Salil Jamdar is an Indian YouTuber, actor, singer, and writer who is known for making parody videos of Bollywood songs and funny videos that he posts on his Instagram account and on his YouTube channel, Salil Jamdar & Co.
Wiki/Biography
Salil Jamdar was born in Nagpur, India, and then his family decided to move to Thane, India. Salil completed his former education in Thane and throughout his school life, he was a teacher’s pet and a school topper. After finishing his schooling, Salil appeared for the IIT-JEE entrance exam, but his marks were not enough to get him a seat in his dream college – IIT. Salil decided to get admission at KJ Somaya College, Vidhyavihar in a computer engineering course. He had no interest in the degree, and he turned into a complete rebel and a back-bencher. Salil started training in Hindustani classical music, bunked college classes to practice Jagjit Singh’s Ghazals.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 9″
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Family & Caste
Parents & Siblings
There is not much information available about Salil’s parents. Salil Jamdar has a younger sister, Devika Jamdar.
Salil Jamdar with his mother
Childhood picture of Salil Jamdar with his father and his sister, Devika Jamdar
Salil Jamdar with his sister Devika Jamdar
Wife
Salil Jamdar got married to Shaina Bakshi. She worked as a line producer, stylist, & art designer for Salil Jamdar.
Salil Jamdar with his wife Shaina Bakshi
Career
After completing his former education, Salil joined the software firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Mumbai. However, after working for six months, Salil decided to quit his job and enrolled in a film making and acting course at Whistling Woods International. During his time at the academy, Salil also picked up some behavior traits of many actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan. Salil started his journey on YouTube in 2014 with the YouTube channel, Shudh Desi Endings. Later, the producers of Shudh Desi Endings offered Salil to start his independent YouTube channel, and he formed ‘Shudh Desi Ganne’ in 2015. Salil started making spoofs and parody videos of various songs and movie plots. In 2016, Salil left ‘Shudh Desi Endings’ and formed his own independent YouTube channel, Salil Jamdar & Co. On this channel, Salil started making parody videos of songs and movies. He even focused on making some videos to raise awareness against problems like porn addiction and more.
Facts/Trivia
- Salil Jamdar started ‘Shudh Desi Gaane’ in 2015 and after mastering the art of making spoofs of Bollywood songs, Salil tried to make a parody for English songs. His first project was Bruno Mars’s “Uptown Funk,” and the video got over 1 lakh views in the first week.
- Salil Jamdar has a whole team that includes choreographers, directors, and producers that look after the technical and logistical requirements of the videos. The toughest video he had to shoot was the parody video of Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo’s title track. He had to shave his hands and back for the video, and dance barefoot while wearing a 25kg lehenga.
- Salil is an animal lover, and he loves to spend time with his labrador dog, Simba.
Salil Jamdar with his dog, Simba
- Whenever Salil is not working, he likes to play tennis or travel to new places.
Salil Jamdar playing tennis
- Salil Jamdar made a small YouTube series titled ‘Asli Mard’ which focused on several issues like toxic masculinity, porn addiction, and more. For the video, Salil collaborated with YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani and rapper Raftaar.
- On 23 November 2020, Salil Jamdar released his new song ‘Tere Jaane Se.’ The story and screenplay were done by Salil himself. His wife, Shaina Bakshi, was the executive producer and the head of the line production, art, and costume.