Raghu Ram was a guest on Samay Raina’s YouTube show India’s Got Latent. He spoke about Samay’s growing popularity and how he may have to make compromises to become more popular.
Raghu Ram, who is best remembered for creating the MTV show Roadies, had taken a break from reality shows a few years ago. Recently, he came back in the public eye as he appeared as a special guest on Samay Raina’s popular YouTube show India’s Got Latent. Raghu spoke about Samay’s growing popularity in a new interview and also predicted that as Samay becomes more popular, he may have to change his path.
In a conversation with the Untriggered with Aminjaaz podcast, Raghu was asked about his experience on India’s Got Latent and he said that he “loved” it. He said, “I think it’s very interesting and very creative.” He also spoke about Samay’s stardom and said that as he gets more popular, there will come a time when he will have to “dance”. “It will come to a place where he will have to do some kind of dancing. He is getting to that stage,” Raghu said, adding that as Samay grows up, he might not have full control over his content and will have to make compromises. Raghu was one of the guests on the latest episode of India’s Got Latent with Tanmay Bhat and Sid Warrior.
Raghu then spoke about content creation on the internet and said that it was not encouraged during the MTV days as television was seen as a mass medium. “At that time, this kind of creativity was not encouraged in television. It was a mass medium. You had to attract everyone sitting in the room,” he said and added, “At one point, nobody watched MTV so we could do a lot of nonsense but when people started watching, it changed so I am liking what you guys are doing.”
What is India’s Got Latent?
The show has a very unique structure. The contestants have 90 seconds to showcase their “latent”, which is followed by a discussion with the judges. The judges then give marks to the performance; however, the most interesting part is how the winner is determined. Before their performance, the contestants have to rate their performance out of 10. If the average of the marks given by the judges matches the marks given by the contestant themselves, they win. The winnings also include the evening’s ticket sales.
