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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian-Canadian drag performer}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Bombae<br />
| image = Bombae performing during Queens and Kings of Pride, Windsor-Essex Pride Fest, 2025-08-09 40.jpg<br />
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| caption = Bombae performing in 2025<br />
| birth_name = Mudit Ganguly<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebeavertoronto.com/event/bricks-glitter-w-ty/ |title=It's All A DRAG! Showcase |website=thebeavertoronto.com |publisher=The Beaver |access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref><br />
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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
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| occupation = [[Drag queen]]<br />
| television = ''[[Canada's Drag Race]]'' ([[Canada's Drag Race (season 3)|season 3]])<br />
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'''Bombae''' is the stage name of '''Mudit Ganguly''', an Indian-Canadian [[Drag (entertainment)|drag]] performer who competed on [[Canada's Drag Race (season 3)|season 3]] of ''[[Canada's Drag Race]]''.<ref name="Guerra">{{Cite web |last=Guerra |first=Joey |title='Canada's Drag Race Q&A: Bombae talks Aziz Ansari and Megan Thee Stallion |url=https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/canada-s-drag-race-q-a-bombae-17384500 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016223100/https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/canada-s-drag-race-q-a-bombae-17384500 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Szelinski |first=Cailyn |date=2022-06-29 |title=Canada's Drag Race: Where To Find The Season 3 Queens on Social Media |url=https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-season-3-queens-social-media/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717031703/https://screenrant.com/canadas-drag-race-season-3-queens-social-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bombae is a [[Drag (entertainment)|drag]] performer. She watched drag through internationally televised episodes of ''[[Ru Paul's Drag Race]]'' while living in India. After moving to [[Toronto]], Ontario, she began to attend live shows. In the late 2010s, she first performed during [[Pride Toronto]]. After receiving positive feedback, she decided to continue.<ref name="Guerra"/> Her [[Drag queen#Drag mother|drag mother]] is [[Halal Bae]].<ref name="Xtra1"/> Russ Martin of ''[[Xtra Magazine]]'' described her style as "deeply weird and wonderful".<ref name="Xtra1"/> When asked to describe her style in three words, Bombae chose "Chaotic. Disaster. Model."<ref name="Narcity"/><br />
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Bombae competed on [[Canada's Drag Race (season 3)|season 3]] of ''[[Canada's Drag Race]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-08 |title=Bombae & Irma Gerd Discuss Their Unique 'Canada's Drag Race' Journeys • Instinct Magazine |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/bombae-irma-gerd-discuss-their-unique-canadas-drag-race-journeys/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Instinct Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016223102/https://instinctmagazine.com/bombae-irma-gerd-discuss-their-unique-canadas-drag-race-journeys/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Xtra1">{{Cite web |last1=Howse |first1=Lito |last2=Martin |first2=Russ |title='Canada's Drag Race' Season 3: 'After the Sashay' with Bombae |work=Xtra Magazine |url=https://xtramagazine.com/video/canadas-drag-race-season-3-after-the-sashay-with-bombae-2-234525 |date=2022-08-22 |access-date=2023-10-16 |language=en-CA |archive-date=2023-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312064525/https://xtramagazine.com/video/canadas-drag-race-season-3-after-the-sashay-with-bombae-2-234525 |url-status=live }}</ref> impersonating [[Aziz Ansari]] for the [[Snatch Game]] challenge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here's Why Bombae Couldn't Play Justin Trudeau For Snatch Game |url=https://www.out.com/television/2022/11/09/heres-why-bombae-couldnt-play-justin-trudeau-snatch-game |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=www.out.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811121208/https://www.out.com/television/2022/11/09/heres-why-bombae-couldnt-play-justin-trudeau-snatch-game |url-status=live }}</ref> Bombae left the season after a challenge in which contestants had to brand themselves through makeup palettes.<ref name="Xtra1"/> Regarding the end of her time on ''Drag Race'', Bombae indicated that she felt her makeup had been misunderstood, but expressed willingness to return for an all-stars series.<ref name="Xtra1"/><br />
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Bombae's Indian heritage influenced her drag. During her ''Drag Race'' season, she wore an outfit inspired by [[Kathakali]], a traditional [[Indian dance]], for a section titled "Goddesses of the Ancient World".<ref name="Narcity">{{cite web|title=Canada's Drag Race Queen Bombae Says It Felt 'Really Good' To Rep Indian Culture On TV | last=Arsenych |first=Alex |date=2022-08-19 |accessdate=2025-08-19 |url=https://www.narcity.com/toronto/canadas-drag-race-queen-bombae-says-it-felt-really-good-to-rep-indian-culture-on-tv |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819210307/https://www.narcity.com/toronto/canadas-drag-race-queen-bombae-says-it-felt-really-good-to-rep-indian-culture-on-tv |archivedate=2022-08-19}} </ref> Her final runway performance on ''Drag Race'' drew from the colours of the [[Hindu]] holiday of [[Holi]].<ref name="Guerra"/> Bombae has stated that she wants gay people from South Asia to take her as an example of being able to live openly by leaving the region,<ref name="Xtra1"/> as well as to use her performances to make people think about drag, gender, culture.<ref name="Narcity"/> <br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Bombae lives in Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-08-17 |title=One Day in Toronto: Canada's Drag Race queen Bombae |url=https://eatnorth.com/eat-north/one-day-toronto-canadas-drag-race-queen-bombae |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Eat North |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529163220/https://eatnorth.com/eat-north/one-day-toronto-canadas-drag-race-queen-bombae |url-status=live }}</ref> She relocated from Mumbai in 2016. She uses the pronouns ''she''/''her'' in drag. She has streamed a series titled ''The Gays Are Fighting'' on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] with Russ Martin , with elements including "helium karaoke [and] frat party drinking games".<ref name="Xtra1" /><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
===Television===<br />
* ''[[Canada's Drag Race]]'' ([[Canada's Drag Race (season 3)|season 3]])<br />
* ''[[Bring Back My Girls]]'' (2023)<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{Commons category-inline|Bombae}}<br />
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[[Category:Canada's Drag Race contestants]]<br />
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[[Category:Drag performers from Toronto]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drag queens]]<br />
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Entertainers from Mumbai]]<br />
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