Raghu Ram is a name synonymous with the popular TV reality show, Roadies. He was a judge known for his angry outbursts and abuses at the contestants. However, Raghu later quit Roadies and in a new interview, he revealed that it was the interference from the makers that made him take this decision.
He claimed that the production house wanted him to scream more at the participants to create drama. Raghu Ram on selection process of Roadies “I’ll meet you how you meet me. If you meet us sweetly, if someone was bullied, we would treat them sweetly.
There was this one contestant Raju Babu Chaudhary, he had a vada pav stall. This is from Roadies 9, it was beautiful. He told me, ‘Sir please smile once.
I come from a poor family, if you scold me then I’ll get scared,’ so we just gave him a hug,” Raghu Ram sain in Untriggered with AminJaz podcast. Raghu acknowledged that there were times when he intentionally made the selection process intense. “One person got a knuckleduster, it’s his problem, not mine.
.. Having said that, there were times if I liked someone, I’d make it very intense because everyone watching is a judge as well, it is their prerogative whether this person should be selected or not.
.. If I liked someone, Rajiv (Lakshman) knew it, Rannvijay (Singha) knew it, then it’s like let’s go.
We had codes, we used to write it down, ‘I like, take it up’...
It is our necessity, to cast a person we need to see how they react, bring out their reactions. Eith.
