Jaby Koay

Jaby Koay
Personal information
Born
Anthony Alba

Los Angeles, US
Occupation(s)YouTuber, reviewer
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2006–present
Genre(s)Review, film criticism, vlog
Subscribers2.39 million (CineDesi)
611K (CinePals)
68.7K (CineTofu)[1]
Total views2.153 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Anthony Alba (born 31 July 1984), popularly known as Jaby Koay, is an American YouTuber, reviewer, and social media personality. He reviews movies, TV shows, trailers, and makes reaction videos, vlogs, as well as skit videos early in his YouTube career. His channel CineDesi is dedicated to India specific content, where his other channel CinePals is dedicated to most of western content. As of January 2025, there are 2.36 million subscribers on his CineDesi channel and 613K subscribers on his CinePals channel. He is of half white (Italian) and half Asian (Korean) descent.[2][3]

His podcasts, streams and QnA's are also very popular. Jaby has conducted interviews with many celebrities and internet personalities like Jordindian, Yash, R Madhavan[4] and Alia Bhatt[5] as well as he worked on several of his own short film projects, including Stalker (2017), Rost in Translation (2014), and Devil's Night (2016). He played the role of Aaron Darden in the comedy series Appland.[6] When he started making videos on various Indian topics, he became more popular in India.[3] In 2017 and 2018, he traveled to India and uploaded a series of vlogs, where he shared some moments from his trip.[7] He also met with a popular India actor Aamir Khan recently.[8] Apart from him, another familiar face in his videos is Achara Kirk, one of Jaby's companions.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "About CineDesi". YouTube.
  2. ^ "How Reaction Videos Took Over the Content Universe Amid the Pandemic". Economic Times. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "What's with these non-Indians reviewing our movie trailers?". scroll.in. 4 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022.
  4. ^ "R Madhavan doesn't want to be Manu in Tanu Weds Manu anymore; says, 'No point beating a dead horse'". Bollywood Hungama. 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  5. ^ "Why Does Ranbir Kapoor Look Sad in All His Pics? Alia Bhatt Tells You The Answer". News 18. 6 August 2022. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Anthony Alba". IMDb. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  7. ^ "June 19 2019". BuzzFeedNews. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Aamir Khan got drunk with Salman Khan, woke up next day with Bhai's bracelet on his wrist: YouTuber Jaby Koay recalls attending Eid party". The Indian Express. 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  9. ^ "Brahmastra international reactions praise visual spectacle of Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt film, but warn fans to temper expectations". TheIndianExpress. September 9, 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  10. ^ "How Jaby Koay made 300k+ followers armed with only a unique idea". Medium. 11 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022.