Young dhaba owner Ashutosh Kaushik’s life has taken a U-turn since he won the just-concluded fifth season of MTV’s hip adventure reality show Roadies last week. Now, he is set to try his luck in Bollywood.

“I’m feeling great after winning. I am in Mumbai now and will be joining acting classes soon. I want to act in films,” Ashu, as he is popularly known, told IANS on phone from Mumbai. He hails from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh where he owns a dhaba, a roadside eatery.

The 27-year-old, who has won an expensive Hero Honda Karizma bike and Rs 2.3 lakh, unhesitatingly gives the credit of his win to his fellow contestant Sonel, by whom he was totally smitten.

Sonel, a model by profession, always stood by Ashu through the game. “Sonel was a dumb player but is more intelligent than most others on the show. She is my special friend and, yes, I still have to go on a date with her. Our relationship is very much on and I am really grateful to her,” he divulged without a trace of shyness.

The show is now over and Ashu does not get to see much of Sonel but speaks to her whenever they have the time.

• There is no limit as to how many times a person can audition. So, it might be better to begin attempts from the first venue.Remember Ashutosh from season 5.0. He was rejected in two and selected in third attempt. Because he tried in all of them.
• “Do not portray any thing just be real”
• “The guys should handle Raghu’s hyper with a little cool mind…he just only checks how much the guy/girl could handle with real balls”
• “If you have tried for MTV roadies and you didn’t get selected then its your fault. This I am saying because what I saw is that Nikhil and Raghu want only honest persons to come for the auditions.Some participants trying to fake that they are tough and they can take any challenge in Roadies. But what I saw that this flakiness is making Raghu and Nikhil mad and crazy.”

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• Off to Roadies 6.0
  • Eligibility in nutshell

  Entrants should be 18+ years of age and Indian nationals, participating at their own risk and Entrants must have a valid 2-wheeler driving license and a passport. Conditions apply.

  • Getting selected

Just before you jump, an insider info, the interview round is deliberately acrimonious (bitter and sharp in language or tone, taunting, incisive, caustic, possibly insulting) to test the participant’s attitude, tolerance and patience levels.

That said. waste no time and sign up for the auditions of Roadies 6.0 here(coming soon here). And then this feast yourself to a mini Interview with Raghu himself(coming soon here). The page is heavy and takes time to load, but believe me, you’ll enjoy the rants and swearing, and it might even be a little of an eye-opener.

Also, this opinion of judges I found on a video at Youtube might help you understand their point of view better, which in end will help you perform better,

“Judges are great…Hats off to them…Some people can’t understand, because most of Indian youth in these auditions are fakers..dumb…spoiled…

Judges are handling these spoiled kids really well. I have also seen that they always have respected genuine people at the end.

People can’t take them because they show them a mirror and so many have denied or shy away to face the truth”

Apart from the Nikhil Chinappa the world recognises, there is this Nikhil Chinappa, absolutely unplugged, who confesses that he is actually an introvert who can’t resist a good masala dosa!

Radioandmusic.com’s Aaishwari Chouhan gets Nikhil Chinappa spilling the beans on his life, career graph and his latest venture with PDM - the Sunburn Festival in Goa.

Excerpts:

You started your career in radio and theatre in Bangalore. Were such unconventional careers as acceptable then as they are now?
Earlier, people were more aware of ‘traditional’ careers like medicine and law but of late, unconventional careers are becoming more acceptable. But I only believe in the fact that it is only passion that makes any career successful for the person pursuing it.

You came to Mumbai after winning the MTV VJ Contest. How did your life change after that?
Once in Mumbai, travel and work schedules became quite hectic because this is how it is for people who come to Mumbai to ground themselves here. There were two major things that I first did - (a) brought a hell lot of new underwear for myself and (b) learnt how to survive on cornflakes and milk for breakfast. Although I stayed in touch with all my friends back in Bangalore, making friends in Mumbai was very tough and it took me sometime before I got myself real good friends to hang out with.

You are also famous as the Flavour Boy on Madras FM. What’s with the Flavour Boy image?
Those were the best days of my life. I enjoyed life the most on radio. Radio is a medium where you instantly play music, whereas on television or elsewhere, you stand in front of the camera and schedule the music to be played. If ever I have to choose between theatre, veejaying or radio, I would like to go back to radio. In fact, I would like to have a radio station of my own and play music as I want to. But this is exactly what we are doing at Sunburn 2007. We are getting the best DJs to perform with the aim of playing music for everyone to make the listening enjoyable. I always wanted these DJs to play in India, and with PDM and Smirnoff thinking on the same lines as I do, Sunburn finally happened.

In 2000, you appeared in a movie called Snip and then in Kudiyo ka Hai Zamana. Do you think you will have to work really hard on the acting end to make it as a successful actor?
I am very clear that I am not an actor. It irritates me to paint my face and wait for hours before a five-minute shot. But this doesn’t mean that I have cut all my options out on the acting end. I am okay with fun roles and fun scripts. In fact, Snip and Kudiyon ka hai Zamana happened because I liked my roles there. I have zero Bollywood intentions which is very unlike any other television personality. I have a mind of my own!

What made you shift to deejaying in 2002? Why have you been away from trick deejaying?
For me, music is above everything else. Trick DJ with something like scratching and all while playing music, adds on to the DJ’s performance for sure. But the core of deejaying, which is about what song to play and when to play it and how to blend it with other songs, is what every DJ should specialise in before opting for trick deejaying. Although I have always been away from trick deejaying, I concentrate more on the other aspects of deejaying. For instance, programming is the main aspect. Playing good music for at least three to four hours is what the DJ should know well. That’s his job! Other than that, working with equipments, multi-players, effects machines, looping are the other aspects of deejaying. For me, deejaying happened out of frustration. I mean, I was so sick of the song ‘Kaliyon ka Chaman’ that to make sure that no such song is every played at any pub; I got into deejaying.

Being an architecture student, you never thought of pursuing architecture seriously?
I miss my career in architecture. I wish I could take up two jobs at the same time. But architecture is the kind of career which requires all your time and cannot be done part time; apart from the fact that you can do your own house or your friends’ houses. And I have done the interiors of my house, according to what I feel and what makes me what I am.

How has an academic grounding in architecture help you in your career graph?
While hosting shows for MTV, it is my academic background which helps me talk, behave and react the way I do. And at Sunburn, it is because of architecture that I can take decisions on a lot of things. I believe, the landscape matters the most. Architecture has helped in arranging for the layout of Sunburn as in where will the ticket counters be, how many ticket counters I want, their sizes, the add-ons to the counter and all that. Because these are all the things that make the most of the space and it is finally what people notice when they step anywhere first. I want people to enjoy from their very first step into the festival and that can be done with the right kind of architectural sense.

And where does all the madness and razor sharp humour come from?
Coffee! But truly speaking, I have an attitude wherein I can’t tolerate fools for any which reason. I am kind of an extreme person as in either I will have zero interest in something or else will be completely sucked into it. I also love not being mad and just sitting with a cup of tea back home and reading a book. So my life in extremes is what the root to all my madness is.

How would you introduce Sunburn to someone who has never heard about it?
Hmm… I would say that Sunburn is Asia’s biggest music festival happening at Goa. It’s happening on a beach and in daytime so don’t forget to carry your hat and sunglasses. Even if you don’t understand the music, this festival is entirely fun-oriented and will open you to a new, great experience.

So, whose baby is Sunburn?
I can simply say the idea was PDM’s and the creative input is from my end. Smirnoff has a great role in all the ground research and activity which is why Sunburn is actually happening.

And what’s your involvement with PDM?
I am the creative consultant at PDM and their festival partner. I look after the creatives and the content. Apart from this, I am not involved with PDM any which way.

How have you been able to be creative at MTV?
At MTV, we actually have a tough time convincing the producer to allow more experiments with the show we work on.

For instance, we just had in-house shoots for MTV Select and then, one day it struck me to go to the college campus for it and it worked out well. And then, the idea of having a bathroom set-up; this has been the most spoken about concept that we used at Select but now we have ripped it apart. Also, when stars come on the sets of Select I never make them feel as if they are stars and even they enjoy it. It’s simply because people are tired of listening to ‘Aapne iska music banaya. Aapko kaisa laga?’ Getting into an informal conversation with the stars is what makes the show different and is liked more by the audience.

With MTV, how has your job profile grown? And with MTV revamped - what is your contribution overall presently?
With MTV, I am more into improvising my shows and all my creatives mostly revolve around my own shows only. But with MTV going online, I am trying to contribute to the digital end as well.

What’s the next big thing for Nikhil Chinappa apart from Sunburn?
Hopefully, Andaman & Nicobar Islands is what I am planning around February. I have taken 49 dives all together and I expect my 50th dive to be at Andaman & Nicobar. Also hopefully again, I am planning to take a month off and go for a vacation. So these are the two big things that I am looking forward to in 2008.

Roadies a show which has completed itz five parts successfully and is simply rocking. It have grabbed so many viewers and is the favourite of all the teenagers. And the viewers are increasing day by day . It is one of the best rated show ever for teenagers . Some people are selected as roadies and they complete tasks which help them to win money and karizma bikes . They use all sort of methods to win it . Well whatever it is but it is one of the best show i have ever viewed .

Next comes the splitsvilla which is recently started and is a new concept in which there are many hot and beautiful girls who are completing tasks to get the boys . Varun and Vishal .
The girl who win will get money . The gals are trying all sort of methods to win from flirting to fighting. Well itz a good show for guys atleast . It is also a part of roadies and have the same host . Well itz good but some people are kind off not liking it . They say it is not as interesting as Roadies well i think they are right . After all roadies is in their mind from couple of months. According to survey Roadies is preffered by people rather than splitsvilla and many people are waiting for it . However Roadies 6.0 is under progress and you can register for it , play cool games , Face raghu and other judges and see videos and pics at www.mtvindia.com/roadies/ . So what are you waiting for if you are a roadie fan visit their site and enjoy.

So currently Roadies rock letz see in future will there be any other show which can grab visitors as Roadies did.

THE Daredevil - Raghu Ram

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In the ROADIES 5.0 Grand Finale,it was declared by the Roadies Team that the next edition,ROADIES 6.0 is on as it has started planning well in advance for the next season of ROADIES and its going to be even bad and is expected to it will definitely cross all the limits and expectations….
And,There is high probability that the next season would showcase the Indo-Pak Talent at once…yup Indo-Pak Rivalry might just be the theme for ROADIES 6.0…

So, if you are looking for some good dum-daar Indo-Pak rivalry on Television other than cricket,then you might have to wait a little bit until ROADIES 6.0 goes to Pakistan…