


He was a very humble guy and even though there was pouring rain and his secret services were trying to get out umbrellas, he said ‘no I’m fine’ and then we reached a river. “What shone bright for me was his humility. What stood out the most about Modi throughout the journey, Grylls said, was the global leader’s humility, as even through incessant rains, there was a “big smile” on his face. It also shelters rare species like Otters and the endemic fish eating crocodile, and is one of the most sought after destinations for the wildlife buffs. Home to a large number of tigers, the national park is built over an extent of 520 square kilometres and is among the few tiger reserves in India that allows overnight stays in the lap of the National Park. Grylls and Modi channelled their adventurous side for the Discovery show, extensively shot in the rainforests of Uttarakhand, as they took an off-track journey across the national park.

It was good to be reminded that as a world leader, Prime Minister Modi is calm in a crisis,” he said. You never really know what someone is like until there’s a crisis. Whatever we were doing, he was very calm. Our team, who was filming, was really on the edge, but the Prime Minister was just very calm and I saw that throughout our journey. We got hit by some really big stones and torrential rain whilst we were there. It rewards commitment and courage, you got to work together.

But the wild is a great leveller, it doesn’t care who you are. “I think often you see politicians behind a podium looking smart in a suit. In an exclusive interview to ANI, Grylls said the Prime Minister, as a world leader, is calm in a crisis, as he braved all odds, including inclement weather, as they embarked on their journey through Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand. Regardless, it is still educational and very entertaining.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the middle of a crisis, was an example of calm and cheerfulness, said the host of ‘Man vs Wild’ and adventure junkie Bear Grylls ahead of the premiere of his special episode with the Prime Minister. All of these are staged at points (as mentioned in the disclaimer before each episode) and are not real survival like Survivorman. Overall, the show fits into the same category as others like Man versus Wild and Dual Survival. But the interaction he has with his wife definitely improves it and together they can even be funny at times. His personality is what you would expect from a someone with this background and his disposition can be somewhat rigid. As for her husband, Mykel Hawkes is a military trained survival expert. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, the vast majority of us would be a lot more like her if we were lost in the wilds than we would be like her husband or Bear Grylls. That she has a hard time with different aspects of each episode really does give viewers a much more realistic idea of what it would be like to be in the same situation. Although I consider myself a bit of an outdoorsman, I find that out of all the different people making shows of this sort, it is Ruth Hawke that I can relate to the most. I am not referring to the fact that one of the hosts is a woman, but rather that one of the hosts is a ordinary person, who just happens to be a woman. Man, Woman, Wild gives a new unique perspective to the ever growing list of survival shows.
