After more than 40 days of fighting in the ICU, Raju Srivastav died. He was 58. One of the pioneers of stand-up comedy in India, he became enraged after The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. The show is still iconic. We saw some amazing talents like Raju Srivastav, Bhagwant Mann, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Sunil Pal, Ahsaan Qureshi and others in the show. Navin Prabhakar, famous for Pehchaan Kaun, spoke to BollywoodLife about the late comedian and how he inspired his career. It seems that Navin Prabhakar first met him when he was a tenth standard student doing small shows.
He told us: “This is a huge loss. Every day we prayed for him. I was in touch with his wife and Antara all the time. Raju ji was a fighter to the end. I met him when I was a local artist in Mumbai I was in 10th standard He had followed my work so when I met him at 12 he knew I had done a lot of work in Mumbai We started doing shows together Later we met on stage at The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. The show was an amazing experience. But even before that, we’ve done 100 shows together. He was like an older brother.”
Navin Prabhakar says he regularly visited his home at events such as birthdays. He says, “I remember I had to do a show in Kenya. He guided me on the audience there, and how to move around the city. Raju Srivastav was always helpful and guided me. We had the Raju Srivastav-Navin Prabhakar planned night in the US. He told me he made it happen. But unfortunately, it remains an unfulfilled wish for us.”
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