His big break, however, was the comedy talent show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. Although he didn't win the competition and only received a 1st runner-up title, he followed that stint with some memorable stage performances in the spin-off, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge - Champions, where he was unofficially given the coveted title “The King of Comedy”. After that, he was noticed by many filmmakers and got regular assignments in movies with bigger roles. Raju has been an avid supporter of good comedy and criticized vulgarity. Raju's daughter, Antra Srivastava got National Bravery Award from the prime minister Dr.Manmohan Singh in presence of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (President of India), Sonia Gandhi and other dignitaries.
Raju Srivastav received threatening calls from Pakistan warning him not to crack jokes on underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistan during his shows in Mumbai. The police had tightened security around the popular comedian after he received threat calls from Pakistan for making fun of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.[1]
CBSE Board has added one chapter based on Mr. Raju Srivastava's Life. They have added it in class 8th Hindi text book of NCERT. This is a very big achievement as no other film actor has got any chapter written on him in text books till date.
He participated in Big Boss - 3, Indian counterpart of the Big Brother. After staying in the house for more than two months he was voted out on December 4, 2009.
'Gajodhar Bhaiya', a fictional name used by Raju Srivastava in his various acts has become a popular character among his fans.
He has also recently started to participate in the comedy show "Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala".
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