Sakshi Venkatraman is a reporter for NBC Asian America.
After the viral sensation that was New York City’s Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest, the South Asian guys of the Bay Area also heard their siren call. On Sunday, a Dev Patel look-alike competition drew hundreds of people to San Fransisco’s Dolores Park. Many messy-haired brown men put forth their faces for judgment: singing, dancing and parading themselves in front of the massive crowd of screaming girls. Eventually, a doppelganger of the “Slumdog Millionaire” actor was anointed.
“I was genuinely blown away by the crowd and the interest in the event! Tas and I made this event on a whim as a joke for our group of friends in SF and I put a single flier up in Berkeley,” Bellum told NBC News in a direct message on X. “I am really excited that we were able to center and celebrate brown / South Asian men.” Khandakar told NBC Bay Area ahead of the event that a Dev Patel-centered competition felt fitting for a state with the largest Indian population in the U.S.
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