Raunaq Sahni
Raunaq Sahni, known as Monkey Magic, makes travel films about India and beyond, turning solo journeys, railway adventures and life along the Ganga into stories.
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Known for
- 100 Days of Dreaming2022 · Solo backpacking video series
YouTube - BookMelodies of India2024 · Author and photographer
- Crossing India for Free (K2K)2025 · Creator and traveller
YouTube - Living Inside a Railway Station for 14 Days2026 · Travel challenge series
YouTube - Children of Ganga2026 · Documentary creator
YouTube
Overview
- Also known as
- Monkey Magic
- Based in
- Delhi, India
- Work
- Travel filmmaker, photographer and author
- YouTube beginnings
- 2015
- Breakout
- 100 Days of Dreaming, 2022
- Book
- Melodies of India, 2024
Mini bio
How it started.
Raunaq began his YouTube channel in 2015 while working. He trained in screenwriting at the Film and Television Institute of India, and later brought that interest in narrative to travel films. In interviews, he has described a long-held dream of driving from New Delhi to London as a reason for starting the channel.
The journey that connected.
In 2022, he committed to full-time travel and documented 100 days of solo backpacking across India. The daily short videos became 100 Days of Dreaming. In a Mint interview, he described a period when his channel grew from about 12,200 subscribers to one million in two months.
Following the Ganga.
His journey from Gaumukh to Gangasagar became Melodies of India, a video project and a photography book published in 2024. For the book launch, he met readers on a seven-city tour that ended in Delhi on June 16. His later projects include Crossing India for Free and Children of Ganga.
Creditschronological, newest first
Travel films and series
- 2026Children of GangaDocumentary creator
- 2026Living Inside a Railway Station for 14 DaysCreator and traveller
- 2025Crossing India for Free (K2K)Creator and traveller
- 2022100 Days of DreamingCreator and solo traveller
Books
- 2024Melodies of IndiaAuthor, photographer and independent publisher
Awards
Quotes
Heavy emotions can be easily conveyed through photography.Raunaq Sahni, WhosThat360 interview
In June 2024, he explained why photography mattered to the storytelling in Melodies of India.
Trivia
- He has described visiting Rishikesh on his birthdays since he was 18.
- He once rode a newly bought bike to Rishikesh to express his gratitude to the Ganga.
- He went to Rishikesh to begin writing his book, but said the writing only flowed when the deadline drew near.
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