Today is the birthday of comedian Raju Srivastava, famous as ‘Gajodhar Bhaiya’. Raju was born on 25 December 1963. This year he is celebrating his 58th birthday. Raju makes people laugh and tickle with his jokes, there was a time when the comedy of ‘Gajodhar Bhaiya’ was discussed everywhere but now Raju is not much in the headlines. So today on the occasion of his birthday, let us tell you some special things about him.
Raju’s childhood name was Satya Prakash, but today the world knows him as Raju Srivastava. Raju’s father was a popular poet of Kanpur and used to entertain the audience with his poems, but Raju was fond of comedy since childhood. He wanted to become a comedian. Raju is a resident of Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh.
Raju Srivastava started his career with the TV show ‘Tea Time Manoranjan’. Before becoming famous in the field of comedy, he has also worked in many films. However, he got recognition from ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’. In this show, he showed the colors of UP and made people laugh a lot with his punch lines. Although ‘Gajodhar Bhaiya’ was the runner up in this show, the audience gave him the title of ‘The King of Comedy’.
Raju Srivastava, who came to Mumbai to become a comedian, had to face a lot of difficulties here too. In a city like Mumbai, sending money from home was less common. In such a situation, Raju also drove an auto to meet the expenses. He also got his first break because of traveling in an auto. When he started getting shows, he started doing comedy for 50 rupees.
After films and comedy, Raju Srivastava was also a part of Bigg Boss 3. He could not win this show but entertained the audience a lot. Apart from this, Raju also entered politics. After leaving Samajwadi Party, Raju chose BJP. Raju lives in Mumbai with his wife Shikha and two children. However, whenever Raju comes on the small screen, people go crazy to see their Gajodhar bhaiya.
