How Mumbai's catholic influencers use humour to represent their community

Updated On: 24 December, 2023 03:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Christalle Fernandes

Mumbai’s Catholic influencers make viewers laugh and break stereotypes through their content. This Christmas, they reflect on representing the community

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Analee Cerejo, Mimicry artist. Pic/Sameer Markande

It’s that time of the year when Christian homes are filled with the aroma of plum cakes baking away to glory, or marzipan stored attractively in glass jars. Amid the bustle of Christmas, we spoke to Catholic influencers who are balancing the business of the season while also sharing nostalgic, feel-good content. We asked how they spread knowledge about their community through the characters they’ve created.

‘I think Catholics like to laugh at themselves’

Analee Cerejo, Mimicry artist
Analee Cerejo, who goes by the moniker The Chic Shopper on Instagram, says that it was her impressions of Jaya Bachchan that made her get noticed as a mimicry artist in 2022, taking her follower count from 2,000 last November to 1,000,000 this year. Along with her Jaya Bachchan impersonations, her takes on Rakhi Sawant, Janhvi Kapoor, and Catholic characters are a rage—Miss Lolita, the British-accented English convent teacher, inspired by her own sister, and “The Mom who always frowns”, based on someone in her close circle of friends and relatives.

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