Rahmat Wibowo spent 22 minutes on YouTube casting ITB 2019 classmates, including Wisnu Manupraba and Wisnu Murti, as characters in his 'Bowobharata', pasting each person's photo onto a whiteboard and checking on camera whether each one had blocked him

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Rahmat Wibowo spent 22 minutes on YouTube casting ITB 2019 classmates, including Wisnu Manupraba and Wisnu Murti, as characters in his 'Bowobharata', pasting each person's photo onto a whiteboard and checking on camera whether each one had blocked him

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He published it on YouTube on 6 August 2026. Minute links open the video at that point.

  • A cast list of classmates. On a whiteboard he builds “the cast of Bowobharata” from ITB’s 2019 intake, matching students to Mahabharata characters by their names, “even though I don’t know them”, and pasting in each person’s photo with their name (minute 0–21). He names more than a dozen people, among them Wisnu Manupraba, whom he calls “Pak Wushu”, and Wisnu Murti (minute 9–11).
  • “You’ve sinned.” For each one he opens their LinkedIn to check on camera whether they have blocked him, “blocked, hey”, telling Wisnu Murti “you’ve sinned” (minute 10–19). He also remarks on one person’s former relationship (minute 13). In March he had described the whole campaign as “Bowobharata”, a “war between me and that giant”.

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[YouTube video, "Daftar Pemeran Bowobharata di Institut Teknologi Bandung ITB ada Wisnu Manupraba dari JAVan", 6 August 2026, 22 minutes. Excerpts from YouTube's automatic captions.] [0:00] kita akan melihat ya para pemeran Bowobharata gitu di ITB lah ya, Guys, ya angkatan ya 2019 gitu ya. (we'll look at the cast of Bowobharata at ITB, guys, the 2019 intake.) [1:00] Meskipun saya enggak kenal ya, Guys, ya. (Even though I don't know them, guys.) [10:00] Waduh, ngeblok, woi. ... Di blok, woi. Berdosa Anda, Wisnu Murti. (Whoa, blocked, hey. ... Blocked, hey. You've sinned, Wisnu Murti.) [21:00] Ini adalah pemerannya Bowobharata ya guys ya. (This is the cast of Bowobharata, guys.)