Bigg Boss is a trap. Contestants only enter, they never really leave
Makers of Bigg Boss would have us believe that the programme’s format has contestants stay in a house for a limited period of time with one participant being made to leave every week, based on who gets the least number of votes from viewers. This truth, however, is as far from reality as all those claims that the show is not scripted.
Nobody ever gets to leave Bigg Boss, especially if the person has been liked by viewers and survived long enough in the house.
The show telecast on Thursday, November 1, is an example of how Bigg Boss is the chakravyuh that only allows you in — but gives you no way out.
Four former contestants — Vikas Gupta, Shilpa Shinde, Sana Khan and Sapna Chowdhury — were seen in the house in season 12 of the show. Interestingly, not much has been seen and talked about the four since they ‘left’ the house. The only person who really appears to still be ‘in the business’ is Vikas Gupta, primarily because he was always a ‘behind-the-camera’ person.
.@imrohitsuchanti ne @sanaak21 ke aate hi maang liya unse discount! Kya shopping karte karte gharwalon ki ho jayegi jebh khaali? Dekhiye #BB12 mein. #BiggBoss12 pic.twitter.com/B8RCppwU1A
— COLORS (@ColorsTV) November 1, 2018
People who have aspired to give their careers a jet-speed flight after participating in the show have found their planes crash-landing with debris strewn all across the house. These contestants keep resurfacing in the house, collecting the debris.
It is probably for this reason that makers of the show are finding it increasingly difficult to ‘trap’ people in the house. After Shilpa Shetty’s career catapulted to great heights following her participation in the UK show Big Brother, from which Bigg Boss has been adapted, participants thought they could relive Shetty’s success story.
But their dreams hardly materialised, with their identities getting limited to being Bigg Boss contestants.
Shilpa Shinde, the winner of Bigg Boss season 11, is still stuck bickering over her grudges with Vikas Gupta, and despite all the talk about her fan following growing by virtue of participating in the show, no major project involving her has been announced.
— Shilpa Shinde. Risk everything...Regret nothing... (@ShindeShilpaS) November 1, 2018
A glorious career is not the only dream shattered. Controversial figures, who make it to the house aiming to improve their public image, haven’t had much luck too.
Cricketer S Sreesanth, who in the past faced charges of match fixing, has only ended up spoiling his image further in front of people who gave him clean chits in the past. Sometimes, under pressure perhaps of being trapped in the house among strangers, and sometimes, just in a bid to entertain, he has presented a side of his personality which has made him the most disliked character of the season so far.
The story with many other contestants has been same. Hina Khan, who was among the finalists in season 11, entered the house with a hope to show the glamorous side of her personality after appearing as the traditional Indian bahu in Kasautii Zindagii Kay.
However, she was hugely criticised on various counts during her stay. Some called her 'fake', while some said she apparently disrespected women. As a result, Khan has landed a negative role in Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2.
Almost every day, a contestant from the old season — who is not seen anywhere else — is seen appearing as a guest in the house.
The truth is, the guests are permanent inmates now because Bigg Boss has no launch pads for sagging careers — there are no exit doors for contestants to leave.