After being rejected by Shark Tank India, Rajesh Kumar takes indirect dig at Anupam Mittal: ‘You can get two people married, make money but…’

Rajesh said that he lost the money because an app developer duped him. “People are making mediocre apps everywhere and I got trapped in that. Time is money and I lost six months because that man, that app developer, took us for a ride,” he said.

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Rajesh had previously shared that he applied to appear on Shark Tank, but was rejected after clearing two rounds. It appeared that he was hinting at Anupam Mittal, who is the CEO of Shaadi.com, and is one of the ‘sharks’ on the show. Rajesh said that he wanted to speak about the hard labour that goes behind farming on the show. “When I went on Shark Tank, this is what I wanted to communicate. You aren’t from some other planet, you have made a lot of money, you have the resources, please market this. You should help me because there are things that I lack. At least sit with me,” he said.

Rajesh then said, “You can get two people married, and make money by becoming a pandit but how much have you invested yourself in their wedding? You are making those two people meet, but do you even know them? You don’t.” He added that there are many corporate houses and business people “who are sitting with loads of money” and if they spend even one percent on farming, the agriculture sector would transform. He said that actors also need to play their part and bring their “glamour” to this sector as that could help in turning things around.

In an earlier chat with Siddharth Kannan, Rajesh said he was rejected by Shark Tank India. “I had applied for Shark Tank India. I had cleared two out of three rounds. You also had to submit your videos, so I thought, I might get a favour because I am a known face. That here is an actor, who is a social entrepreneur talking about agriculture. My presentation was in Kolkata and it was wrapped within a day. My father paid for the tickets,” he said.