Prajakta Koli (, ; born 27 June 1993), known for her YouTube Channel MostlySane, is an Indian YouTuber and actress who makes comedy videos. Her videos are focused mostly on observational comedy related to daily life situations. She is also known for her lead role in the Netflix romantic drama Mismatched.
Early and personal life
Koli was born and brought up in Thane. As a child, she was fond of listening to the radio and wanted to be a radio jockey in Class 6. She studied in Vasant Vihar High School in Thane, where she regularly participated in debates and elocutions. She graduated with a Bachelor of Mass Media from V. G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Mulund, affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
Her father Manoj Koli is a real-estate businessman turned restaurateur and her mother Archana Koli is a phonetics and language teacher.
In 2011, Koli started dating Vrishank Khanal, a lawyer by profession. The two announced their engagement on 17 September 2023.
Career
Early career
Koli began her media career as an intern at Fever 104 FM radio station in Mumbai. After interning for a year, she was given the opportunity to run her first show, Call Centre. She quit the radio channel after the shows commercial failure. While working as an intern, Koli met Sudeep Lahiri - future One Digital Entertainment VP Content and Strategy, who encouraged her to launch a comedy YouTube channel.
YouTube channel
Prajakta launched her channel MostlySane in February 2015.
She performed at the YouTube FanFest in Delhi in 2018 and in Mumbai in 2019.
In 2020 she announced the launch of her YouTube Originals show Pretty Fit, The first episode was released on 21 January. In the show, Koli interviews celebrities including Kareena Kapoor, Neha Kakkar, Sanya Malhotra, RJ Malishka, Mithila Palkar and Sumukhi Suresh, who are made to perform various tasks demonstrating physical fitness.
RealTalkTuesday series
In April 2019, former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki selected Prajakta Koli's "Real Talk Tuesday" series as the interview platform for her first-ever interaction with an Indian YouTuber. The discussion doubled as an opportunity for Susan to discuss YouTube's future plans for creators and also introduced the launch of YouTube Music.
In March 2019, Prajakta hosted a Real Talk Tuesday conversation with Hollywood stars Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson in which their upcoming film Captain Marvel was discussed where they shared personal stories about their individual journeys to success.
In April 2022, she interviewed Sadhguru and discussed the challenges of soil extinction and what the world's youth can do to conserve soil resources.
In March 2023, Koli interviewed with actors Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston on their film collaboration - Murder Mystery 2 and shared anecdotes from their experiences in the entertainment industry.
Acting career
In July 2020, Koli released a short film, Khayali Pulao, about female empowerment in rural Haryana. She then acted in the Netflix series Mismatched, released in November 2020.
In 2022, she was seen in Dharma Productions' film Jugjugg Jeeyo as Ginny and Mismatched (Season 2).
In 2023, she headlined a Zee Theatre teleplay called Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti directed by Akarsh Khurana. Then she featured in Anu Menon's mystery film Neeyat, alongside Vidya Balan, Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Mita Vasishth, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Amrita Puri, Dipannita Sharma and Shashank Arora.
She will next be seen in a horror show Unseen produced by Excel Entertainment for Prime Video.
Koli has collaborated with commercial Bollywood actors such as Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal and Kajol across multiple projects.
Audible podcast
Koli was a part of a 9-episode Audible series set in Sydney called Desi Down Under, a story of three 20 year old's from Mangalore who go to Australia to learn surf-lifesaving skills at Coogee Beach, along with Adarsh Gourav and Taaruk Raina. Another Audible original podcast in Hindi, an adaptation of Marvel's Wastelanders will be released in June 2023 with Prajakta voicing the Marvel character Ash Barton with other celebrities like Saif Ali Khan as Star Lord, Kareena Kapoor as Black Widow and Sharad Kelkar as Wolverine.
Advertisements
In December 2018, she was in one out of three national TV commercials launched for the WhatsApp campaign - 'Share Joy, Not Rumours' which was targeted towards user awareness on tackling misinformation on the social media application.