Munawar Faruqui is an Indian stand-up comedian and rapper. He was born on 28 January 1992, in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. He is best known for being the winner of Kangana Ranaut’s show Lock Upp season 1. He is also popular for his YouTube videos Dawood, Yamraaj & Aurat (2020), Ghost Story (2021) and Doctor & Engineer (2021). In 2022, he participated as a contestant in Kangana Ranaut’s television reality show Lock Upp season 1, where he emerged as the winner of this show.
He started his career as a utensil seller, a salesman in a shop.
Then, he worked as a graphic designer.
In July 2019, he performed his first one hour Gujarati show named “Dodh Dahyo” in Malad, Mumbai.
He started uploading stand-up comedy videos on his own YouTube channel.
In 2019, he toured almost all over India with his stand-up special “Dongri To Nowhere”.
On 24 January 2020, he released his first video “Politics in India”, which marked his breakthrough in his career.
In 2020, he uploaded stand-up comedy videos titled Dawood, Yamraaj & Aurat in his own YouTube channel.
In February 2020, he uploaded ‘The Chowkidar Song’ in which he mixed music with comedy to mock the Modi Government.
In March 2020, he uploaded the video ‘The NRC Song’.
In August 2020, he released his first official music video ‘Jawab’.
In the same year, his second music video was released named Nagpada Ka Rider.
In 2021, he teamed up with the Indian musician Nazz for a hip-hop song “Aazmaish” based on his own life. The song was written by him.
In the same year, he worked in music videos like Dus Lakh, Hunarat and Khwahish.
In February 2021, he uploaded a Stand-up comedy video ‘Ghost Story’ on his YouTube channel.
In April 2021, he make his second YouTube channel ‘Munawar Faruqui 2.0’, in which he uploads his live stream videos while playing various games.
In 2022, he participated as a contestant in Kangana Ranaut’s television reality show Lock Upp season 1, where he emerged as the winner of this show.
In the same year, he worked in music videos like Kalandar, Khamoshi, Kaamil and Halki Si Barsaat.
Munawar Faruqui Family Background –
Munawar Faruqui was born and brought up in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. He belongs to a Muslim Family. His family moved to Mumbai after his house was destroyed during the 2002 communal riots of Gujarat. When he was 16, his mother died by suicide. In February 2020, his father died. He has three sisters and one of them is named Shabana.
Father
Not Known (Driver)
Mother
Not Known
Brother
Not Known
Sister
3
Munawar Faruqui Marital status/ Relationship and More –
Marital status of Munawar Faruqui is Separated. He got married at a very young age. In 2022, he revealed in one of the episodes of the reality show Lock Upp, he is married and had a child. In the same episode, he said that he had not lived with his wife.
Marital status
Separated
Affairs/ Girlfriend
Not Known
Wife/ Spouse
Name Not Known
Marriage Date
Not Known
Children
1
Munawar Faruqui Height/ Weight & Physical State –
The height of Munawar Faruqui is approximately 5 feet 9 inches and the body weight is around 63 kg. His full body measurements are Chest – 42 Inches, Waist – 34 Inches and Biceps – 16 Inches. He has stylish dark brown hair and sparkling star-like black colour eyes.
He did his primary school education from the Private School in Gujarat and high school education from the Private High School in Junagadh. After that, he did his graduation in Art Direction and Graphic Design from the Private College in Gujarat.
School
Private School in Gujarat, Private High School in Junagadh
College
Private College in Gujarat
Qualification
Graduation in Art Direction and Graphic Design
Munawar Faruqui Net worth –
The net worth of Munawar Faruqui is estimated to be between $1 Million – $5 Million dollars. Munawar Faruqui’s income source mostly comes from his profession.
Net worth (2022)
$1 Million – $5 Million dollars
Source of Income
Profession
Some lesser-known facts about Munawar Faruqui –
Does Munawar Faruqui Smoke? Not Known
Does Munawar Faruqui Drink Alcohol? Not Known
He was born and brought up in Junagadh, Gujarat, India.
He belongs to a Muslim Family.
His family moved to Mumbai after his house was destroyed during the 2002 communal riots of Gujarat.
When he was 16, his mother died by suicide.
He is an Indian stand-up comedian and rapper.
He is best known for being the winner of Kangana Ranaut’s show Lock Upp season 1.
He is also popular for his YouTube videos Dawood, Yamraaj & Aurat (2020), Ghost Story (2021) and Doctor & Engineer (2021).
Before becoming a Stand-up comedian, he worked as a utensil seller, a salesman in a shop.
Then, he worked as a graphic designer.
In July 2019, he performed his first one hour Gujarati show named “Dodh Dahyo” in Malad, Mumbai.
He started uploading stand-up comedy videos on his own YouTube channel.
On 24 January 2020, he released his first video “Politics in India”, which marked his breakthrough in his career.
In 2020, his fictional character Razzaq Bhai which he used in his Instagram reels, attracted many followers during the time of COVID- 19 lockdown.
In 2019, he toured almost all over India with his stand-up special “Dongri To Nowhere”. At that time, due to the controversy in which he was arrested in Indore, the tour came to a halt.
