Rafta | Nominated |
| 2024 | Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish Digital Star of the Year | — | Nominated |
| 2024 | Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish Screen-Stealer of the Year | — | Nominated |