Prajakta Koli is a popular Indian YouTuber and blogger. She is best known for her comedy videos on her YouTube channel ‘MostlySane.’
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Prajakta was born on Sunday, 27 June 1993 (age 29 years; as of 2022), in Thane, Mumbai. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She did her schooling from Vasant Vihar High School in Thane, Mumbai. Later, she pursued Bachelor of Mass Media from V G Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Mulund, Mumbai.
Prajakta Koli’s Childhood Picture
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 5″
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Family & Caste
She was born in a Maharashtrian Hindu family.
Parents & Siblings
Her father, Manoj Koli, is a real-estate businessman turned restaurateur. Her mother’s name is Archana Koli who is a phonetics and language teacher. She is the only child of her parents.
Prajakta Koli Showing Her Childhood Pictures
Prajakta Koli’s Childhood Picture With Her Father
Prajakta Koli With Her Parents
Prajakta Koli With Her Mother
Relationships
She is in a long term relationship with Vrishank Khanal who is working as a lawyer. The couple is not married yet.
Prajakta Koli With Her Boyfriend
Career
YouTuber
She joined the radio channel ‘Fever 104’ as an intern a week after her final exams of the third year of her graduation. Within a few days of her job, she felt the job pressure and workload, but she continued working as an intern for a year. She shed almost 11 kg of body weight due to excessive stress in the organization. She got her first show “Call Centre” as a radio jockey, but the show failed to do well and was a flop.
Prajakta Koli as a Radio Jockey
During her internship, she met many Bollywood celebrities including Hrithik Roshan, Jackie Shroff, and Ayushmann Khurrana. Her meeting with Hrithik Roshan was the turning point of her life, as she was spotted by Sudeep Lahiri who came with Hrithik at the radio station where Koli was working. Sudeep asked Prajakta to start her YouTube channel as he noticed that she is capable of making comedy videos.
Prajakta Koli With Hrithik Roshan
Prajakta Koli With Sudeep
In February 2015, she started her YouTube channel ‘MostlySane.’ Her debut YouTube video was a monologue ‘Five Types of Singles on Valentine’s Day.’ Her video ‘Hilarious Words Delhi People Use’ went viral in June 2015.
She then started uploading three videos per week including ‘RealTalk Tuesday,’ ‘Comedy video on Thursday,’ and ‘SawaalSaturday.’ She has also uploaded a few Vlogs on her YouTube channel. In January 2020, she started ‘Pretty Fit’ series on her channel featuring Indian celebrities like Neha Kakkar, Kareena Kapoor, and Sanya Malhotra.
Prajakta Koli With Kareena Kapoor
She got immense popularity with her YouTube videos and has almost 6 million subscribers on her channel ‘MostlySane.’ She was featured in the TV commercial of ‘WhatsApp’ in 2018 to stop spreading fake news through this messaging app.
She has also collaborated with other Indian YouTubers and YouTube channels like Bhuvan Bam, Ashish Chanchlani, Girliyapa, FilterCopy, and Be YouNick.
Music Video
Prajakta has appeared in a few music videos like “Shameless” (2017), “No Offence” (2018), and “Yeh Diss Gaana Hai” (2020).
Prajakta Koli’s Shameless Video
Actor
In 2020, she played the role of Asha in the Haryanvi short film ‘Khayali Pulao’ to promote women empowerment.
Prajakta Koli in Khayali Pulav
She has also acted in the Netflix web-series ‘Mismatched’ starring Rohit Saraf in 2020. The web-series received a great response from the audience and critics as well.
She appeared in the Hindi film ‘Jugjugg Jeeyo’ starring Varun Dhawan and Anil Kapoor in 2022.
Prajakta Koli With Her Co-Actors in Jug Jugg Jeeyo
Signature
Prajakta Koli’s Autograph
Favourites
- Food: Chicken Momos, Eggs, Sausages, Granola Bars, Chocolate Smoothie
- Comedian: Ellen DeGeneres
- YouTuber(s): Ashish Shakya, Nikunj Lotia, Collins Key, Miranda Sings, and Lele Pons
- Holiday Destination: Europe
Facts/Trivia
- Her family and friends call her Praju.
- She is also known as the Desi Superwoman.
- While she was in school and college, she often participated in debates and various extra-curricular activities.
- At the age of 11, she decided to become a Radio Jockey after completing her graduation.
- By the age of 15 or 16, she started working as an anchor and has also worked with various theatre groups.
- She started the campaign #IPledgeToBeMe on World Mental Health Day in 2016 and released her rap song ‘Shameless’ on the same day.
- She won ‘Viral Queen of the Year’ award (2018) at the IWM Digital Awards.
- She became the face of ‘H&M’s online store in 2018.
- In the same year, she was selected as the Indian ambassador for YouTube’s ‘Creators for Change’ initiative and was among the 50 YouTubers who were selected from across the world.
Prajakta Koli in an Event
- In 2018, she became the first female comedy creator in India to have one million subscribers.
- She was associated with the #GirlsCount campaign for One.Org in 2018.
- Her initial journey as a YouTuber was not easy. She used to receive many hate comments and was criticised and people used to call her ‘wannabe superwoman’ referring to the Indo-Canadian YouTuber Lilly Singh.
- In September 2019, she participated in the International Day of Tolerance and Goalkeepers program at the UN Headquarters in New York.
- In 2019, she was listed in Forbes’ list of 30 under 30,’ ‘Entrepreneur India’s list of 35 under 35,’ and ‘Outlook Business Magazine’s list of Women of Worth.’ She has won various awards including Cosmopolitan’s YouTuber of the Year award (2019).
Prajakta Koli With Her Award
- In 2020, she was listed in annual “Cool List” of the gossip magazine Grazia India.
Prajakta Koli Featured on Grazia Magazine
- She has also featured in various renowned magazines including BW Businessworld as part of the Most Influential Women’s list.
- According to Koli, one of her biggest achievements was when she gifted her parents a trip to Europe.
- Her hobbies include reading, cooking, and travelling.
Prajakta Koli Reading Book
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.
Prajakta Koli Eating Chicken
- She has got five tattoos inked on her body. Her first tattoo is about universe, iternity, and life inked on her right arm, second and third is her father’s name and mother’s on the back of her both shoulders, fourth is a tattoo on excellence, explore, and balance on her right arm, and fifth is a matching tattoo inked on her right ankle.
Prajakta Koli’s Tattoos
- She does not smoke but drinks wine occasionally.
- She worked for ‘Creators For Change’ campaign in 2020 along with the YouTubers Liza Koshy and Thembe Mahlaba, and the campaign was started by the former first lady Michelle Obama.
Prajakta Koli With Michelle Obama
- She attended the virtual graduation ceremony “Dear Class of 2020” organised by the former President of the USA, Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama.
- She represented India at ‘The Call To Unite’ event in 2020, and the event was organized by UNITE and Room To Read to promote education among the children during COVID-19 pandemic and to support people facing problems during the coronavirus pandemic.
Prajakta Koli was one of six YouTube influencers chosen from Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Ghana, India, and the Middle East in January 2023 to cover the World Economic Forum 2023.
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