VIP - Bhagwant Mann Biography

Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha Member of Parliament for Sangrur 

Born Name : Bhagwant Singh Mann

Birth : October 17, 1972 (age 41)'Satauj', Sangrur, Punjab

Married To : Preet Grewal Mann

Citizenship : India

Nationality : India

Political party :  Aam Aadmi Party

Profession : politician, social worker, comedian

Religion : Sikh

Bhagwant Mann (born 17 October 1972) is an Indian comedian and the Member of Parliament (May 2014) from Sangrur constituency of Indian state of Punjab.

Early life and career

Bhagwant Maan was born in village Satauj located in Sangrur district. He is well-known for his skits in the Punjabi language. He started his comedy career by participating in youth festivals and inter-college competitions. He won two gold medals from Punjabi University, Patiala for Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam. His second comedy album entitled "Kulfi Garma Garm" proved to be a huge success. Bhagwant Mann's comedy focuses on Indian issues — politicians, policemen, business departments, and sports. His first comedy album was with Jagtar Jaggi and together they were the most successful comedy partnership of the 1990s creating many successful comedy albums. They also created a show for the Punjabi channel Alpha ETC Punjabi, called Jugnu Kehnda Hai. After 10 years together, Jaggi and Mann split when Jaggi felt he was not getting the credit he deserved.  After their split, Bhagwant Mann became partners with writer and co-actor Rana Ranbir. Both were very popular and worked together on Jugnu Mast Mast for Alpha ETC Punjabi. In 2006, it was announced that Bhagwant & Jaggi had settled their differences and were due to reunite. Both toured Canada & England with their stage play No Life With Wife.

Bhagwant also gained nationwide recognition when he competed in the Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Star Plus. This widened his audience and made him popular throughout the world. He is nowadays the world's most appreciated Punjabi comedian. Bhagwant Mann also acted in a show on MH One called Jugnu Hazir Hai and featured in Manjit Mann's film Sukhmani alongside Gurdas Maan.

Political Career

Bhagwant Mann ventured into politics with the People's Party of Punjab and unsuccessfully contested for the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2012. Mann left People's Party of Punjab (PPP) due to fundamental difference of political philosophy with Manpreet Singh Badal, the president of PPP. He later joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and was declared Member Parliament Candidate for AAP from the Sangrur Constituency, Punjab, India. He won Member of Parliament seat in Lok Sabha Elections 2014 representing Aam Aadmi Party from Sangrur on May 16th, 2014, Punjab.

Politics:

In early 2011, he joined active politics of Punjab with his membership of People's Party of Punjab under the leadership of Manpreet Singh Badal. He unsuccessfully contested elections from Lehragaga assembly constituency in 2012 Punjab Assembly Elections. He left the People's Party of Punjab in March 2014, citing its alliance with Congress as the reason, and joined Aam Aadmi Party. He is the candidate of Aam Aadmi Party from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency for the 2014 General Elections. Aam Aadmi Party wanted Bhagwant Maan to contest from Chandigarh constituency, but he refused the offer and got a ticket to contest the polls from his birth place, Sangrur

Social Works

He set up a NGO Lok Lehar Foundation to help children affected from deformities due to polluted groundwater in the border areas of Punjab.  Source : Wikipedia