Nationality Pakistani, Americans | Years active 2008-Present | |
Residence America (New York City, Houston) Occupation Youtube personality, actors, dancers, entertainers, DJs, Business Men | ||
Originally from Pakistan and currently based in New York and Houston, Hussain Asif, Shehryaar Asif, Atif Khan and Waqas Riaz, collectively called the DhoomBros, are known globally for their success through YouTube, and are now also working their drama Hum Kahan Chal Diye along with many other projects. Since creating their first channel (DhoomBros) in 2008, their videos have gathered over 9 million combined views, including videos from their more recent channel (TheDhoomBros) made in 2012. They are particularly known for their satirical takes on everyday Desi lives, parodies of mainstream entertainment, video blogs, short films, and their Mehndi dance performances.
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2008–11: Early beginnings and background
The DhoomBros are a four-member Pakistani-American group that includes Hussain Asif, Shehryaar Asif, Atif Khan, and Waqas Riaz and they are based in the United States of America. The idea of calling themselves "DhoomBros" came within the name itself: “Dhoom” Bros (Dhoom = Blast in Urdu). The song “Dhoom Again”, from the 2006 Bollywood film Dhoom 2 was a popular hit amongst South Asians but the Western world was generally unaware of it. Brothers Shehryaar (informally known as Shehry) and Hussain Asif performed to that song in a school talent show and received recognition from their peers and the school faculty. At this point, they called themselves the DhoomBros. This motivated them to entertain people through dance and various acts and so on June 23, 2008, the DhoomBros officially created their first YouTube channel (DhoomBros) and their official Facebook page. Atif Khan, the group's mutual friend, and Waqas Riaz, the cousin of the Asif brothers, joined later because they had similar interests. They Started Off Making videos such as "Jimmy And Saleem' and "The Desi Mobsta Show". They also would upload videos of themselves talking about weird things that have happened to them throughout their week, either at home,at school, or in daily life. When they started out they had nicknames, Hussain was, "Desi Mobsta" or "Don". Waqas was "Daku", Shehryaar was just "Shehry". Now, Hussain has a refurbished nickname "Hussain Superstar" or "Sain", Atif is "Ati" or "Khan Saab".Shehryaar is "Shehry" or "Director Saab" or even "Teacher" and Waqas is "Wiqs"
2012–2013
In 2012, DhoomBros videos became more frequent from Stuff Pakistanis Say, a video that comically represents common Pakistani household events and phrases, to Humsafar Best Scenes Parody, a parody based on the Pakistani drama serial, Humsafar, to the Annoying Brown Girls/Guys series, videos that show banter that stereotypical Desi teenagers seem to portray.
In October 2012, their popularity increased after the DhoomBros released their video, Desi Style, a parody based on South Korean pop artist Psy's hit single, Gangnam Style. The DhoomBros chant in English, Urdu and Punjabi about their everyday Desi American lives, consisting of waking up to their mother’s voice, going to school, and greeting their grandfather, all accompanied with song and dance.
The group also experiment outside comical videos. Blessings of Ramadan is a video portraying three young men who indulge in materialistic aspects of their lives and fall astray from their spirituality by forgetting the significance of the month of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting and prayer. In addition, The Perfect Memory is the DhoomBros' first short film about the unexpected sacrifices one may have to make when it comes to love. Both videos were unlike the group's usual comical parodies, but were still well-garnered by audiences.
Two of the members, Shehryaar Asif and Waqas Riaz, are known for uploading occasional video blogs that highlight various aspects of the lives of the DhoomBros, such as showing sneak peeks of their projects and being DJs at work. They also document their trips, such as to different cities in the United States of America and their stay in Pakistan. In addition to being YouTube entertainers, the DhoomBros are also DJs and often perform at weddings, mehndi events, and other parties. Apart from their comical videos, their mehndi performances have also gathered many views.
2014–Present
One of the DhoomBros' most recent popular video is the Evolution of Bollywood Dance, inspired by Penn Masala's Evolution of Bollywood Music. In this video, the DhoomBros recreate the dancing styles that the Bollywood film industry has witnessed over the years from the golden-aged actors From Raj Kapoor to Shammi Kapoor and Jeetendra to Dharmendra and Mithun Chakraborty and to the stars of today such as Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, and Shah Rukh Khan.
After debuting in their first venture in the web-series, iDeewane, the DhoomBros released their new drama Hum Kahan Chal Diye started on 29 April 2016 featuring The DhoomBros & Divya Kalia as lead actress opposite Hussain Asif.
On 23 April 2016, Waqas Riaz, one of the members of the DhoomBros, and the eldest one amongst them got married to Rabiah Khokar, a licensed cosmetologist in New York City.
Shehryaar Asif started vlogging from Ramadan 2016. Drone shots are mesmerisingly shot by him. He along with his brother Hussain Asif motivate their viewers and fans through the vlogs. Now the DBnation has started calling him their teacher.
In short they are each other's second family (dbnation is their/ and they're dbnation's).
On 14 November 2016, Shehryaar Asif got engaged to Hera Perveen and the DBnation as the secondfamily are eagerly looking forward to witness the wedding of their favourite member
Both of the new members i.e. Rabbiah waqas and Hera perveen were welcomed whole heartedly by Dbnation.
Apart from entertainment Shehryaar Asif and Hussain Asif help their father in the business. Atif Khan and Hussain Asif are currently studying while Waqas Riaz is a DJ at Laaj Studio.
Waqas Riaz currently moved to Houston,TX with his wife.
The Dhoombros even have their official website from where people can get official Dhoombros merchandises.
The Dhoombros are currently away in Pakistan and have appeared on a popular morning show, Salam Zindagi, on ARY Zindagi. They were friendly with the host of the show, Faysal Qureshi, before hand from his visit in New York and also met at Waqas Riazs' wedding in April. They are currently on their tour of Pakistan but are up to date with their upload schedule and their popular drama Hum Kahan Chal Diye.