Wikipedia Biodata / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Vikram Sathaye is a famous Stand-up Comedian, Anchor, Cricket Humorist and writer born in Pune. Currently living in Mumbai.
- In a career spanning over 15 years, Vikram Sathaye has done more than 2000 shows and corporate events as a stand-up comedian. The imitations of over 170 cricketers in major cricketing events have made him a very known figure.
- In 2006 CEAT Cricket Awards, he earned fame by mimicking many cricketers in 8 minutes such as Navjot Sidhu, Saurav Ganguly, Virendra Sehwag, Geoffrey Boycott and one of his famous Tony Greig appreciating Sachin Tendulkar.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Vikram completed schooling from Karnatak High School in Pune, Maharashtra.
- He completed his graduation (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Geology) from Fergusson College Pune, Maharashtra.
- After graduating, he done his MBA in marketing from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management in Pune.
- Parents – His father’s and mother’s names are Mohan Sathaye and Vandana Sathaye respectively.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- In 1997, After completing an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of management, he worked for a year in Professional Management Group (PMG) as Marketing Executive.
- In 1998, he joined MTV as a Marketing Manager for around 4 years and later worked for Metalight Productions Pvt. Ltd. as a Marketing Head for a year.
- During his tenure as marketing manager in MTV. In Breaks, he used to do cricket sketch for 10 minutes and people liked it. That time there was no such thing as Stand-up comedy.
- In 2003, Out of no where he got selected for Sony TV ‘Extra Innings’ in ICC World Cup 2003 as a Cricket Humorist.
- After returning, he recieved many offers to perform sketch at the CEAT Cricket Awards, Champions Trophy 2004, India’s Tour of South Africa on ESPN Star Sports in 2006 and the ICC World Cup 2011 on IBN LokMat.
- He is Director of White Copper Entertainment Pvt. Ltd as well as ‘Think Cricket’ – a platform co-hosted along with leading cricket commentrator Harsha Bhogle.
- He host the cricket comedy chat show What The Duck (WTD) on YouTube digital platform with Viu launched in 2016. It has completed 3 seasons till now.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- He was trolled in first season of WTD, he was saying ‘Tu’ to Sachin Tendulkar in typical Mumbai style. Trollers found that ‘Tu’ was showing disrepect to God of Cricket.
- His favorite authorsare Ramchandra Guha and Malcolm Gladwell.
- His likes as a comedian Raju Shrivastav and Jerry Seinfeld.
- In 2014, he wrote a book How Sachin Destroyed My Life based upon Indian cricketers and their mindset.
- Since his mother was a classical musician, he wants to pursue classical music someday.
- In future at some point of time, he wants to write a film script.