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Influencer Sharan Hegde’s Thailand moment with Soundous Moufakir grabs attention online
Sharan Hegde shared a picture with Soundous Moufakir while posting videos and photos of his birthday celebrations in Thailand.
Financial influencer Sharan Hegde turned 30 and shared a carousel of visuals to showcase his celebrations in Thailand. One photo, which showed him posing with Soundous Moufakir, created a buzz.
“Wish me happy birthday coz I’m 30,” Hegde wrote on Instagram. Besides his picture with Soundous Moufakir, he shared photos of him posing with an elephant in the background and caressing a gentle giant.
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His birthday post also contains videos of him taking a dip in waters with elephants in the back and feeding one elephant kept in an enclosure.
Take a look at the post:
What did social media say?
While several people wished him “Happy birthday,” a few expressed curiosity about his picture with Soundous Moufakir.
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BeerBiceps, aka Ranveer Allahbadia, shared a special remark for his “brother.” He wrote, “Happy birthday my brother. One of the nicest (and smartest) guys from the content world. Wish you even more success bro.”
An individual posted, “Happy-Birthday bro! Welcome to the 30s.” Another added, “Happy birthday Sharan! You're probably one of the earliest fin-fluencers I've been following.” A fourth asked, “Is the girl in Pic Soundous Moufakir with you??”
A fifth commented, “You should have waited a few more days bro.” Hegde replied, “For what?”
Who is Sharan Hegde?
Sharan Hegde is a financial influencer who was featured on Forbes' 30 under 30 list. With 2.8 million Instagram followers, he runs a financial edtech platform, The 1% Club, which recently recurred a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) licence from SEBI.
He once revealed that despite scoring 98% in CAT, he failed to secure admission to the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore. However, years later, he was invited to the esteemed institute as a guest speaker.
Who is Soundous Moufakir?
Soundous Moufakir is an actor known for her stints in TV reality shows like Splitsvilla and Khatron Ke Khiladi. According to a 2024 Free Press Journal report, she opened up about facing a casting couch experience that created a stir online.
“I've had, like, two months ago there was a girl who was casting and she called me, and she's like, hey, there's this prime Amazon thing. You have to go for the audition. I was like, send me the script. She was like, no, no, you just go and meet the director I am speaking to him. So I told her can you please tell me more about you? So I know a little bit of your journey,” Soundous Moufakir told the Free Press Journal. She claimed that when she told she was a foreigner, she was asked if she was “ready to compromise.”
