Popular adventure show host Bear Grylls on Monday recalled the recording of the special episode of “Man Vs Wild” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. PM Modi had joined Grylls on one of his adventures inside Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.
“Memory of a very wet rainforest adventure with the PM of India.@narendramodi. Two things I know: the wild is always the great leveller - and my raft was definitely leaking,” Grylls tweeted, sharing the photo of him with PM Modi on a raft.
Grylls had claimed that the episode turned out to be the “world’s most trending televised event” with 3.6 billion social impressions.
Memory of a very wet rainforest adventure with the PM of India! @narendramodi - Two things I know: the wild is always the great leveller - and my raft was definitely leaking… #India#Adventure#NeverGiveUp@discoveryplus@discoveryplusINpic.twitter.com/9AZfRvWpKW— Bear Grylls (@BearGrylls) February 27, 2023
On the show, PM Modi walked through the wild and took a ride on a cold river in a makeshift boat with Bear Grylls to promote the causes of conservation of nature and cleanliness.
At one point on the show, Grylls gave PM Modi an improvised version of a spear as a safeguard against potential attack by a tiger.
PM Narendra Modi told him: "My upbringing does not allow me to take a life. However, I will hold it (the spear) since you insist."
In the popular show on Discovery channel, Grylls takes famous people from different walks of life on a 48-hour journey with him at inhospitable locations, where they struggle to “survive”.
Other people from India featured on "Man vs Wild" are actors Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh and Vicky Kaushal.
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