14 Facts About Raghu Ram

Raghu Ram Ambadapudi was born on 15 April 1973 and is an Indian actor and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi and Telugu television shows, and films.

Raghu Ram began his career as the creator of Hindi reality shows MTV Roadies and MTV Splitsvilla.

Raghu Ram made his film debut with the Hindi romantic comedy Jhootha Hi Sahi and got breakthrough with the Tamil action comedy Doctor.

Raghu Ram made his Telugu debut with the crime comedy Keedaa Cola.

Raghu Ram was born into a Telugu family in New Delhi, along with his twin brother, Rajiv Lakshman.

Raghu Ram started his career at MTV India supervising shows including MTV Love Line with VJs Malaika Arora and Cyrus Broacha, and spearheaded MTV Select and the first few seasons of MTV Super Select with VJ Nikhil Chinapa.

In 2004, Raghu Ram appeared in the first season of the reality TV show Indian Idol as a contestant with judges Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam.

Raghu Ram was rejected due to inefficient singing ability and signature attitude traits.

Raghu Ram later explained in his autobiography that picking a fight with the judges was actually a prank he played, on the suggestion of one of his colleagues and his wife who were working there as moderators.

Raghu Ram had envisioned that the show would create a new generation of youth icons.

Raghu Ram was later appointed the senior supervising producer of MTV India and the executive producer of Roadies as well as MTV Splitsvilla, another reality show which he had launched in 2008.

In 2014, Raghu Ram announced that he wouldn't be attached with Roadies from season X2, after being associated with the show for 11 years.

Raghu Ram wrote an autobiography titled Rearview: My Roadies Journey, published in 2013.

Raghu Ram has performed in the comedy serial Entertainment Ki Raat.