Viral Roadies contestant Devarshi Patel meets Raghu-Rajiv after 16 years, recreates hilarious audition: ‘I work as inspirational comedian’

This surprised Raghu and Rajiv, who asked Devarshi with a laugh, “Kaise, kyu (How and why?)” He then revealed his wife’s name is Devashri. He added, “(Devar)shi and (Deva)shri is a great combination.”

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Devarshi then shared updates about his life. He said, “I have been awesome. I have recently launched a new brand. Now, I am an inspirational comedian.” The term inspirational comedian left Raghu and Rajiv confused. Devarshi explained to them, “I will tell you. Across the globe, there are a lot of inspirational speakers. Inspirational speaking is good. Now, when I talk about comedians, what I have observed till now is that either they abuse and tend to be cool or they put someone down. But, I am different. I am an inspirational comedian. I can inspire you and also get you LOL (laugh out loud).”

Rajiv said, “I am getting a flashback.” Looking back at his audition, Devarshi said, “When Raghu asked me about dancing, I said, ‘I am overweight so dancing won’t look good.'” Devarshi, however, worked on that skill and said, “Now, I am awesome at dancing. Can you please play some music? I can dance.”

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Rajiv wasn’t impressed. He said, “Ap ek number ke raddimandal dancer ho. Never call yourself a good dancer. However, its nice to watch you dance.” He had used a similar line back in 2009 after hearing him sing.

They then mocked his career as an “inspirational comedian,” Rajiv said, “Iska inspirational comedy ka quote hai ‘Trying is the first step to failure’.”

Devarshi then explained the logic behind it. He said, “I wanted to get selected in Roadies. If I had only thought that I should try, I would have failed. But, the spirit is… ‘I will do whatever it takes to get selected.’ I stood in the audition line for about 8 hours without food. Today, I feel blessed that I did that and I am here. I thank God it was all worth it.”

Raghu and Rajiv then shared the pros and cons of him participating in the reality show. They said, “It’s a known fact that you received both attention and hate post Roadies. A lot of people must have mocked you.” Devarshi quickly said, “I have one word for my haters, ignorance. I don’t pay attention to them.” When asked if he ever felt bad about all the trolling, Devarshi said, “No. Never ever.”

Devarshi, who once confessed that he was lonely and had one-sided affection for a doctor, now shared that he is happily married. “My wife is very supportive. She goes out of the way to do things for me. She is least bothered about monetary things. And I think she likes me for who I am. She often tells me, ‘You are a good human being.'”

Towards the end of the video, Raghu confessed, “Before meeting you after all these years, I was wondering ‘How much you must have changed in life’. But it seems like you are changed and not changed at the same time. You are the same person, but I believe wiser version of yourself.”

Raghu added, “Back then when you said that people will remember you even two years after lending their pen to you… people might have laughed at it then, but when it turns out to be true. The person realises that you were not bluffing. We then thought it was very weird of you to say that, but it is not weird when the person is you.”

Their video prompted several reactions from Roadies fans, who flooded their YouTube comments section with their excitement. A user wrote, “A splash of nostalgia for all those who were die-hard old school Roadies fan and never missed a single audition episode. I’ve seen the original audition video about a hundred times and it’s a real treat to see that they recreated it efficiently.” Another user wrote, “When Raghu said – he was right about not being able to forget him even after 17 years — he was right… Pen manga vi nahi par yaad reh gaya .. awesome.”

Other comments read, “Devarshi’s Roadies interview is one of the fav parts of my childhood”, “Loved it. It’s a humble request please keep making such episodes in the similiar format. In the age of podcasts, we want to have Raghu & Rajiv in this format where the duo creates the magic,” and, “Oh man what a nostalgia. Roadies 2008 was something else entirely.”