Is comedian Raju Srivastava jealous of Kapil Sharma's fame?

With Kapil Sharma ruling the comedy scene on the small screen, Raju Srivastava has now become a rare entity. Believing in the change Raju says, “Kapil is doing well and garnering the highest TRPs, I am not at all jealous of him. I remember he would always come and touch my feet. I told him that he is very talented and would definitely make it big one day.”

Raju tried out his luck with a show on a different channel earlier but failed to garner eyeballs. However, the stand up comedian is now trying his hand at dancing with his wife Shikha in the sixth season of the reality show ‘Nach Baliye’. “My wife was very uncomfortable with the idea of dancing hence we rejected the offer thrice. Being a housewife she was not very open to it, but after little coaxing from the family members, she agreed to perform. She took up the dance show as a challenge. I also encouraged her and said that she has talent to show,” says Raju. But Shikha was given some strict instructions from her mother in law while performing on national television. Adds Raju, “When I told my mother that Shikha is performing on the show, she instantly said, ‘I don’t have any problems, but ask her to keep her head covered with her saree.’”

There are several other television ‘jodi’ performing on this reality show. A confident Raju says, “I have done singing and dancing at several marriage ceremonies and ‘baraat’, so I know a little bit of it. Now I am going to incorporate all of that in this show.” Known to imitate Bollywood’s superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Raju states that he will stay away from doing that on ‘Nach Baliye’.

Apart from keeping his onscreen presence alive, the comedian has jumped head on into politics. Reveals Raju, “Since I belong to Kanpur, I have joined politics from there. I want to make the city garbage free and also work on the electricity problem there. Also I want to clean up the river Ganga. People usually feel that Bollywood celebrities can bring about a positive change hence I am getting a lot of positive support. Therefore I do not want to dishearten them. I will see to it that I meet their demands and bring a smile on their face.”