Raghu Gowda, known online as Raghu Vine Store, is an Indian YouTuber and social media content creator from Bengaluru, Karnataka. His life story is one of remarkable resilience: his father died by suicide when Raghu was approximately 10 years old, and at the age of 25, he experienced the further devastating loss of his mother, who also died by suicide in the same home. Having witnessed and survived profound grief and depression from a young age, he made a deliberate decision to channel his experiences into making people laugh - choosing humour as both a coping mechanism and a mission. He quit his IT job to become a full-time content creator, launching the Raghu Vine Store YouTube channel and Instagram page. His lockdown-era Kannada comedy content - depicting relatable everyday Kannada situations and characters - resonated deeply with audiences during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, earning him viral traction and close to 1.7 lakh YouTube subscribers and 808,000+ Instagram followers. He has openly expressed his passion for filmmaking and his desire to transition into the Kannada film industry. In February 2021, he entered Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 hosted by Kiccha Sudeep. He was eliminated in Week 13 (Day 90), finishing eleventh. His candid openness about mental health and personal tragedy inside the house made him one of the season's most emotionally impactful personalities.

His YouTube channel Raghu Vine Store, featuring comedy vines and relatable Kannada humour that went viral during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020; his deeply personal story of losing both parents to suicide - his father when he was 10, and his mother when he was 25 - which he has spoken about openly to inspire those struggling with depression; finishing eleventh in Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 (2021).

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