Every one of us wants to be famous and recognizable in the world. But this isn’t a single day process. It takes years of hard work to reach such level. This is usually a path, the exception happens. And there are people who became famous overnight. All thanks to social media.
In this technological internet world, there is pretty much long list of people who became overnight stars.
Sanjeev Srivastava:
Sanjeev Srivastava or better known as Dancing Uncle or Dabbu Uncle. The young man became an internet sensation after his video of dance move went viral in no time. He lives in Bhopal and Shrivastava, 46, is an assistant professor of electronics at a private engineering institute.
Sanjeev Srivastava first tried dancing in the eighties unfortunately that didn’t work out and all of a sudden dancing in a sangeet function at a wedding in Gwalior gave him the fame which he would not have expected.
Dancing Uncle is one of the people who became famous overnight. His dancing moves were recognised by many Bollywood stars. His dance moves were inspired by Govinda and he is primarily known as Dancing Uncle. You can follow his latest videos here.
Arshad Khan:
Time flies. It was in 2016 when a Chai-Wala was all around the Internet. Arshad Khan touched heights with a single image and then and thereafter there is no looking back for Arshad Chai Wala.
The 17-year-old Arshad started his day like any other day but little did he know that this is his day. All thanks to photographer Jiah Ali who caught his blue-eyed gaze on the camera. Later, on Instagram, the picture went viral and Arshad became famous overnight.
After that, there was no looking back for the Tea-Seller turned Model. He appeared his popular TV shows. Various Pakistani brands signed him up on a modelling contract. He was seen in the music video as well. The Power Of Social Media.
Somvati Mahawar:
Somvati Mahawar only known as hello fraands Chai Pee Lo. The video went viral and the whole country followed. The woman who becomes the latest meme sensation. All thanks to Vigo Video. A 15-second video clip made her popular and gave everyone memes.
Her unique way of approaching for a cup of tea is loved by everyone. Her offerings were not only limited to Tea. She also has fruits, water in her kitty. Everyone started to replicate her style.
Somvati Mahawar unique and innocent style made her overnight star.
Qamar:
No one knows this name. Everyone knows Gormint Aunty and his much famous Ye Bik Gayi Hai Gormint. This line instantly brings a smile and the face of the famous Gormint aunty who went incredibly viral for his special 5-words.
She is from Karachi, Pakistan and his frustration over the Pakistani government was immensely high and her criticism to then Pakistani government is perfectly explained in the 16-sec clip below.
She became an overnight star and a pure meme material specially in the Urdu and Hindi speaking countries. This all happened in February 2017 and till date, this is one of the most spread memes.
Mikhail Varshavski:
With 3.3 million Instagram follower and 4.2 million YouTube subscribers, Dr Mike is People magazine 2015’s sexiest man alive. He is an internet celebrity doctor. He was featured in BuzzFeed article and his Instagram went super viral.
He is also featured in most of the leading magazines such as Cosmopolitan, DailyMail, New York Magazine and Time. Mikhail also appeared on TED Talks. He is a 29-year-old perfect bachelor and a dream boy for many girls.
A single Buzzfeed article madeĀ Mikhail Varshavski, Dr Mike and made him an overnight star.
Kamlesh:
Many have forgotten him. Nashebaaz: The Dying People of Delhi is a documentary directed by Dheeraj Kumar of which Kamlesh was a part. His video went extremely viral. The documentary was shot in 2012 and it went viral in 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDZ8SN719o0
The 13-year-old kid was under the influence of drugs and his answers in the video created hundreds of memes. The video was made to create awareness among the society but instead of becoming an eye-opener to the situation it became a meme.
This boy Kamlesh became famous overnight, but the insensitivity showed in initial stages was shameful. Later, people realized their mistake and raised concern on the serious issue of drug addiction.
Dhinchak Pooja:
Pooja Jain, commonly known as Dhinchak Pooja is an Indian YouTuber. She got overnight success after her song āSelfie Maine Leli Aajā came out. Till date, the song has fetched 40 million views.
The only reason Dhinchak Pooja’s song trend and she became overnight star is cringed pop. People can’t stop listing to her song and that what makes her the trending topic every time she comes with a new cringe pop.
Dhinchak Pooja other songs are āSwag Wali Topiā, āSelfie Maine Leli Aajā, āDilon Ka Shooterā, āBaapu Dede Thoda Cashā and āNache Jab Kudi Dilli Di.ā You can cringe pop her song here at your own risk. Dhinchak Pooja enjoys a good social media following and she has a dedicated Wikipedia Page.
Whenever she releases her song she only trends for trolling. All this negativity didn’t stop her from what she was doing. Dhinchak Pooja the famous overnight star was also a wild card entry in Big Boss 11 and she also featured on the show Entertainment Ki Raat.
Vikas Fhatak:
This name is unknown for mostly everyone. Vikas is known as Hindastuni Bhau, Bablu Bhai and most popularly by Chal Nikal Laude. One of his videos went viral after the terrorist attack in Pulwama.
After the terrorist attack, he decided to reply to Pakistani who were already making videos. He instantly became famous. The major contribution goes to his famous line āNikal Lawde, Pehli Fursat Main Nikal.ā
His line became immensely popular in no time. And since then there isn’t any stopping for the Hindustani Bhau. He is widely followed on the different social networks. His YouTube subscribers count is 872K. Facebook Page followers are around 100K and on Instagram, he is followed by 411K people.
Sakshi Malik:
Sakshi Malik first appeared in the Punjabi song Kudiye Snapchat Waaliye in 2017. Sakshi’s breakthrough came in 2018 with the song Bom Diggy Diggy from the movie Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. As the song was out it was Sakshi Malik who was making headlines.
This song became super hit and made Sakshi Malik an overnight star. She now has over 3.5 million followers on her Instagram account. The model is a B.Tech graduate and was going for an MBA but decided otherwise and started to follow her dreams and started full-time modelling.
Sakshi’s innocent yet cute moves make her look beautiful in Bom Diggy Diggy and helped her became famous overnight.
Vipin Sahu:
The overexcited paragliding guy experienced the most horror 6-minutes of his life and became a star. Vipin Sahu is a fresher in the list of people who became famous overnight. The video of his paragliding experience had made him an overnight star.
In August 2019, his paragliding video was uploaded by his brother on YouTube and little did he know the hidden gem will spread like a fire. And after that tons of memes are made on the video. People enjoyed his reaction in the video thoroughly.
Vipin is new to this world and he already had multiple interviews with the news channel. The overnight star in his interview said I’ll do Sky Diving next. He will soon be appearing on the Colors TV in The Khatra Show.
Peer Ahmed Shah:
Peer Ahmed Shah, commonly known as Pathan Ka Bacha, Piche Dekho Piche kid. This kid first went viral in April 2019. His video catches several eyebrows. Ahmed Shah unique yet the cute way of saying Piche Dekho Piche is loved by one and all.
His clip went super viral in a very short period. It was top trending on all the social media with celebrities lip-sync his dialogues on TikTok. These clips were also shared on Facebook, Instagram as well as Twitter which only increased his popularity.
Since after the video went viral, memes of Peeche Dekho Peeche are floating on the Internet. The 4-year-old kid didn’t stop after he became the overnight star instead he is a star on severalĀ advertisements increasing his loyal fan base.
In short, he is one of the people who became famous overnight and enjoying till date.
His Facebook Page has more than 700K followers. He enjoys 100K followers on Instagram and Ahmed Shah’s YouTube popularity is 800K subscribers.
Priya Prakash Varrier:
The first name which comes in mind when hearing the word overnight success is āthe wink girl ā Priya Prakash Varrier.ā It was January of 2018 when the teaser of Oru Adaar Love came out. And it took no time for the debut actress to became the national crush.
She holds a record of gaining 606k Instagram subscribers in a day the third highest in the world. She today has 7.3 million followers on Instagram. Priya Prakash is one of the best examples among people who became famous overnight.
In her Tamil debut movie Oru Adaar Love, Priya was a not a lead actress, after her clip went viral the producers forced the movie to revolve around the overnight sensation. She didn’t stop then and there. She has two Bollywood movie in her kitty.
Sridevi Bungalow is revolving around some controversy. While her latest is Love Hackers. Before even her first movie released she has singed the second film. Priya Prakash Varrier is the outsider in the film industry and is making her mark at just 19 years.
