BC: Being a runner up, when
you got voted out, how did
you feel and what other
contestants felt ?
V R: As th e Roa di e s for m a t, I s pe nt a lm os t 3 0
da y s w i th th e m a nd, a lr e a dy 3 v ote outs ha s
be e n d on e a nd i t w a s la s t v ote out.
W he n I go t v ote d out, I re que s te d Ra ghu tha t I
w a n t to s e e m y b i k e , w hom I s pe nt 3 0 da y s , I got
a tta c he d to th a t bik e , a nd w he n I w e nt the re
tow a rd s m y b i k e , I w a s bit c ry ing a nd I k is s e d it,
a nd I l e ft w i th o ut k now ing tha t I w a s be ing
c a ptur e d , a c tu a l l y I s ta r te d to m is s m y bik e m ore
tha n a ny o f the c onte s ta nts .. be c a us e in m y
m i nd, I w a s th i n k ing w ha te v e r r e s pe c t I got till
now i s j u s t b e c a u s e J e s us a nd bik e , s o I w a nte d
to tha nk m y bi k e w ho br ought m e he re till the
l a s t v ote ou t.
W he n I c a m e b a c k to Mum ba i, I didn 't k now tha t I
w oul d b e l o v e d l i k e a c e le br ity , pe ople c a m e to
m e e s pe c i a l l y gi rls , a nd told m e tha t the y lik e d
m y j our n e y i n Ro a die s a nd the be s t m om e nt w a s
tha t w he n a fte r I got v ote d out I k is s e d m y bik e
a nd th a t w a s to uc hy m om e nt, pe ople c rie d a fte r I
di d tha t.
Roa di e s c h a n ge d m y life e ntir e ly , p e ople s ta rte d
k now i n g m e , I w a s a s tr e e t guy but bik ing m a de
m e s o m e thi ng . .
W he n I w a s c a l l e d w ith othe r c onte s ta nts in the
Roa di e s F i n a l e , tha t tim e Ra nv ija y a s k e d
e v e ry on e a b o ut, w ho s hould be the w inne r, a ll
una n i m ou s l y s a i d it s hould ha v e be e n Vinod
bha i , h e de s e r v e d . Ra nv ija y s a id I w is he d, it
w oul d h a v e b e e n V inod bha i, but a s pe r the
form a t w e c a nn ot a nnounc e v ote d out c onte s ta nt
a w i nn e r .
But a fte r w h e n the w inne r w a s a nnounc e a nd it
w a s Ay u s h m a n Kh ura na .. Spe c ia l gu e s t Fa rde e n
Kha n, c a m e up to m e a nd s a id, I ha v e s e e n a ll
y our e pi s od e s a nd e v e n I think too tha t, y ou
s hou l d b e th e w i n ne r .. For m e tha t w a s be tte r
tha n w i n n i n g a tr ophy , he s hook m y ha nd, I
c oul d no ti c e s om e thing w a s pok ing in m y ha nd
w hi l e s h a k i n g ha n ds , he s a id, ta k e it a nd ope n it
a fte r I l e a v e fr o m he re , I did s o, a nd w he n I
ope n e d , i t w a s a k e y of He r o Honda Ka rizm a
bi k e.
The m ore I tha n k G od, the le s s it w ould be .
He ga v e m e e v e r y thing, Lov e , Re s p e c t, a nd
Fa m e , w h a t e l s e I w ould w a nte d.
BC: Life after ROADIES ?
V R: Li fe a fte r Ro a di e s is tota lly c ha nge d, pe ople
s ta rte d k no w i n g m e , r e c ognis ing m e , w he r e v e r I
go pe o pl e s ta rte d c om ing to m e a nd s ta rte d
ta k i n g s e l fi e s , s ta r te d ta k ing m y a u togra phs , the
pr ofe s s i on a l ri de rs s ta rte d a c k now le dging m e .
I d i d m a ny TV c om m e rc ia ls a fte r tha t, I got
c h a nc e to a c t i n s om e c om m e rc ia ls a nd s om e
fi l m s to o.
Afte r Roa di e s , o ne da y I got a le tte r fr om He ro
Hond a (no w Hon da ), s a y ing tha t, y o u a re no
m ore V i nod Ra w a t, he nc e forth y ou w ill be k now n
a s V i n od th e Roa die . I ha d ne v e r thought I w ould
ge t thi s ty pe of re c ognition in m y li fe a nd tha t
to o be i ng a d i s a ble . But G od ha s a lw a y s be e n
k i nd to m e , I d i d s truggle for m a ny things in m y
l i fe b ut G od ha s giv e n m e e v e ry thing, w ha t I ha d
de s i re d a nd de s e rv e d.
I t's b e e n a l m o s t a 1 5 y e a rs w he n I a ppe a re d in
MTV Roa di e s , bu t s till pe ople re c ognis e s m e a s a
Roa d i e s . I t fe e l s good a nd I tha nk G od for
e v e ry thi ng w hi c h he ha s gra nte d m e .