“Sue Me, See If I Care, I’m Out”
MTV Roadies is likely one of the most cherished actuality exhibits, and main credit score for it goes to its former and present presenters, together with Nikhil Chinnapa, Ranvijay Singha, Raghu Ram, Rajiv Ram, Neha Dhupia and extra. Regardless of the present being profitable, Raghu give up the present in 2009 and left his followers shocked and clueless concerning the motive why.
He later wrote about his departure from the present in his 2013 autobiography, Rearview: My Roadies Journey and revealed that there was no dangerous blood between MTV and him. He has now as soon as extra spoken about it, and right here’s what he mentioned.
Throughout a current chat with Indian Categorical, Raghu Ram recalled why he left Roadies and his assembly with Ashish – the MTV government who threatened him and didn’t enable him to work in another channel. Raghu mentioned, “I advised him I by no means obtained paid for showing on Roadies, anyway (I used to be solely paid as an worker of the channel), and that I had fairness exterior that I needed to monetize. It was not in the identical house as Roadies, so there was no battle of curiosity right here. Moreover, we have been solely going to shoot on weekends when MTV was shut, so I might not be taking any time away from my work. I might see no downside with this association. Ashish heard me out, then mentioned, ‘No, bro, this doesn’t work for MTV.’ I used to be very harm, however all I mentioned was, ‘Effectively, bro, in that case, MTV doesn’t work for me.”
After he submitted his resignation, he didn’t hear again from the channel and work on the present continued. Raghu Ram added that he was disheartened to be taught that Roadies 6 episodes – which he had already locked, have been re-edited with out his enter. He mentioned he reached out to HR once more and demanded that his resignation be accepted as he felt the transfer was “clearly an influence tussle and I refused to take it mendacity down.”
Raghu revealed that he was not pleased when he acquired a brand new contract in early 2009. Speaking about it, he mentioned, “Once I returned to the workplace in early January, my contract was ready. And such a ridiculous contract it was. It mainly mentioned that I couldn’t work exterior, I couldn’t give up MTV. I needed to acknowledge that my contribution to MTV and Roadies was stuff that couldn’t be measured in cash. If I labored exterior, MTV had the precise to cease me and sue me, and so forth. It was mainly bonded labour!”
Raghu Ram continued, “I despatched a reply to Ashish saying, ‘You possibly can have despatched me the contract you probably did, or you can have despatched me a single line: Tu karega, tera baap bhi karega.’ MTV doesn’t personal my a** and by no means has. I advised him I used to be quitting proper then and there. And since that they had threatened me with authorized motion, I dared them now. Sue me. See if I care. I’m out.”
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