Payal Dhare (Payal Gaming) Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Payal Dhare
Other Name	Payal Dhaare
Nickname	Lubbu
Profession(s)	• Esports gamer • Streamer & YouTuber • Content Creator
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Face of the Year Award at Startup Business Meet in 2021 • Fan Favourite Streamer of the Year Award at India Gaming Awards in 2022 • Best Female Gaming Content Creator of the Year Award at GEM Awards in 2022 • Special Award at Game Changer Awards in 2022 • Dynamic Gaming Creator of the Year Award at Creator United Awards in 2023 • Honoured by Hindustan Times at She Slays Awards in 2023 • Female Gaming Influencer of the Year Award by Exhibit magazine in 2023 • Gaming Creator of the Year (Female) Award at Creators Unit 2.0 Awards in 2024
Personal Life
Date of Birth	18 September 2000 (Monday)
Age (as of 2023)	23 Years
Birthplace	Umranala, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chhindwara
School	Maharishi Vidya Mandir (MVM) School, Chhindwara
College/University	Rungta College, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Vegetarian
Hobbies	• Travelling • Cooking • Singing
Controversy	Rape & Death Threats In June 2023, she and other female gamers including Kaashvi Hiranandani received several rape and death threats during their live stream from many accounts having 'gdxl' (commonly used to refer to GodLike) in their YouTube handles. She informed this issue to the S8UL Esports co-owner, Lokesh Jain aka Goldy who told it further to GodLike Esports coach Abhijeet Andhare aka Ghatak. Ghatak said that he would take legal action against such accounts.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Parv Singh aka ReGaLToS (content creator) (rumoured)
Family
Parents	Father- Shiv Shankar Dhare Mother- Sangeeta Dhare
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- 2 • Anjali Dhare (elder, married) • Bhumi Dhare (younger)
Favourites
Actor(s)	Ranbir Kapoor, Ian Somerhalder, Sidharth Malhotra, Shah Rukh Khan, Yash
Actress	Deepika Padukone
Singer(s)	Anuv Jain, Atif Aslam, Zaeden
Indian Premier League (IPL) team	Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Tata Harrier SUV
Money Factor
Salary/Income (approx.)	Rs 30 lakhs per month (as of 2023)
Social Media
Instagram	Payal Gaming
Twitter	Payal Gaming
YouTube	• PAYAL GAMING • PAYAL SHORTS
Discord	Payal Gaming
WhatsApp	PayalFam

Some Lesser Known Facts About Payal Dhare

• Payal Dhare was brilliant in her studies and was the topper of her class in the 10th and 12th standard examinations.

• She started playing games on her mobile phone while studying in the first year of college.
  

  Payal Dhare during her college years

• To develop her skills as a gamer, she played in several online gaming tournaments.

• Later, her friends introduced her to streaming following which she started streaming in September 2020. Initially, she only streamed PUBG Mobile games. Her BGMI ID is 5120321397.
  

  Payal Dhare streaming during her initial years

• She later became a content creator for Entity Gaming (TSM Entity).

• Her parents were not supportive of her when she started streaming but when she became popular, they also started supporting her.
  

  Payal Dhare with her mother during her initial days after becoming a streamer

• She used to attend a monthly boot camp in Mumbai in 2020. When her monthly trips from Chhindwara to Mumbai became hectic, she moved to Mumbai.

• In July 2021, she joined S8UL Esports as a content creator and game streamer.
  

  Payal Dhare (left) at S8UL Gaming House

• She later started streaming various other games such as GTA and Call of Duty (CoD) which made her popular.

• Payal Dhare later started making vlogs and reaction videos such as Omegle reactions and superchats.
  

  Payal Dhare during an Omegle stream

• In August 2021, her YouTube channel ‘Payal Gaming’ crossed more than 1 million subscribers.
  

  Payal Dhare’s YouTube Gold Button after 1 million subscribers

• Many people have said that most of her followers are attracted to her beauty and cute looks rather than her skills which initially made her nervous; however, she later developed a thick skin to such negative comments.

• Payal once played in a Call of Duty mobile tournament as a team leader for Higin ESports.

• On 25 May 2023, her YouTube channel ‘Payal Gaming’ crossed 3 million subscribers. She became the first Indian female game streamer to achieve this feat.
  

  Payal Dhare after crossing 3 million subscribers on her YouTube channel Payal Gaming

• In 2023, she gifted a new car, a Mahindra Thar SUV and a property to her parents.
  

  Payal Dhare gifting Mahindra Thar SUV to her parents

• She made headlines in April 2024 when she became the first female streamer to meet the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with other gamers such as Tirth Mehta, Animesh Agarwal, Anshu Bisht, Naman Mathur, Mithilesh Patankar, and Ganesh Gangadhar.

• Her source of inspiration is the Latvian streamer DanucD and a few Indian streamers including Naman Mathur (popular as Mortal).

• Her gaming setup is installed in a separate room with neon lights which also has her awards, anime figures, and sneakers. As of November 2023, she uses an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphic card.
  

  Payal Dhare’s streaming room setup

• Payal Dhare’s first gaming name was 4ZA Payal aka Forza Payal.

• She has a few crazy fans. Once, three of her fans found her address and came to her house dressed as pizza delivery men.

• The first thing she bought with her first paycheck was a monitor.

• Payal said in an interview that had she not become a gamer, she would have been a model.

• She once said that she wanted a Netflix film to be made on her journey as a streamer from a traditional household to one of the most popular Indian gaming streamers.