EXCLUSIVE: The viral uncle a.k.a. Sanjeev Srivastava's life journey, his passion for dancing, Bollywood plans and more

By Vineeta Kumar

on June 02, 2018

Just when the world went bonkers over their current favourite, the viral uncle who danced like a pro on Govinda's Aapke Aa Jane Se, Peeping Moon had an exclusive chat with him. The uncle who can be see showing some brilliant steps on Govinda's song is known as Dabbu uncle. He lives in Vidisha, a town near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

The uncle is a retired professor from Bhopal's Bhabha university. Talking to us, he mentioned, "My name is Sanjeev Srivastava. I have studied engineering from Nagpur. I am fond of dancing since childhood. I consider Mithun Chakraborty as my inspiration. I had participated in many dance competitions in my youth and won three trophies in Madhya Pradesh. I did M Tech later and became a professor leaving everything from my family."

Mr Srivastava had no idea that his video had gone viral. In fact, he doesn't even know the person who first put out the video on Twitter. He mentioned, "I got a call in the morning informing me that my video has gone viral. That video is from my brother-in-law's wedding happened on May 12. I am 46 now and I think it's just God's favour to me that I can dance at this age. My mother was a classical dancer, I learnt dancing from her. I was only 10 when I used to dance a lot on Takdeer Ka Baadshah, featuring Mithun."

He added, "I never thought something like this would ever happen to me. I always used to dance on the songs of Govinda and Rishi Kapoor."

When asked whether he would like to try luck in Bollywood, the uncle said, "I would of course like to come to Mumbai and work there if an opportunity strikes."