[1] He was born in Patna, Bihar, and moved to Mumbai in the 1980s to work in the Hindi film industry.

He won the title of "The King of Comedy" in its spin-off show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge – Champions.

[5] In 2005, he ventured into stand-up comedy with the talent show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge and finished as second runner-up.

Then he took part in its spin-off, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge – Champions, and won the title of "The King of Comedy".

[1] Srivastav participated in Bigg Boss (Hindi season 3), the Indian counterpart of the Big Brother.

[8] In 2013, Raju along with his wife participated in Nach Baliye season 6, which is a couples dance show on StarPlus.

[14] Within days of leaving SP, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 19 March 2014.

[16] In 2014, he was appointed by the BJP led Union government as the brand ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and had recorded advertisements for the campaign.

[17][10] In 2018, Srivastav disclosed on social media that he would get the chance to contest in the 2019 Indian general election as BJP candidate for Lok Sabha, although that did not materialize.

[26] On 10 August 2022, while running on the treadmill in the gym, Raju Srivastav complained of chest pain and suffered a cardiac arrest.

[33] Prolific figures including Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Vivek Agnihotri, Rajpal Yadav and others expressed their condolences over Shrivastav's death.