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Raghu and Rajiv to make a comeback on MTV
Empowering the truants who followed a different path to achieve their dreams, India’s first startup reality show will take its viewers through the process of identifying & transforming these individuals into the ideal startup team mentored by some of India’s leading entrepreneurs and kick-starting their entrepreneurial journey.
Speaking about the show Raghu shared, “This exciting new show which revolves around the idea of entrepreneurship will be all about gutsy young minds keen on achieving their dreams. Rajiv and I saw a lot of potential in the idea of the show and we sat down with the MTV team to discuss and finalize the concept. The two of us together have conceptualized the show and will be producing and hosting the show as well. This is India’s first of its kind startup reality show aimed at the youth and we hope to boost the confidence of a lot of youngsters out there as we already have a long standing connection with the youth of India.”
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“In a country like India where blazing one’s own trail is not encouraged too much, MTV is yet again taking a brave step by celebrating those youngsters who choose to go their own way by providing them with the correct platform to give life to their dreams. Through this show that has been conceptualized by Raghu and me, we aim to transform these young people into the ideal entrepreneurs and kick- start their start-up journey. When we were starting out, Raghu and I have had to go through a lot and hence understand the struggle and we both understand the youth very well du
MTV Roadies
Indian reality show
| MTV Roadies | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Salar Johar |
| Presented by | |
| Judges | see below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 19 |
| Executive producers | Nikhil J Alva, Niret Alva, Raghu Ram, Rajiv Ram |
| Production companies |
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| Network | MTV India |
| Release | 15 August 2003 (2003-08-15) – present |
MTV Roadies is an Indian reality television series. It was launched on 15 August 2003 and airs on MTV India. The show is digitally available on JioCinema.
In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social and mental strength.
Overview
History
The Roadies format was created by Nikhil J Alva, founder of Miditech Studios. Miditech Studios produced the first 2 seasons of the Roadies series. In those early days, the format creator, Nikhil J Alva, had conceptualized the format as one that would unite the youth of India through social work and random acts of kindness as the contestants travelled across India.
Seeing its popularity soar, the series was taken over by MTV from Miditech, to be produced in-house after the second season. Raghu Ram and Rajiv Ram, former Miditech Studio employees, were tasked with producing and anchoring the show for MTV. Under Raghu and Rajiv's guidance, the show took a dramatic turn away from its feel-good-social-flavor, to a more crass, and in-your-face tone. Raghu and Rajiv left the show in 2014. They told the media that they had done enough to popularise the show and wanted to give opportunities to the new generation to carry the show forward. With a 17-year history, it is one of India's longest running reality shows.
During the course of the journey there are vot
Rearview-My Roadies Journey (Raghu Ram)
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REARVIEW My Roadies Journey Raghu Ram is the executive producer of the popular MTV shows Roadies and Splitsvilla. He lives in Mumbai.
REARVIEW My Roadies Journey
Raghu Ram
Published by Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd 2013 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi 110002 Sales centres: Allahabad Bengaluru Chennai Hyderabad Jaipur Kathmandu Kolkata Mumbai Copyright © Raghu Ram 2013 Edited by Janaki Viswanathan. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in a retrieval system, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. First impression 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The moral right of the author has been asserted. Printed at This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated, without the
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Contents
The rudest man on television My mother finds out she is having a monster baby Rajiv and I nearly don’t make it The day I fought back and other memories The lost years: College, whisky and a guitar The turning point, also known as the day Rajiv slit his wrists I’m almost a light attendant, spot boy, and obsessed with MTV Breaking the rules with MTV The three-year itch The ‘no’ man breaks free Meeting the wife, shaving my head and MTV at last My first day at MTV…and hitting the road, finally How I met Rannvijay, bikes, fights and television gold A new VJ I’m proud of, and a season that still makes me cringe Four new producers, a healthy dose of madness, and Roadies comes into its own No, yes, vows and the Kerala connection The season of shocks, the armour of invincibility and some regrets The asshole years Complete lockdown
Back on the road Back on the road, volume 2 Resurrection Raghu Ram on quitting Roadies; claims he was forced to sign ‘bonded labour’ contract
Was it his decision to quit or what drove him to quit? While initially Raghu had mentioned having no hard feelings between the channel and him, in his autobiography, he has mentioned in detail about what happened in detail.
In 2013, Raghu had released his autobiography, Rearview: My Roadies Journey, Raghu mentioned about a channel executive named Ashish, who refused to allow him to work for a different channel. Raghu mentioned that he was only paid as an employee of the channel and not for his appearance in the show.A 'bonded labour' contract
Things turned sour when Ashish gave Raghu a new contract, which he described was more of a ‘bonded labour’. Recalling his meeting with Ashish, “I told him I never got paid for appearing on Roadies, anyway (I was only paid as an employee of the channel), and that I had equity outside that I wanted to monetize. It was not in the same space as Roadies, so there was no conflict of interest here. Furthermore, we were only going to shoot on weekends when channel was shut, so I would not be taking any time away from my work. I could see no problem with this arrangement. Ashish heard me out, then said, ‘No, bro, this doesn’t work for the channel.’ I was very hurt, but all I said was, ‘Well, bro, in that case, the channel doesn’t work for me.’”His decision to quit
Raghu had submitted his resignation, which wasn’t accepted and he was presented with a new contract in 2009 that said he won’t be able to work outside and won’t be able to quit the channel. After much reluctance, he did accept it and realised he was getting sidelined. It was then he finally chose to quit and was even threatened to b