Now, he is a star, known as tajik jimmy hes actually an ethnic uzbek. He landed an acting role in a russian comedy film, six degrees of celebration 2010. It is especially known for its filmi disco songs composed by bappi lahari and dance of mithun chakraborthy. Also known as jimmy, the supermarket worker from the moscow region has become a sensation on youtube, singing a track from bollywoods. Allaberiyev is widely known as tajik jimmy tajik jimmy sings his way to fame in russia. Bappi lahiri makes music with lady gaga and akon now. Baimurat allaberiyev, an ethnic uzbek from tajikistan, became an internet. Allaberiyev has since shifted to st petersburg in russia and is an entertainer there. Also known as jimmy, the supermarket worker from the moscow region has become a sensation on youtube, singing a track from bollywoods disco dancer. This story made me smile over in britains independent newspaper. The rise of baimurat allaberiyev, a migrant worker in russia who. Baimurat allaberiyev is the new internet sensation in russia. Baimurat allaberiyev has been dubbed russias susan boyle.
In 2009, 38yearold baimurat allaberiyev became an overnight star in russia when a video of him singing jimmy jimmy was uploaded on youtube. Baimurat tajik jimmy allaberiyev, became a viral phenomena. Youtube clip of baimurat performing jimmy aaja youtube clip of original jimmy jimmy. Hes 38 years old, but looks well into his forties, and his creased, leathery face hints at a life of sad roll up, roll up for the susan boyle of. The film tells the ragstoriches story of a young street performer from the slums of bombay. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. The video, probably, first captured by someone who found his entertaining and amusing, became a youtube hit in russia and adjoining region. Before his newfound internet fame, jimmy was a migrant worker working in a stockroom in central asia. Tajik jimmy sings his way to fame in russia taipei times.
The 2008 video recorded on a mobile phone got over a million views on youtube. Evgeniy tries to help him reconcile with his wife, but he does not suspect that boris is planning to steal a penguin from evgeniys zoo, which he wants to give as a gift to his son. Media in category baimurat allaberiyev the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. His first steps from youtube cult to genuine celebrity came in early april when a reporter from. Baimurat allaberiyev born 20 february 1971 also known as tajik jimmy, is a vocalist and musician from tajikistan of uzbek ethnic origin. A njegov zabavni posnetek, posnet v delavnici poleg hise, je navdusil obiskovalce spletne strani youtube. This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. Tajik jimmy, as hes known to his fans, sings both the male and female parts from bollywood musicals from memory. So, lets get real about the sobering statistics of. The film is known for its filmi disco bollywood songs, composed by bappi. The film tells the ragstoriches story of a young street performer. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Home brunch take a tour to see how indian cinema has found foreign fans.
Migrant in russia is reborn as tajik jimmy, an internet. Nevertheless, filmed with a cell phone and uploaded on youtube, video of baimurat performing a capella in a stockroom, made him the internet sensation. An exploratory investigation of the motivation to share on. Licensed to youtube by saregama on behalf of saregama india limited. Unique ethnic sound last april, roman gruzov, a journalist from st petersburg, came to interview jimmy and found him working in a supermarket and recovering from a racist attack he had suffered the previous night. This page was last edited on 7 february 2019, at 07. Baimurat allaberiyev, an ethnic uzbek from tajikistan, became an internet sensation by singing goron ki na kalon ki and jimmy aaja in a warehouse. It stars mithun chakraborty and kim in the lead roles, with om puri and rajesh khanna in supporting roles. For the past two years, the native of mountainous tajikistan has lived near kolomna, a provincial russian town just outside moscow, where he earns a paltry.
Sophie muller every video ever created on youtube basement jaxx. The video went on youtube and baimurat, now jimmy, became an instant hit, attracting tens of thousands of clicks in a few months. In recent years, youtube has bestowed global celebrity on a long list of. Baimurat allaberiyev a youtube sensation has a major record deal but still has few teeth, literally. Also known as jimmy, the supermarket worker from the moscow region has become a sensation on youtube, singing a track from bollywoods disco dancer jimmy looks like a dj from goa but his origins are far. He was discovered when a coworker videoed him on his cell phone as he was performing one of his now celebrated.
Ppsemiprotected this is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Mr allaberiyevs incredible tale begins with a series of youtube videos. The films popularity extended to southern and central asia, eastern and western africa, the middle east, east asia, turkey and soviet union. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Baimurat allaberiyev born 20 february 1971 also known as tajik jimmy, is a vocalist and.
Soon, people began to seek him to make more videos. The 2008 video recorded on a mobile phone got over 1 million views on youtube. The only problem is people rare unable to search the video due to the dj writing his name and all songs in russian writing. They have now been viewed more than 400,000 times on youtube, the. March 12, 2010 triumphant underground comment by shaun walker special to russia profile the selection of nalich to represent russia at eurovision is a sign that youtube is becoming a social force to be reckoned with. Uzbek migrant worker hits youtube video dailymotion. This talented young man would sing both male and female parts with expertise and won many hearts with his performance. Boris has separated from his wife and wishes that everything would return to the way it was. Baimurat allaberiyev, an ethnic uzbek from tajikistan became an internet.
Youtube celebrities are those persons or groups who have grown to prominence due to their appearance in youtube videos. After returning to tajikistan and failing to find anyone willing to support his idea, he went back to russia. Baimurat allaberiyev, an ethnic uzbek from tajikistan, became an internet sensation by singing goron ki na kaalon ki and jimmy jimmy in a warehouse. Allaberiyev spoke to afp the same day he was filmed by a television crew and visited by a. Med njimi je tudi baimurat allaberiyev iz tadzikistana, ki bi s svojim izgledom tezko prisel na glasbene odre. List of youtube celebrities wikilists fandom powered. And those teeth are planted on the cutting edge of the latest boomandbust trend in the music industry.
Roll up, roll up for the susan boyle of tajikistan the independent. Bbc news asiapacific web makes tajik migrant a star. Baimurat allaberiyev, a diminutive native of tajikistan who has herded sheep, picked cotton and toiled in construction, hardly looks like russias latest musical sensation. Take a tour to see how indian cinema has found foreign fans. Baimurat allaberiyev, an ethnic uzbek from tajikistan, became an. View this page baimurat allaberiyev, a diminutive native of. Baimurat allaberiyev, an ethnic uzbek from tajikistan, became an internet sensation by. Baimurat ima 38 let, a zaradi tezkega zivljenja jih kaze mnogo vec. My favorite story is about baimurat allaberiyev aka tajik jimmy, a uzbekistanborn, tajikistanbased former construction worker whose video singing goro ki na kaalo ki and jimmy jimmy went viral in june 2008. Disco dancer is a 1982 indian bollywood musical drama film, written by rahi masoom raza and directed by babbar subhash. Nalich was perhaps russias first youtube star, followed by baimurat allaberiyev, the tajik migrant worker whose pitchperfect renditions of bollywood classics in various grim settings earned him a string of concerts and then a record deal. Mithun chakraborty, disco dancer who rocked the ussr.
They have now been viewed more than 400,000 times on youtube. Youtube celebrities are those persons or groups who have grown to prominence due to their appearance in. He was discovered while working in a warehouse as the result of a colleague videoing him performing a cover of jimmy jimmy jimmy aaja from the bollywood movie disco dancer with a cell phone and posting it on the internet. The rise of baimurat allaberiyev, a migrant worker in russia who delivers astonishing renditions of bollywood musical numbers, is a testament to the strange power of the internet. Hes 38 years old, but looks well into his forties, and his creased, leathery face hints at a life of sadness and toil. Peter nalitch russians seem to take the eurovision song contest, scheduled to take place in oslo in late may of this year, extremely seriously. Disco dancer is a 1982 indian hindibollywood feature film directed by babbar subhash, starring mithun chakraborty in the lead role and rajesh khanna in a special appearance plays the mentor of the lead hero.
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