' WHAT'S GOING ON IN [THE CONTESTANT'S] MIND? DOES HE ADMIRE ME, RESPECT ME, HATE ME? FEAR ME? MAYBE ALL OF THE ABOVE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ROADIES FORM THAT HAS "F—K YOU, RAGHU" WRITTEN ALL OVER IT; I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POSTER THAT WAS HELP UP THIS YEAR DURING THE CHANDIGARH AUDITIONS THAT READ, "BAAP TOH BAAP HOTA HAI. RAGHU ROX". I SEE EQUAL PARTS RESPECT, EQUAL PARTS LOATHING. EQUAL PARTS RAGHU, EQUAL PARTS THE BULLY.' There is a man - tall, bald, muscular, intimidating - who manages to induce terror and awe in all those who dare walk into his interrogation room. There was once a boy - scrawny, weak, easily intimidated, voice unbroken at fifteen - who was bullied consistently through his childhood. This is the story of how that boy became the man he is today: part-time singer, song-writer and jammer; full-time producer, cameraman and editor; Sherlock Holmes and Batman worshipper; staunch atheist with an innate fear of water and heights. This is the autobiography of the rudest man on Indian television. RAGHU RAM, THE ORIGINAL ROADIE, SPLIT WIDE OPEN