Raghu Ram

Raghu Ram Ambadapudi was earlier a senior supervising producer at MTV India and the executive producer of reality television shows MTV Roadies and MTV Splitsvilla. He is married to actress Sugandha Garg. His brother is Rajiv Laxman. Now he owns a startup 'Monozygotics'

Private life

Raghu Ram was born in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Ram was born an identical-twin and raised in Delhi, India, along with his twin brother, Rajiv Laxman. Their father is a Bank Manager and mother a political affairs journalist. They have a younger sister Supriya Nistala, who is married and has a daughter. She lives in Singapore. The twin brothers studied at the Kerala School, Sec 8 , R.K.Puram, New Delhi . They later attended the University of Delhi in Delhi. In the first year, both were students of Deshbandhu College, but in the second year, they joined Sri Venkateswara College. In the final year, they joined Osmania University in Hyderabad where they completed their graduation.

In 2004, Ram appeared in Indian Idol Season 1 as a contestant and was one of those who came to test his voice out in front of the judges – Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam. He was rejected due to inefficient singing ability and signature attitude traits. He later explained in his autobiography that it was a prank played by him, to pick up a fight with the judges which was insisted by one of his colleagues and his wife who have been working there(Indian idol season 1) as moderators.

Raghu

Raghu was a ruler of the Ikshvaku dynasty. According to the Raghuvamsha, he was born to king Dilīpa and his queen Sudakshina. His name in Sanskrit means the fast one, deriving from Raghu's chariot-driving abilities. So celebrated were the exploits of Raghu, that his dynasty itself came to be known as the Raghuvamsha or the Raghukula after him. The history of his dynasty is elaborated upon by Kalidasa in his Raghuvamsha.

Lineage

A number of Puranas, which include the Vishnu Purana, the Vayu Purana, the Linga Purana, mention Dirghabahu as the son of Dilīpa and Raghu as the son of Dirghabahu. But the Harivamsha, the Brahma Purana and the Shiva Purana mention Raghu as son of Dilīpa and Dirghavahu as his epithet. The lineage described in the Raghuvamsha mention Dilīpa as the father of Raghu. According to most of the Puranas, as well as Kalidasa, Raghu was succeeded by his son Aja, who was the father of Dasharatha, the father of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna.

Life

Raghu's father, Dilīpa, was a very pious king, and performed as many as 100 yajnas or Vedic pure rituals. Until he did so, only Indra, king of the Gods, had earned that distinction. In a bid to prevent Dilipa from equaling his record, Indra placed many hurdles in the path of the successful completion of the 100th sacrifice, but Raghu was able to prevail over the forces of Indra himself, and the Vedic rituals was completed successfully.