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Mr Prasad’s food stall, Baba ka dhaba, grabbed headlines in October 2020 after a blogger posted a video of him crying about the lack of business because of the pandemic. In the video, a tearful Mr Prasad showed the dishes they had prepared for the day, all unsold.
Why did Baba Ka Dhaba became famous?
Recently, a video of Baba Ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad went viral on social media, where he was seen apologising for his mistakes to YouTuber Gaurav Wasan. He became famous overnight after YouTuber Gaurav Wasan shared the struggles of his roadside eatery in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi, on social media.
What is controversy on Baba Ka Dhaba?
Watch: ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ owner accuses YouTuber of misappropriation of funds. Kanta Prasad, the owner of ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’, has filed a complaint against social media influencer Gaurav Wasan. Police said Prasad has lodged the case against Wasan for misappropriation of funds.
In no time, netizens took to the microblogging site in support to find a Baba Ka Dhaba near them and encourage local business and vendors. Users started posting images of similar small eateries in and around Delhi, stating they have taught us to keep moving ahead.
How is Baba Ka Dhaba doing?
Owner of Delhi’s famous eatery Baba Ka Dhaba is back in the news after reports of him being admitted to a hospital after attempting suicide surfaced. Kanta Prasad on Thursday attempted suicide and is currently on ventilator support at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
How much money did Baba Ka Dhaba earn?
“Baba had received around ₹42 lakhs through donations. A majority of this sum they had put in a fixed deposit, making their younger son as the nominee, which caused a rift in his family.
What happened to Baba ka Dhaba?
An elderly couple in their 80s who owned a dhaba named Baba Ka Dhaba in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar shot to fame after a heartbreaking video of them went viral on social media. And now Kanta Prasad, the owner of the dhaba has filed a police complaint against YouTuber Gaurav Wasan who first shot their video for misappropriating funds.
Is baba ka Dhaba the best food vlog ever?
The Baba ka Dhaba video was the 136th posted on his three-year-old YouTube channel called ‘Swad Official’, and is now being counted among the most popular videos in the history of food vlogging (video-blogging).
Is baba ka Dhaba the best way to support an elderly couple?
And now, Baba ka Dhaba has not only got a crowd to support the elderly couple, but also sponsorship from leading brands such as Pepsi, Zomato and many payment and social media apps. The couple also made it to popular Facebook page Humans of Bombay. But there’s a downside too.
Where is Kanta Prasad’s Baba ka Dhaba now?
So the story of Kanta Prasad going from rag to riches reached the rags again and he is now operating his Baba ka Dhaba on the corner of a road at Delhi’s Malviya Nagar. Prasad admitted that it was indeed a bad decision to start a restaurant and he lost a lot of money in that.