The latest episode of India TV’s Aap Ki Adalat featured Bhojpuri superstar and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Kishan. India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma, who has been hosting the show for over two decades, roasted the actor and made him reveal some secrets on the show.

Ravi Kishan candidly answered Rajat Sharma’s questions on his journey from cinema to politics, while he wins the hearts of the audience with his many popular dialogues.

The actor-turned-politician, according to a media statement from India TV, revealed that Rs 300-400 crore has been invested in him.

Replying to questions from Sharma, Kishan said, “I am a vegetarian, a devotee of Lord Shiva and I workout daily for one or one and a half hours. Others have businesses, but I do not have any business. I am an industry myself. At the moment, Rs 300-400 crore money has been invested on my face in movies, Netflix (show) and web series, including one with Akshay Kumar. I will have to be careful. I have to keep my producers alive.”

Sharma also said that Kishan is considered the Dev Anand of Bhojpuri films. Why does he introduce new heroines — like Nagma, Rambha, Bageshwari, Rani Chatterjee, Mona Lisa, Prateeksha, Neha Tiwari, Anjana Singh, Sangeeta Tiwari — in every film?

Kishan’s witty take on the question was: “I used to work in three shifts. I used to shoot three movies, even seven movies daily. My fans wanted me to appear in newer roles and with new heroines. The female actors used to become stars, some became busy. I was building the (Bhojpuri) industry.

“In my third phase, I needed more artists. I felt if there are more heroines, there will be more heroes and the industry will become bigger. I introduced many female actors and trained them. The Bhojpuri community is very big, with nearly 25 crore people. Their life is full of music and dance, right from birth till death. We have a culture full of colour, spirituality, literature, and earthy. That’s why most of the names of movies are very colourful, so that people can de-stress and enjoy for at least two hours”.

Sharma also roasted the actor and questioned him on songs in his films that had derogatory lyrics, referring to a Bhojpuri film song ‘tohar lehanga uthai deb remote se’.

To which Ravi Kishan apologised and said, “Today, here in this show, in front of the whole world, I want to apologize holding both my ears. I didn’t sing this song. It was sung by Udit Bhaiya (Udit Narayan). Since I was doing three shifts a day, I went to one of the sets, and the song started playing. I had to perform and then leave for another shoot. I am a spontaneous actor, I do less homework, I read less, and I go directly to the set and perform”.