Comedian Raju Srivastava suffers Cardiac Arrest on August 10
New Delhi: Popular comedian Raju Srivastava suffered from cardiac arrest on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The comedian was immediately rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
Srivastava was reportedly working out on a treadmill when the incident occurred. He complained of acute pain in the chest before he collapsed in the gym premises. It was Srivastava’s trainer who immediately bought him to the hospital.
As per reports, the doctors have tried resuscitating his heart twice by providing him with CPR techniques.
On World Laughter Day, Srivastava had said in an interview, “Comedy is a serious business. Comedians make everyone laugh but they themselves don’t laugh. But the world is changing. The audience that I used to see years ago are aged. Now the audience is young. And the current audience needs prompt laughter. Everything is fast-paced. Now the audience wants mimicry of Ranveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor.”
So we need to keep ourselves updated. Now I mimic Modi ji (PM Narendra Modi). Furthermore, today even the internet and WhatsApp are our competition. But yeah we need to reinvent ourselves. During the pandemic, the online shows were absolutely new. I got many offers for online shows and I did perform. It was weird as I was not able to see the audience and there was no response” he added.
Raju Srivastava rose to fame on a comedy show titled The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. He went on to feature in several reality shows like Bigg Boss, Comedy Circus, Comedy Nights with Kapil, and has also appeared on the Kapil Sharma Show.
Besides, the comedian has also featured in Bollywood films including Salman Khan’s Maine Pyaar Kiya, Kareena Kapoor-Hrithik Roshan’s Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon, and many others.
(Avya Mathur)
