MTV’s Three New Shows of 2015-16: Roadies X4, Girls on Top and Love School

Quick answer: In November 2015, MTV India announced three new shows: MTV Roadies X4 (season 13 of Roadies), the drama series Girls on Top and the dating reality show Love School. All three went on air: Love School on 5 December 2015, Roadies X4 on 20 February 2016 and Girls on Top on 7 March 2016. This page is a dated record of that announcement and what followed.

MTV’s three new shows (announced November 2015)

MTV India, the youth music and entertainment channel, had been adding new formats for young viewers. In November 2015 it lined up three new shows for the season ahead. Here is what was reported at the time, and how each show actually turned out.

1. MTV Roadies X4

After the success of the previous season, Roadies X2, the makers kept the same gang-leader format with a few changes. Rannvijay Singha and Karan Kundrra stayed on as gang leaders, and Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar and actor Neha Dhupia joined as the new ones. The Roadies auditions began in Pune on 19 November 2015, followed by Delhi, Chandigarh and Lucknow.

What happened: Roadies X4 aired from 20 February to 19 June 2016, hosted by VJ Gaelyn Mendonca, with the contestants travelling by car instead of bikes (see Roadies X4’s journey by car). Sushil Kumar left the journey to train for the Rio Olympics and was replaced by Prince Narula. Balraj Singh Khehra from Karan Kundrra’s gang won.

2. Girls on Top

At the time, MTV described Girls on Top as a daily drama about three young women who come to Mumbai to build their careers, with the male characters in supporting roles. Early reports said actor Fenil Umrigar would play one of the leads, a journalist living as a paying guest with two other girls.

What happened: MTV Girls on Top ran from 7 March to 29 September 2016, with 120 episodes in one season, aired Monday to Thursday and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. The three leads were Saloni Chopra as Isha Jaisingh, a young TV producer; Barkha Singh as Gia Sen, an aspiring broadcast journalist; and Ayesha Adlakha as Revati Chauhan, a DJ. We could not confirm that Fenil Umrigar appeared in the final show, so that early report should be treated as unconfirmed.

3. Love School

Love School was announced as a reality show about making relationships work, hosted by actor Karishma Tanna and model-actor Upen Patel, who had both been contestants on Bigg Boss 8 (2014-15). The idea was that couples who had broken up, or who were constantly fighting, would be guided by the hosts on how to keep their relationship going.

What happened: MTV Love School, produced by Endemol India, premiered on 5 December 2015. The first season ran until 5 March 2016 and was won by Tushar Vashist and Karishma Kapur. The show went on to run for four seasons until August 2019, with Karan Kundrra and Anusha Dandekar hosting seasons 2 to 4. More on Karishma Tanna is on her Wikipedia page.

An earlier version of this page mocked the idea of the show (“if you aren’t rolling on the floor laughing yet”). We have removed that comment; the show went on to run for four seasons.

The three shows at a glance

For the winners of every Roadies season, see our Roadies winners list.

Frequently asked questions

Who hosted MTV Love School?

Upen Patel and Karishma Tanna hosted season 1 (2015-16). Karan Kundrra and Anusha Dandekar hosted seasons 2 to 4 (2016-2019).

Who were the lead actors in MTV Girls on Top?

Saloni Chopra, Barkha Singh and Ayesha Adlakha played the three lead characters, Isha, Gia and Revati.

Who won the first season of Love School?

Tushar Vashist and Karishma Kapur won season 1, with Kabir Raj and Pooja Mishra as runners-up.

Who were the gang leaders of Roadies X4?

Rannvijay Singha, Karan Kundrra, Neha Dhupia and Sushil Kumar, with Prince Narula replacing Sushil Kumar on the journey.

Details checked in October 2026 against the published records of MTV Roadies season 13, MTV Girls on Top and MTV Love School, and November 2015 audition coverage.