CarryMinati: India's Biggest Creator on Fame's Dark Side | InFocus | THR India

In this exclusive InFocus conversation with The Hollywood Reporter India, host Anupama Chopra sits down with Ajey Nagar, better known as CarryMinati, India's #1 creator on THR India's inaugural Creator A-List 2025. Ajey opens up about his remarkable journey from uploading his first video at age 10 to becoming the most influential digital creator in India with over 45 million subscribers. He shares candid insights about dropping out of school in 12th grade to pursue YouTube full-time, the pressure of sudden fame after the YouTube vs TikTok controversy that gained him 6 million subscribers in days, and how success has changed his life - including enabling his mother to retire from her government hospital job.

The conversation delves deep into Ajey's creative process, his defense of Delhi's casual swearing culture, and his ambitious plans to transition from content creator to filmmaker. He reflects on the loneliness that comes with unprecedented success, the challenge of maintaining authenticity while managing the "CarryMinati myth," and his aspirations to write and direct feature films. From touching moments about fans battling cancer to hilarious anecdotes about his father's reaction to his dropout decision, Ajey reveals the person behind India's biggest YouTube persona in this intimate discussion at The Hollywood Reporter India's Creator A-List event in collaboration with Ormax Media.