| Although the inaugural edition MTV Roadies came
in- last year- with good amount of publicity hoopla and had its heart
in the right place, it didn't create as many ripples. The dismal performance
at the TRP courts not withstanding, the youth music channel has gone
ahead with the second edition.
The reality show is scheduled to launch in the last week of September.
While KMHZ is likely to occupy the 8 pm slot, Roadies
will swoop in at 8:30 pm. The channel has differed from making
announcement, so that neither big announcement takes wind out of
others sail.
While the first edition tailed four boys and three girls on bikes
across 4000 km, discovering the essence of India -from the sands
of Chennai to the high ranges of Chail- over 40 days, this time
on the journey charted out will be from Kolkata right up to Wagah
border and for 35 days. Incidentally, both the format and the sponsor-
Hero Honda- are the same. The lesson that has been drawn from the
last year's mistake is the change in the language.
The anchor aka 'sutradhar' MTV VJ Cyrus Sahukar will be spouting
Hindi and ditto for the essence of the show, which will be decidedly
Indian. The surprise element of the hunt will be inclusion of last
year's roadie Rannvijay Singh as the MTV VJ. His role in the hunt
is unclear as of now.
The towns that the roadies this time will cover include: Calcutta,
Chunchura, Bardhaman, Durgapur, Asansol, Dhanbad, Parasath, Barhi,
Tilaiya, Dhobi, Aurangabad, Sasaram, Mughal Sarai, Varanasi, Allahabad,
Kausambi, Fatehpur, Kanpur, Kalpi, Auraiya, Etawah, Firozabad, Agra,
Mathura, Vrindaban, Faridabad, Delhi, Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal,
Kurukshetra, Ambala, Patiala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar and
finally Wagah.
The camera will capture the chosen seven- four boys and three girls,
their emotions, relationships, hardships and joy as they travel
about 2000 kms across our country through villages, small towns
and big cities. The selected Roadies will also be involved in various
social causes as well: small tasks that are set for them at some
locations: e.g. giving English lessons to children in small town.
The auditions will be flagged off on 21 July in Pune and will be
also held at Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chandigarh and Mumbai. The
Mumbai auditions will be held on 5 August.
As for the prizes, all the seven roadies- those who complete the
journey- will get to keep the bikes (Hero Honda Karizma) and the
popular Roadie as judged by the junta and the jury will get prize
money of Rs 5,00,000.
The interested candidates should be at least 18 years of age and
the male candidates should preferably have a geared two-wheeler
license. The selections will be based on how they perform during
the three rounds: psychographic test, group discussion and personal
interview, held at the audition venue.
The contestants will have to get themselves registered at the audition
venue on the day of audition. Incidentally, they can jump the queue
at the audition by pre-registering at mtvindia.com/roadies.
Let us see if they prove to be lucky, the second time.
Audition grounds:
1. Pune: 21 July - Symbiosis Auditorium Senapati Bapat Marg,
Near Bal Bharati, Pune
2. Chennai: 24 July- Kamarajar Arangam, 492, Annasalai Teynampet,
Chennai
3. Kolkata: 27 July- Birla Auditorium, 29, Ashutosh Chowdhary
Avenue, Kolkotta
4. Delhi: 30 July- Kamani Audi, Bharatiya Kala Kendra Trust,
1-Coppernicus Marg
New Delhi
5. Chandigarh: 2 Aug- Himachal Bhavan, Sector-28, Chandigarh
6. Mumbai: Ravindra Natya Mandir, Ravindranatya Mandir, Near
Siddhivinayak, Kala Academy, Prabhadevi, Mumbai.
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