Bigg Boss 9 Winner Prince Narula Joins MTV Roadies X4 as a Gang Leader

Quick answer: Yes. In early 2016, Bigg Boss 9 winner Prince Narula joined MTV Roadies X4 as a gang leader, the show’s term for its judges and mentors. He replaced the Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar, who left the show to train for the 2016 Rio Olympics, and led a gang on the journey alongside Rannvijay Singha, Neha Dhupia and Karan Kundrra. His contestant Navdeesh Arora finished as runner-up to Balraj Singh Khehra.

About this report

This article was first published in early 2016, when media reports said Prince Narula would join the Roadies X4 judging panel. The reports turned out to be right. We have kept the story as dated news and added what happened next. It was checked again in October 2026.

Who is Prince Narula?

Prince Narula is an Indian model, actor and reality-television personality from Chandigarh. He started out as a model and finished as second runner-up at Mr Punjab 2014. In 2015 and early 2016 he won three reality shows in a row:

• MTV Roadies X2 (season 12, 2015), from Rannvijay Singha’s gang;
• MTV Splitsvilla 8 (2015), with Anuki Tchokhonelidze;
• Bigg Boss 9 (Colors, 2015 to 2016), with the finale on 23 January 2016.

Around the same time, reports said he had signed his first fiction show. He went on to play Lakhan “Lucky” Singh Ahlawat in Badho Bahu on &TV from 2016 to 2018.

An earlier version of this article said he wanted to become an action hero like Akshay Kumar. We could not trace that statement to an interview, so we no longer present it as his ambition.

From Roadies contestant to Roadies gang leader

The Roadies X4 auditions in early 2016 were judged by Rannvijay Singha, Neha Dhupia, Karan Kundrra and wrestler Sushil Kumar. Sushil Kumar then left the show to focus on wrestling training for the Rio Olympics (see Sushil Kumar walks out of Roadies X4), and Prince Narula took his place for the journey.

That took him from winning Roadies to judging it within a year: he had won Roadies X2 in mid-2015 and was leading his own gang in Roadies X4 in 2016. The earlier version of this article quoted him as saying “I was a contestant of Roadies and now I am judging it”. We could not find the interview that line came from, so we do not quote it here.

What happened in Roadies X4

• Season: MTV Roadies X4: Your Gang, Your Glory, the 13th season, aired on MTV India from 20 February to 19 June 2016.
• Journey: through India and Bhutan. The old article said the team had left for Bhutan to shoot; the season was in fact filmed in India and Bhutan.
• Result: Balraj Singh Khehra from Karan Kundrra’s gang won. Navdeesh Arora from Prince Narula’s gang was runner-up.

Prince Narula has stayed with the show as a gang leader in later seasons. In several of them, the runner-up came from his gang. For each season’s champion, see our MTV Roadies winners list, and for how the crew’s journey began that year, our report on the Roadies X4 crew accident in Darjeeling.

Frequently asked questions

Did Prince Narula judge Roadies X4?

Yes. He replaced Sushil Kumar as a gang leader for the journey stage of Roadies X4 in 2016.

Why did Sushil Kumar leave Roadies X4?

Sushil Kumar left to concentrate on wrestling training for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Who won Roadies X4?

Balraj Singh Khehra, from Karan Kundrra’s gang, won. Navdeesh Arora from Prince Narula’s gang was runner-up.

Which Roadies season did Prince Narula win?

He won Roadies X2, the 12th season, in 2015, as part of Rannvijay Singha’s gang.

Details checked in October 2026 against MTV Roadies’ published season records, 2015 to 2016 reporting on Prince Narula’s wins and his move to the gang-leader panel, and our verified profile of Prince Narula.