Charlie Chaplin's imitator amusing thousands of netizens amid coronavirus.

PESHAWAR -- Donning a black blazer and matching bowler hat, a youth in Peshawar is bringing smiles and laughter to hundreds of thousands of people amid the coronavirus pandemic by imitating Charlie Chaplin, the famous comedian, on the city's roads and through uploading his videos on TipTop.

Usman Khan, a resident of Gulbahar area, has gain popularity on the social media within because of his ditto comedy style of Charlie Chaplin. He has attracted some 760,000 followers from across the globe within 45 days of uploading his first video on Tiptop.

Each of his videos has been viewed by hundreds of thousands along with comments admiring his performance.

His videos on Youtube are titled as `Pakistani Charlie'.

'Charlie Chaplin was a world renowned comedian of silent movies and imitating his style of acting has also made me popular on the social media,' Usman said while talking to reporter.

He said he had natural instinct of performing as a comedian. From the childhood he used to share jokes and comic with family members and friends. 'Being a comedy lover, I also used to watch the videos of Charlie Chaplin and liked his acting,' he added.

Like Charli Chaplin who passed his childhood in London in poverty, Usman has work hard to meet both ends meet. He earn his livelihood by selling toys as a vendor in Peshawar's Saddar Bazar. He still manages to spare his time for his hobby.

'The objective of performing like Charlie Chaplin is to bring smiles on the faces of people, who are presently depressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,' Usman told reporter.

He...