It is said that making people laugh is one of the toughest acts one can perform. They have to come up with innovative yet entertaining ideas, which to some extent is a challenge. Comedy has evolved with time. Different elements are added either through costumes, dialogues or body language. Well, there is this person with exception who is not an inborn comedian but talent hidden within could not resist him to be extraordinary. Today, we are going to tell you a story of a man who is making movies on reels. Yes, you heard that right. A person who is literally making movies on Instagram reels, who insisted Instagram to make Marathi raps for the first time and the one who has been always saying “Believe in Magic”. Undoubtedly, one of the leading stars of instagram’s comic influencer Karan Sonawane who’s popular as ‘Focused Indian’. From college dropout to one of the most popular and successful content creators in India, Karan did not enter the profession with a plan. Although today you’ll find him making incredibly hilarious content with perfect comic timing and the content you can actually relate to. He has always been inspiring many of his followers by saying “Number ka nasha chodo, kaam ka nasha karo!”. Well, today Focused Indian has become a household name when it comes to witty, relatable and funny content. But this household name did not just pop up on one fine morning, it took him so many years of effort to stand in this position today. Karan has always been that naughty, mischievous child who entertains the whole class. This inner impish child did not leave Karan until his college days and then he got stunned with the reality check. Karan got dropped out of college, not once but twice. But somewhere down in his heart he knew that acting and content creation was where his true calling was. So he joined a local drama group in Dombivali while conferring the degree of correspondence course. Later, he even worked in call centres, parcel delivery and sales services where he met the first love of his life and came back heartbroken. It was 2015 when Karan started his own YouTube channel. He also did a stand up comedy but earnings was the only thing that led him to leave it sooner. So he continued making videos on YouTube where he faced tremendous appreciation for his facial expressions. Karan learned editing, took camera from his friend and prepared videos of his stand up comedy and also along with his friends. Gradually, some of his videos started hitting almost millions of views! While passing 2 years with this feat after, Karan encountered many friends and one of them was Neel Salekar with whom he rebounded their channel and enhanced viewer experience. 2018 was like a turning point in his life when his friend Neel moved to Pune for better opportunities and Karan almost lost the will to create content. At that time, he was running out of finances, that is when he conferred himself to give a try to the banking exam and listen to his parents and leave the creation field. It was that time when he got the call from Sarang Sathaye, the founder of Marathi YouTube channel “Bhartiya Digital Party” popularly known as “Bhadipa” who was impressed by Karan is commendable work. He got an opportunity to make memes for Bhadipa which instantly spread admiration and where he did everything that he actually wanted to do in his life; be it memes, acting, writing, shooting, etc. In 2020, a major setback hit the world and stopped working of millions of people and Karan was surely not an exception. But as you know Focused Indian as per his name, knew what he wanted so put his head down and continued working towards his goal. In the lockdown situation, he kept going by involving his family members in the videos. Karan’s dad, famously known as ‘Beltman’, his mom slowly started acting in the reels. People were home and consuming content so conclusively, it helped gain more followers and boost the views. Later he quit the job of Bhadipa and gave full time to his videos and slowly but surely started doing vlogs. People started to relate themselves with the content he created which led him to keep going. Emotional and heart touching content like things we did in our childhood, how hugging our dad feels like, after being an adult how difficult it is to go and sleep on mother’s lap; to hysterical and hilarious content like how singles react on valentines day, Indians reaction on Coronavirus, what if divine went to an interview seems like; Karan did what and how a normal human being reacts to the things. This was the thing which actually gave him success on Instagram. And most importantly, his heroic reels like respecting and helping the Police, gratitude for his ourange juice gang, coming on billboards all over India and the moment when finally he crossed 1 million on Instagram, etc. Believe it or not but this proved that he is the only person who is making movies on reels and people hit that hard. Today, he has done 25 days 25 collabs with bollywood industries celebrities like Madhuri Dixit, Rashmika Mandhana, Vidya Balan, etc and cricketers like Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyyer, etc. But his huge urge to meet his ‘Godfather’ - Shah Rukh Khan is due to be accomplished for which he’s wishing each day and believing in his magic. His long triumphs make each one of his followers very proud, conveying belief in your dreams and work until it pays you off. But remember one thing as Focused Indian has said, “Just like reels there always comes a glitch effect in our life too with those funny endings, and if not, understand that the reel hasn’t ended yet.”

It is said that making people laugh is one of the toughest acts one can perform. They have to come up with innovative yet entertaining ideas, which to some extent is a challenge. Comedy has evolved with time. Different elements are added either through costumes, dialogues or body language. Well, there is this person with exception who is not an inborn comedian but talent hidden within could not resist him to be extraordinary. Today, we are going to tell you a story of a man who is making movies on reels. Yes, you heard that right. A person who is literally making movies on Instagram reels, who insisted Instagram to make Marathi raps for the first time and the one who has been always saying “Believe in Magic”. Undoubtedly, one of the leading stars of instagram’s comic influencer Karan Sonawane who’s popular as ‘Focused Indian’. From college dropout to one of the most popular and successful content creators in India, Karan did not enter the profession with a plan. Although today you’ll find him making incredibly hilarious content with perfect comic timing and the content you can actually relate to. He has always been inspiring many of his followers by saying “Number ka nasha chodo, kaam ka nasha karo!”. Well, today Focused Indian has become a household name when it comes to witty, relatable and funny content. But this household name did not just pop up on one fine morning, it took him so many years of effort to stand in this position today. Karan has always been that naughty, mischievous child who entertains the whole class. This inner impish child did not leave Karan until his college days and then he got stunned with the reality check. Karan got dropped out of college, not once but twice. But somewhere down in his heart he knew that acting and content creation was where his true calling was. So he joined a local drama group in Dombivali while conferring the degree of correspondence course. Later, he even worked in call centres, parcel delivery and sales service

‘चाय इज बेटर’ असे असलेला साइन बोर्ड ‘स्टारबक्स’च्या बाहेर घेऊन उभा राहून पहिले रील बनविलेला हा डॅनी आज पुण्यातला अतिशय प्रसिद्ध कंटेन्ट क्रिएटर आहे. सॉर्ट कॅट्स पाहून बालपणीच या अभिनयाची सुरुवात झाली. भाऊ आणि मी मिळून बडे मिय्या छोटे मिय्या वगैरे करायला लागलो. मग पुढे असेच एंटरटेनिंग करावेसे वाटले, असे ताे म्हणाला. माझे एलएल.बी. आणि सीएस (कंपनी सेक्रेटरी) यात शिक्षण झालेले आहे. सध्या मी इन्स्टाग्राम कंटेंटवरच लक्ष केंद्रित केले आहे. यातच अजून काही आणि किती वेगळे करता येईल यावर माझे लक्ष आहे. कंटेंट बनविणं आणि तो मांडणं यासाठी सबकॉन्शिअस माईंडमध्ये काही कल्पना असतात. ज्या निरीक्षणातून येतात आणि मग त्यावरच रिल्स बनविले जाते. मुळात जेव्हा एखादा कंटेंट टा दीड वर्षाखाली सुरू झालेला हा प्रवास ज्याने मला खूप काही शिकविले. घरच्यांचा मोठ्या प्रमाणावर सपोर्ट मिळाला. तसेच खूप नवनवीन लोकांना भेटलो आणि अनेक सेलिब्रिटी सोबत भेटायला मिळाले. वैयक्तिक माझ्यासाठी सगळ्यात अभिमानाची गोष्ट म्हणजे डिव्हाइनच्या टीमने मला बोलविले होते. आपल्याला कधी एवढे यश मिळू शकते असा विचारही केला नव्हता. इतरांपेक्षा काही वेगळे करीत असताना मॉरल सपोर्ट खूप गरजेचा असतो आणि तो मला वेळोवेळी अथर्व, निरंजन, समीर, पवन या माझा खास मित्रांनी मला नेहमीच दिला आहे.

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