Yashraj Mukhate

{{Short description|Indian music producer and composer (born 1995)}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Electronic music|Spoof Songs}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Music producer|YouTuber}}

| years_active = 2010–present

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|11|28|df=y}}{{cite news |last1=Bhagat |first1=Mallika |title=#Rasodemeinkontha rapper Yashraj Mukhate says: Rupal ma'am aka Kokilaben loved the video! |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/rasodemeinkontha-rapper-yashraj-mukhate-says-rupal-ma-am-aka-kokilaben-told-me-she-loved-the-video/story-0uiNq6VZQrndKoCV4TIXxL.html |access-date=23 September 2020 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=28 August 2020}}

| birth_place = Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

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| channel_handle = @YashrajMukhateOfficial

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| subscribers = 5.22 million

| views = 930 million

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Yashraj Mukhate (born 28 November 1995{{cite news |last1=Bhagat |first1=Mallika |title=#Rasodemeinkontha rapper Yashraj Mukhate says: Rupal ma'am aka Kokilaben loved the video! |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/rasodemeinkontha-rapper-yashraj-mukhate-says-rupal-ma-am-aka-kokilaben-told-me-she-loved-the-video/story-0uiNq6VZQrndKoCV4TIXxL.html |access-date=23 September 2020 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=28 August 2020}}), is an Indian music producer, composer, YouTuber and social media personality. He is best known for his viral parodical video where he set rap beats to a scene featured in the television soap opera Saath Nibhaana Saathiya in August 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/man-turns-tv-show-dialogue-into-a-rap-song-hilarious-video-goes-viral-1713631-2020-08-21

|title=Man turns TV show dialogue into a rap song. Hilarious video goes viral - Trending. News|website=indiatoday.in|date=20 August 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020}}

Career

Born in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Mukhate completed his schooling from Holy Cross English High School Aurangabad. Mukhate pursued his career in engineering and had also shown an interest in music. He began by exploiting his music composition in social media with spoof videos. In August 2020, he uploaded an edited video which added a rap song to a dialogue delivery by Rupal Patel who played the role of Kokila in the television soap opera Saath Nibhaana Saathiya.{{Cite web|date=24 August 2020|title=Yashraj Mukhate on his Kokilaben video: Never expected it to go viral this way|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/yashraj-mukhate-kokilaben-viral-video-saathiya-6566390/|access-date=23 August 2020|website=The Indian Express}} The video quickly garnered 3 million views on Instagram and created a spate of related memes.{{Cite web|date=23 August 2020|title=As Kokilaben rap goes viral, Rashi memes and jokes take over Twitter|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/kokilaben-rap-goes-viral-triggers-rashi-memes-and-jokes-6565695/|access-date=23 August 2020|website=The Indian Express}} The reason for his sudden popularity is a video and music edit he recently made with a dialogue from the soap opera, 'Saath Nibhana Saathiya'. This scene was a quintessential television 'saas-bahu' themed and featured 'Kokilaben' who was scolding her daughter in laws Gopi Bahu and Rashi.{{Cite web |last=Kulkarni |first=Yukta |date=23 August 2020 |title=Meet Yashraj Mukhate- The Music Producer Behind The Viral Meme Song 'Rashi' |url=https://bingewatcher.in/meet-yashraj-mukhate-the-music-producer-behind-the-viral-meme-song-rashi/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054813/https://bingewatcher.in/meet-yashraj-mukhate-the-music-producer-behind-the-viral-meme-song-rashi/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=Binge Watcher |language=en-US}}

= Film debut =

In 2024, Mukhate debut in the Marathi film industry as a music director with the title song "Love Chumbak" for Jio Studios' film Ek Don Teen Char, directed by Varun Narvekar.{{Cite web |date=4 July 2024 |title='Rasode Mein Kaun Tha' remix fame Yashraj Mukhate to debut as music director with Marathi film Ek Don Teen Char; deets inside |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/rasode-mein-kaun-tha-remix-fame-yashraj-mukhate-debut-music-director-marathi-film-ek-don-teen-char-deets-inside/ |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=Bollywood Hungama |language=en}}

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