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Dongri ke naye don
Updated On: 04 February, 2024 06:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
Has Munawar Faruqui become Dongri’s most famous face, beating veteran poster boy Dawood Ibrahim? Inspired by Bigg Boss’s latest champion, the notorious neighbourhood’s creators and influencers say danger is muse, the future is bright
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Stand-up comic Sumaira Shaikh, 30, the daughter of a car salesman who didn’t go to school, lost her brother to drug addiction. Her first OTT special, Dongri Danger, was inspired by her roots. Pic/Nimesh Dave
Everyone asks me why I walk so fast. Then, when they come to Dongri, they get it!” Sumaira Shaikh is offering us a crash course on negotiating Kesar Baug on Jama Masjid Road, where she says, “you can’t chill as you walk. Hurry or get out of the way.”
Shaikh, 30, is a stand-up comic who has agreed to take us on a tour of her mohalla. It was at Hazrat Imam Chowk, that stands right ahead of us, that last week, a snaking, swirling sea of fans and well-wishers gathered to welcome stand-up comic, poet and rapper Munawar Faruqui after the 32-year-old old lifted the Bigg Boss season 17 trophy, flashing it at the crowd through the sunroof of his car. The turnout, which left the police in a tizzy, was unprecedented for a comedian. Onlookers say the frenzy was comparable only to crowds that turn up outside superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s home on the eve of his birthday. In celebration of one of their own winning Indian television’s biggest reality show, eateries offered discounts on bills and posters cropped up at lampposts congratulating the Dongri chhokra. Reports also suggested that one fan was booked for flying a drone to capture the celebrations without police permission. The Junagadh native’s following was evident in 2022 as well when he won the Kangana Ranaut-fronted reality television series, Lock Upp: Badass Jail, Atyaachari Khel!
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