Raghu Ram says he’ll be disappointed if 5-year-old son grows up to be religious: ‘I’m an atheist, people ask me why I hate God but…’

Raghu Ram says he's not as scared about his son Rhythm watching him on Roadies as much as watching him getting beaten up in movies.

Raghu Ram has a five-year-old son Rhythm.

Former Roadies judge Raghu Ram claims he’s not ashamed of the shouting and cursing he did for years on the reality show. Now that he’s a father to a five-year-old boy, Rhythm, he admits he’s thought about his son watching Roadies and what he’d think of his father. He’d let him shape his own thoughts and views — the only exception is that he wouldn’t want him to be religious.

“I’m not ashamed of what I said. I’d like him to know that. In fact, I’ve written a book also, in which the language is colourful. I’d like him to read that. I want him to understand that like smoking, drinking, and sex, language and the kind of words you use are a choice. I didn’t learn it from my father. The world will teach him. He’d choose his own language. It wouldn’t come from me,” said Raghu.

Raghu then confessed that the only expectation from his son is that he’s not religious. “I’d be disappointed. I’d talk to him about it. We’re science guys,” said Raghu on the Two Girls & Two Cups podcast. “I tell everyone my son can be whatever he wants to be. When somebody asked, ‘What if he want to be religious?’ and I actually fell down. I’d be disappointed,” added Raghu.

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Raghu claimed that he’s the same person today as he was during the Roadies days, just that his “expression has changed.” “More than Roadies, my bigger problem is if my son watches the roles I do in films. I always get beaten up and bloodied. I have a fear that when he’ll watch his dad like that, how will that affect him? That’s the only thing I’m worried about,” said Raghu.

Raghu, a sel-confessed atheist, said people ask him why he hates God, but he said it’s the wrong notion. He explained the example of his atheism to explain the different between feminist (someone who supports equal rights for women) and feminazi (man-hater). “I am an atheist. Atheism is not believing, I don’t hate God, that’s called an anti-theist. Similarly, feminazis are not feminists, they are misandrists, but they spoil the name of feminists by calling themselves that,” he said.

Raghu married Italian-Canadian singer Natalie Di Luccio in 2018. Known as “Bollywood’s first soprano”, she’s sung secondary vocals in popular songs like “Aadha Ishq” from Band Baaja Baraat (2010), “Navrai Majhi” from English Vinglish (2012), “Ready Steady Po” from Chennai Express (2013), and most recently, “All Hail The Tiger” from Devara: Part 1.

Raghu and Natalie became parents to Rhythm in 2020. “Natalie is a singer. I love music. So, his name is Rhythm,” said Raghu. “Also, he’s a mixed breed. He’s an interracial child. I wanted a name that can’t be claimed by any religion, country, language or community. It’s universal. It’s not just music. The cosmos and the seasons also have a rhythm,” he added.

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Before meeting Natalie, Raghu was married to actor Sugandha Garg. They split up in 2016, and their divorce was finalized in 2018. After Roadies, Raghu found a new career on the big screen, having appeared in films like Tees Maar Khan (2010) in Hindi, and Doctor (2021) and Good Bad Ugly (2025) in Tamil. He also appeared in the Amazon MXPlayer show Jamnapaar.

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