Sometime back, there was a sudden breakout of the Roadies fever. Everywhere one went it was Roadies this and Roadies that. "Have you seen that Raghu chap?... OMG isn't he awsome? He just rapes everybody he auditions, Loser or not" and "Isn't Shambavi hot? And what about Ankita da? Sexxxx na?" are typical comments you would overhear. The build-up was just too much and i just succumbed under curiosity. So i started watching Roadies 5.0 and I swear to god I'll kill myself if they make another edition. The auditions, honestly, were quite funny. How could they not be with all these people doing anything they could to humour Raghu and Nikhil so they'd pick them to be on the show? This one guy pretended to be blind and watching Raghu explode was drama at it best. So far so good, and then came the journey.
I won't go into details about the show because I am pretty sure the ones who read the crap I write watch Roadies but here's a one-line gist of the concept, so to say, behind Roadies. A bunch of radically different young people journey on road and perform so-called tasks, one of whom will be eliminated each week and the last one standing wins. The show cashes in on all the drama and spice that the threat of being voted-out brings out in people. As far as Roadies 5.0 is concerned it has brought out the very worst. Regionalism, sexuality, friendship are all weapons they use and you'd be shocked at the levels they stoop to just be on the show. Girls call each others names, bitch around openly. Is that how you want yourself to be seen on national television? When did using your charm and then playing around with people's emotions become a 'skill' and that too one you can be proud of. Backstabbing is dubbed politics and a friend becomes an enemy before you can bat an eyelid. It's all a part of the game they say. There are no rules in this one though.
This edition of Roadies is the first one to go international and they say it has to be more gruelling and challenging for that reason. I saw a re-run of the penultimate episode yesterday and that's what got me to write this. I also caught a glimpse of the last episode. We've got nipple and tongue piercings in store! I think they got carried away in their own this-has-got-to-be-challenging shit. If this is the future of reality television in India, god save my kids!
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I don't watch roadies and this post reaffirms my stand that I shouldn't. But I do have friends (maniacs) who go to the common room and watch it on the TV. Apparently, the females are awesome??
never succumbed to curiosity, n so the cat lives on ...
Never seen roadies. N more the people say about something, the less I am tempted to watch. :D
Never seen roadies. :D. The more the people talk about something (some of them..) the less I feel like watching it :P (n that someone is not you!!)
Where are the ones who watch roadies ?!?!?
here i am ! (on the road again :P)
i just watch it for timepass like how i watch himym or the likes.
and the prev edition was better, the hype dint do the show any good.
and wth its almost over so give it a rest i say! let ppl do whatever they want!! let so and so be hot let that idiot be an @##$%% who the hell cares!
Yoyo another non-watcher :B Negative impression to begin with, plus reverse psychology to ensure it keeps dipping -> no idea who the buggers are or why they're so (in)famous
if ppl want to ride bikes... thn thy shuld just do it... y so much halla abt ppl ridin a lot of distance in bikes??? nyway i m so against all these reality shows ... "no script" it seems.. such a load of crap.. ultimately everthin is down to vote outs nd elimination...such a load of crap...
oh ok.. my filosofy is different.. 'if u really hate somethign and wanna bitch abt it... watch it... cus then u ll be able to bitch better.. LOL.. so that explains y i watch all SRK movies..' hehe..
ok... getting serious ... hmmm 'welcome to the world vaish'... ppl in roadies were a bit too expresive n showed their emotions freely.. u thot the world out there is different than that??? hmm. food for thot.. i guess..
i had watched roadies 1.0(or was it jus 1?) and then it was 5 directly.. well things had got slightly worse over the 5 yrs.. so i do see ur point in u worrying abt ur kids.. vaish.. :P
but hey u really think a few of the stuff they do are not scripted before or atleast directed before.. it luked more like a tv series where ppl were acting off to glory than living the 'reality' :P
and wat i said fr ur barkha wala post holds.. u gotta make ur pick... and make sure its right.. atleast flof, naren, oink and wat was it.. hmm... yeah rip van winkle got their picks right!!!
Nice blog..and im a roadies-watcher and ya plz write on tht other fateful reality show- the greatest SPLITSVILLA..dnt forget to use atleast 23 swearwrds...20 fr the gals,2 fr the guys and 1 fr that dumbfck anchor hu dresses up in shorts, blazers n a hat!
...and I thought I was the only "loser" soul in India who doesn't like Roadies!
It seems I have company! :D
god save my kids! :-D
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