On March 6, 2020, a day after 2G Internet was restored in Jammu and Kashmir after nearly seven months following abrogation of Article 370, Aatif Wani (13) came up with a timely five-minute odd video on the occasion, celebrating the new ‘status quo’- ‘Internet Zinda Hai’.
Like the Salman Khan starrer Bollywood movie it inspired its name from, the video was an instant hit among the people in the valley even as it heralded the arrival of probably the first solo YouTube performer.
The YouTube video has since garnered over two and half lakh views on the virtual platform.
Hailing from Langate area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the somber young boy is leaving netizens in splits through his solo videos full of sarcasm and comic punches inspired by popular Indian YouTuber, Bhuvan Bam.