MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom18, under a license agreement with Paramount Networks EMEAA. Most of the programming on the channel is produced in Hindi. MTV India has its headquarters in Vile Parle in Mumbai.
Raghu Ram is an Indian television producer and actor. He was a senior supervising producer at MTV India and an anchor/ director on MTV Roadies, MTV Dropout Pvt Ltd and MTV Splitsvilla. He was married to actress Sugandha Garg. He has a twin brother, Rajiv Lakshman who worked with him on MTV Roadies. The brothers launched their own content studio called Monozygotic Solutions Pvt. Ltd in 2014.
MTV Splitsvilla is an Indian television dating reality show that airs on MTV India and is digitally available on Jio Cinema. In 2024, the fifteenth season is hosted by Sunny Leone and Tanuj Virwani.
MTV Roadies is a youth-based reality show of India. It was launched on 15 August 2003 and airs on MTV India. The show is also digitally available on Voot and JioCinema.
MTV Roadies 4 is the fourth season of reality game show MTV Roadies that aired on MTV India from 2006–2007. Hosted by MTV VJ Rannvijay, the show features 13 contestants who ride Hero Honda Karizma bikes on a journey where they endure "sun, snow, rain and physical and mental stress, while complex challenges are thrown at them from every direction." In keeping with the reality contest format, contestants at each episode can be eliminated from the game with a vote out. At the final destination, Gangtok, the winner is awarded a cash prize of up to 500,000 Indian rupees. Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover makes appearances in the season to introduce twists into the game. The show's winner was Anthony Yeh.
Arjun Bijlani is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi television and reality shows. He is best known for his roles in Star One's romantic comedy Miley Jab Hum Tum and in first two seasons of Colors TV's supernatural drama series, Naagin. He is also known for his participation in the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 and for being winner of stunt based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11.
Fahad Ali is an Indian television actor best known for portraying Keshav Desai "KD" in The Buddy Project and Vivan in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. In 2018, he participated in MTV Splitsvilla. Ali made his web series debut with ALT Balaji's NSA in 2019.
Prince Narula is an Indian model, actor and a singer. Predominantly known for his performance in reality shows, he has also acted in fiction serials. Narula has won the reality TV shows MTV Roadies 12 (2015), MTV Splitsvilla 8 (2015), Bigg Boss 9 (2015–2016) and Nach Baliye 9 (2019). He also appeared as the wrestler Lakhan "Lucky" Singh Ahlawat in Badho Bahu (2016–2018) and as Shahnawaz "Shaan" Ali in Naagin 3 (2018).
NBA Slam is an Indian television show about NBA basketball on the Sony SIX channel. It showcases the abilities and on-court rivalry of two rival NBA star players through the eyes of two Indian celebrity fans. The first episode featured Bollywood actor and VJ Rannvijay Singha and VJ Varun Sood.
Priyanka Purohit is an Indian television actress known for participating in Splitsvilla 7 and portraying Poorva Deshmukh in Krishnadasi.
MTV Roadies Rising is the fourteenth season of Indian reality show MTV Roadies. The show is hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca. It started airing on MTV India from 25 February 2017. The auditions were taken by the four aspiring gang leaders - Rannvijay Singha, Karan Kundrra, Neha Dhupia and Prince Narula. Cricketer Harbhajan Singh is to play a crucial part. Later Nikhil Chinapa replaced Karan Kundrra as gang leader on the journey. Journey started on 8 April 2017 and Roadies Battleground was on 7 April 2017.
Himalaya Roadies is an adventure-based Nepalese reality show. It is franchise of the MTV Roadies series. The series is broadcast by the Nepalese network Himalaya TV and airs every week for an hour. The participants receive difficult tasks to complete to become a roadie. Only people of 18 and over are allowed to participate in the show. Season 4, with the theme of Season of Survival, followed the former format of MTV Roadies. Well known TV host and personality Suraj Singh Thakuri replaced Raymon Das Shrestha as the host of the show in season 5. The fifth season is titled "Power of five". In previous seasons there were four gang leaders, namely Anoop Bikram Shahi, Saman Shrestha, Deeya Maskey and Ashish Rana, a.k.a. Laure. However, from the fifth season, actress Priyanka Karki will replace Saman Shrestha as gang leader, whereas other leaders will remain intact in their respective positions. The show was previously directed by Aman Pratap Adhikari but director and producer Simosh Sunwar has directed it from the fourth season onwards.
Baseer Ali is an Indian model, television personality and actor known for winning Splitsvilla 10 and participating in Roadies Rising and Ace Of Space 2 where he emerged as a runner-up in both the shows.
Nikhil Chinapa is an Indian DJ, host and festival curator, often credited with popularizing EDM among the youth in India. He has been associated with MTV India since the late 1990s and has appeared in multiple television shows including Roadies and Splitsvilla. He has been instrumental in popularizing DJing as a profession and leading the music scene at the Sunburn Festival in its early years.
Divya Agarwal is an Indian actress, model and dancer known for participating in several reality shows. She is the runner-up of MTV Splitsvilla 10 and winner of Ace of Space 1, Bigg Boss OTT 1. She made her acting debut with the horror web series Ragini MMS: Returns 2.
Splitsvilla 10 is the tenth season of the Indian reality TV series MTV Splitsvilla. It premiered on 23 July 2017 on MTV India. Hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singh.The show consisted of ten boys and ten girls +1 wild card who came to find true love. The theme of the season was "Experiment of Love", i.e. experimenting and testing whether love can be found through science or not. There was a new concept of ideal matches. The show was shot in Jim Corbett National Park. It was the second season to stream on Voot. The season ended on 10 December 2017 with Naina Singh and Baseer Ali being declared as the winners.
Simba Nagpal is an Indian television actor and model who predominantly works in Hindi television. He is best known for his debut portrayal of Virat Singh in Colors TV's popular Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki (2020-21). Nagpal also portrayed male protagonist Rishabh Gujral in Colors TV's supernatural franchise Naagin 6.
Splitsvilla 11, styled as Splitsvilla XI, is the eleventh season of the Indian reality TV series MTV Splitsvilla. It premiered on 5 August 2018 on MTV India. Hosted by Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singha., the show consisted of ten boys and nine girls who came to play the game of love. Shot in Jim Corbett National Park following the previous season, the theme of the season was "Happily (N)Ever After" or "Happily Ever After....Or Never After?". The season was won by Gaurav Alugh and Shruti Sinha whereas Shagun Pandey and Samyuktha Hegde emerged as first runner-up.
Splitsvilla 14, styled as Splitsvilla X4, is the fourteenth season of the Indian reality series MTV Splitsvilla. Shot in Goa, the season was hosted by Sunny Leone and Arjun Bijlani along with Anushka Mitra and Abhimanyu Raghav as Villa Insiders. It premiered on 12 November 2022 on MTV India. The Grand Finale premiered on 11 February 2023 where Hamid Barkzi and Soundous Moufakir emerged as the winners.
Varun Sood is an Indian actor, model and former VJ. He is known for participating in reality shows like MTV Roadies, MTV Splitsvilla, Ace of Space and Khatron Ke Khiladi. He made his acting debut with Ragini MMS: Returns, and was recently seen in Karmma Calling.
