MTV Roadies: Karm Ya Kaand

Roadies Karm Ya Kaand
Season 19
Presented by	Sonu Sood
Judges	Gautam Gulati Prince Narula Rhea Chakraborty
No. of contestants	33
Winner	Vashu Jain (Gang Rhea)
Runner-up	Siwet Tomar (Gang Prince)
No. of episodes	40
Release
Original network	MTV India
Original release	3 June (2023-06-03) – 15 October 2023 (2023-10-15)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 18 Next → Season 20

MTV Roadies: Karm Ya Kaand (transl. Roadies: Fate Or Scandal) is the nineteenth season of the Indian reality show MTV Roadies produced by Banijay Asia. ^[1] Hosted by Sonu Sood for the second time, the season premiered on MTV India on 3 June 2023 and digitally streams on JioCinema. ^[2] It also marks the return of gang leader Prince Narula along with new gang leaders Rhea Chakraborty and Gautam Gulati. The auditions were taken by Sonu Sood, Prince Narula, Rhea Chakraborty & Gautam Gulati. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Auditions

MTV Roadies Karm Ya Kaand auditions were held at Chandigarh on 13 April 2023, Delhi on 15 April 2023, Indore on 20 April 2023, and Pune on 22 April 2023.

The contestants had to get minimum 2 votes from the gang leaders to put themselves in an auction.

• Sonu Sood had special powers,
  • Kaand the contestant gets the choice to choose their Gang Leader as soon as the bid reaches 2000 Roadiums.
  • Sonu Astra the gang leaders have to reverse bid to not have the contestant in their gang, the gang leader who has bid the highest will choose which gang the contestant goes to.
  • Reverse the chance for any gang leader to bid even if they gave red buzzer.

Episode Date	Venue	Contestant	City	Gang Leaders Final Bidding Amount			Sonu's Power	Result	Gang Selected
				Gautam Gulati	Rhea Chakraborty	Prince Narula
Jun 3	Delhi	Anmol Bakaya	Jammu			0	None	Not selected
		Lekha Jambaulikar	Goa	0	1900	2000		Advanced	Prince
		Prakram Dandona	New Delhi	3400	2600	3300		Advanced	Gautam
		Bhoomika Vasishth	New Delhi	0	1100	1000	None	Advanced	Rhea
Jun 4		Leeza Basumatary	Assam				None	Not selected
		Priyanka Choudhary	Jaipur	0	400	500	None	Advanced	Prince
		Piyu Sharma	Delhi	2500	700	2100		Advanced	Gautam
		Priyanka Gupta	New Delhi	200	0	100		Advanced	Prince
		Siwet Tomar	Dehradun	1900	3800	4000		Advanced	Prince
Jun 10		Shayan Siddiqui	Lucknow	1100	1500	1300	None	Advanced	Rhea
		Joginder	Gurgaon	1500	1400	1300		Advanced	Prince
		Rahul Madan	Roorkee				None	Not selected
		Neerja Punia	Gurgaon	200	300	0	None	Advanced	Rhea
Jun 11		Abhijeet Singh	Uttar Pradesh				None	Not selected
		Shubham Chaudhary	Uttar Pradesh		400	300	None	Advanced	Rhea
		Pery Sheetal	Delhi	800		900		Advanced	Prince
		Kanishk Anand	New Delhi				None	Not selected
Jun 17	Pune	Sachin Sharma	Faridabad	2000	1100	2100		Advanced	Prince
		Yogesh Sharma	Uttar Pradesh	1400	1600	1700	None	Advanced	Prince
		Nejm	Chennai	300	100	0	None	Advanced	Gautam
		Vashu Jain	Bilaspur	4000	4100	2100		Advanced	Prince
Jun 18		Digvijay Gavhane	Pune				None	Not selected
		Prem Shilu	Surat	0	200	100		Advanced	Prince
		Abhirup Kadam	Mumbai	1100	1200	1000	None	Advanced	Rhea
		Ashika Surve	Mumbai	2700	2800	2000		Advanced	Prince
		Nayera Ahuja	Bhopal	0	100	0	None	Advanced	Rhea
Jun 24	Indore	Tiger Chopan	Jammu and Kashmir				None	Not selected
		Vishu Bajaj	New Delhi				None	Not selected
		Tanu Rawat	Rishikesh	1000	1100	0	None	Advanced	Rhea
		Rajveer Dey	Siliguri	1600		1500	None	Advanced	Gautam
		Bharat Sharma	Himachal Pradesh				None	Not selected
Jun 25		Heman Parchani	Gadarwara	3500	3800	1900		Advanced	Rhea
		Hassan Siddiquee	Nashik	1000	900	600	None	Advanced	Gautam
		Addy Jain	New Delhi	2100	3000	2000		Advanced	Prince
		Twinkle Chourasia	Jabalpur	2100	2200	1900		Advanced	Gautam
		Shuly Nadar	Tamil Nadu	3600	4000	1900		Advanced	Rhea
Jul 1	Chandigarh	Samiksha Sharma	Jammu				None	Not selected
		Rubiya Khan	Kashmir				None	Not selected
		Manpreet Kaur	Punjab	0	0	0		Advanced	Rhea
		Bhawish Madaan	Amritsar	1700	0		None	Advanced	Gautam
		Rishabh Jaiswal	Varanasi	4800	5000	2100		Advanced	Rhea
Jul 2		Rupa Singh	Rewa	1500	1700	1600		Advanced	Gautam
		Himanshu Sharma	Mandsaur				None	Not selected
		Swati	Sonipat	200	300	0	None	Advanced	Rhea
		Himanshu Arora	Chandigarh	2000	200	300		Advanced	Gautam
Jul 8		Digvijay Singh Rathee	Haryana	2700	0	0		Advanced	Gautam
		Syed Farhan Ahmed	Chhattisgarh				None	Not selected
		Himansh Seth	Amritsar				None	Not selected
		Sourav Singh Rajput	Jamshedpur				None	Not selected
Jul 9		Gary Lu	Dehradun	2400		2500		Advanced	Prince
		Navpreet Singh	Delhi				None	Not selected
		Ashish Jangid	Jaipur				None	Not selected
		Vyomesh Koul	Kashmir				None	Not selected
		Pallavi Yadav	Delhi	300	200	0	None	Advanced	Gautam

Bonus episode auditions

Short bonus episodes were exclusively streaming each week on JioCinema.

Only the selected contestants in the bonus episodes are listed below.

Venue	Contestant	Gang leaders final bidding amount			Sonu's power	Result	Gang selected
		Gautam	Rhea	Prince
Delhi	Akriti Negi	500	0	700	None	Advanced	Prince
Pune	Mallika Motiramani	700		600	None	Advanced	Gautam
Indore	Foram Botadra	200	100	0	None	Advanced	Gautam
	Shruti Parija	1000	800	0	None	Advanced	Gautam

Battleground

MTV Roadies Battleground, the top five Finalists were chosen by public vote on JioCinema. They competed in two rounds to join the Roadies journey as wild-cards.

Contestant	City	Vote-out	Result	Gang selected
Akriti Negi	Lucknow	Kabir	Nominated	Rhea
Anmol Dhawan	Punjab	Kabir	Nominated	Voted-Out
Kabir Bhalla	New Delhi	Anmol	Voted-Out
Leeza Basumatary	Assam	Kabir	Advanced	Gautam
Naveen Kumar	Haryana	Akriti	Advanced	Prince

Gangs

Roadies selected for the journey

Gang Leader		Gautam Gulati	Rhea Chakraborty	Prince Narula
Roadies	1	Prakram Dandona	Bhoomika Vasishth	Lekha Jambaulikar
	2	Piyu Sharma	Shayan Siddiqui	Priyanka Choudhary
	3	Nejm	Neerja Punia	Priyanka Gupta
	4	Mallika Motiramani	Shubham Chaudhary	Siwet Tomar
	5	Rajveer Dey	Abhirup Kadam	Joginder
	6	Hassan Siddiquee	Nayera Ahuja	Pery Sheetal
	7	Twinkle Chourasia	Tanu Rawat	Akriti Negi 2
	8	Foram Botadra	Heman Parchani	Sachin Sharma 1
	9	Shruti Parija	Shuly Nadar	Yogesh Sharma
	10	Bhawish Madaan	Manpreet Kaur	Vashu Jain
	11	Rupa Singh	Rishabh Jaiswal	Prem Shilu
	12	Himanshu Arora	Swati	Ashika Surve
	13	Digvijay Singh Rathee	Sachin Sharma	Addy Jain
	14	Pallavi Yadav		Gary Lu
Battleground	*	Leeza Basumatary	Akriti Negi	Naveen Kumar

  indicates Roadies not selected by their gang leaders to go on the journey.

1. ^ Gang leader Rhea chose Sachin Sharma from Gang Prince during Top 10 Selection.
2. ^ Akriti Negi returned during the journey as Battleground Finalist and joined Gang Rhea by surviving a vote-out.

Gangs after dissolve

Gang leader		Gautam Gulati	Rhea Chakraborty	Prince Narula
Roadies	1	Prakram Dandona	Rishabh Jaiswal	Ashika Surve
	2	Sachin Sharma	Rajveer Dey	Siwet Tomar
	3	Joginder	Tanu Rawat	Priyanka Gupta
	4	Bhoomika Vasishth	Abhirup Kadam	Himanshu Arora
	5	Piyu Sharma 3 Akriti Negi	Shayan Siddiqui	Akriti Negi Piyu Sharma
	6		Pallavi Yadav	Prem Shilu
	7		Vashu Jain

1. ^ The favorites had power to choose Kaand and receive immunity for next two vote-outs. Prakram from Gang Gautam picked the Kaand Card and as consequences, gang leader with most amount of Roadiums can swap one Roadie from Gang Gautam. Gang Leader Prince had highest Roadiums and he swapped Piyu with Akriti for his gang.

Production

Casting

In March 2023, Shiv Thakare, MC Stan and Pratik Sehajpal were approached to be a part of the series as gang leader. ^[6] In the following month, Sonu Sood returned as host. ^[7]

In April 2023, Prince Narula ^[8] was cast as the gang leader and was joined by Gautam Gulati ^[9] and Rhea Chakraborty. ^[10]

Ex-Roadie Shiv Thakare came as a guest for an episode during the Auditions. Ashneer Grover came as a guest during the Auditions to help a gang leader with 2000 Roadiums. He teamed up with Prince Narula.

Development

In March 2023, MTV India announced the series with the tagline 'Karm Ya Kaand'. ^[11] The journey will begin from Kurukshetra to Kaza. ^[12]

Filming

The principal photography of the series commenced in April 2023. ^{[13] [14] [15]} The auditions were held in Chandigarh, Delhi, Indore and Pune. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Release

On 19 March 2023, a promo revealing the season's theme was released on MTV India. ^{[21] [22]}

Soundtrack

MTV Roadies Karm Ya Kaand Anthem
Soundtrack album by Super Manikk Wicked Sunny
Released	2023
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	1:56
Language	Hindi
Label	MTV India

MTV Roadies Karm Ya Kaand Anthem is composed by Super Manikk and Wicked Sunny. ^[23]

Tracklisting

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"MTV Roadies Karm Ya Kaand Anthem" (Male)	Super Manikk and Wicked Sunny	1:56
Total length:			1:56

See also

• List of programmes broadcast by MTV (India)

References

1. "Roadies Karm Ya Kaand: Judges Sonu Sood and Rhea Chakraborty Say They Are 'Thrilled' for the Launch". 2 June 2023.
2. "MTV announces 19th season of MTV Roadies Karm ya Kaand". June 2023.
3. "Rhea Chakraborty returns as 'gang leader' on MTV Roadies: 'You thought I won't come back, will run away scared?' Watch". 10 April 2023.
4. "Rhea Chakraborty, Gautam Gulati turn gang leaders for 'Roadies' new season". ThePrint . 10 April 2023.
5. "Exclusive - Roadies - Karm Ya Kaand Winner Vashu Jain: Rhea Chakraborty ma'am has always prioritised me, she is the smartest of all". Times of India . 15 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
6. "Roadies 19: Prince Narula, MC stan, Pratik Sehejpal and Shiv Thakare approached for Sonu Sood hosted show". The Times of India. 31 March 2023.
7. "'Karm Ya Kaand': Sonu Sood Returns With New Season Of 'MTV Roadies'". 31 March 2023.
8. "Exclusive - Prince Narula joins Sonu Sood hosted Roadies Karm Ya Kaand as 'Gang Leader'". The Times of India. 8 April 2023.
9. "Gautam Gulati recalls being rejected from Roadies 16-17 years ago and 'now I am a gang leader' | Exclusive". 15 April 2023.
10. "Rhea Chakraborty on TV return with Roadies 19: Feels good to be back". 16 April 2023.
11. "Sonu Sood announces new season of MTV Roadies. Watch video". The Economic Times. 31 March 2023.
12. "Roadies 19 begins with Sonu Sood as host, Prince Narula, Rhea Chakraborty join as gang leaders". 2 June 2023.
13. "Rhea Chakraborty says 'being back to work is a joy I can't describe' as she begins shooting for Roadies 19. See post". 13 April 2023.
14. "Roadies' Prince Narula talks about fights with gang leaders, advice he gave to Gautam Gulati, Rhea Chakraborty". 16 April 2023.
15. "MTV Roadies 19 gang leader Gautam Gulati reveals Raghu Ram, Nikhil Chinapa rejected him in auditions in 2007 | Exclusive".
16. "एमटीवी रोडिज के ऑडिशन में जुटी भारी भीड़". 14 April 2023.
17. "MTV Roadies – 'Karm Ya Kaand' Delhi audition witnesses huge rush : The Tribune India".
18. "Bollywood actor Sonu Sood in Indore for Roadies audition, says 'Need not to be politician to serve the public'".
19. "Indore: Sonu Sood impressed by robust personality of Indoreans".
20. "Embarking on a new adventure". 23 April 2023.
21. "Roadies 19 teaser is finally out, on-ground auditions to begin soon. Details inside". 20 March 2023.
22. "MTV Roadies 19 drops teaser. Here's what you should know". The Economic Times. 21 March 2023.
23. "MTV Roadies - Karm Ya Kaand Anthem - Single".

External links

• MTV Roadies – Karm Ya Kaand on MTV India