#BB11: How Hina Khan's consistent BACKLASH is extremely BAD news for 'Bigg Boss' makers

The evolution of Bigg Boss on Indian television has been a paroxysm for many over the years. Unapologetically, the show is without a doubt one of the biggest reality shows in our country and as much as we are querulous about it, the fact does not change.

However, as a viewer of the show, I have only become more and more vituperative towards the show over the years and resorted to others. And while, Bigg Boss Season 11 is already over 2 months old, the obloquy towards actress Hina Khan has led me to think how the show is only going to get worse in coming years. So, here I talk about how the unprecedented backlash of Hina Khan may be fetching decent numbers for the show for now, but is only BAD NEWS for the makers in the long run-

 

The history of Bigg Boss is certainly an unpleasant one, where we do not have a scarcity of recidivists, who have only caused mayhem during their stint. Be it Kashmera Shah or Rakhi Sawant, Raja Chaudhry or Rahul Mahajan, Dolly Bindra or Veena Malik, Imam Siddiqui or Armaan Kohli, Om Swami or Priyanka Jagga, the list is a long one. However, amongst all these, do you notice one thing about this list of names? That is...

With due respect to the achievements of the respective celebrities, the tag of being an A-lister is not something that belongs to them and the publicity that these celebrities garnered has only been fruitful for them in their career later. But, things are completely different for the supremely popular celebrities that have been a part of the show of the years.

Some of the most popular actors have been a part of the show which include the likes of Amit Sadh, Ketaki Dave, Shweta Tiwari, Samir Soni, Juhi Parmar, Aashka Goradia, Gauahar Khan, Kamya Punjabi, Kushal Tandon, Shilpa and Apurva Agnihotri, Rohan Mehra, Karan Mehra, Bani J, Gaurav Chopraa and Rahul Dev among many others.

The toughest challenge in the Bigg Boss house is to maintain your dignity especially when you're a public figure. But that's been the case for over 11 years now, where inspite of some of the biggest controversies, several A-listers have managed to not only come out of the house a dignified person, but also do well in their careers ahead. The list is a long one and even though one may debate about it, things only went to become better for them.

I am in no manner suggesting that these contestants did not commit mistakes and were perfect, but their knavery or mistakes was superseded by their positive approach towards a lot other things. The show is all about having a stand towards different matters and from that to many staying aloof from unwanted fights. The likes of the above mentioned celebrities have managed to find a rare balance between the two.

For some reason, after the humongous success of 8 consecutive seasons, the 9th installment of the show did not do as well as expected and that led the makers of the show to ring in the concept of commoners and celebrities living together. Fortunately, that concept clicked and is getting better in terms of talking point and rating game this season too. However, there is a major BUT to this.

There was a time, when celebrities wouldn't mind participating in the show and take it as a challenge; but the same has become an absolute joke in recent times, where a barrage of celebrities have refrained themselves from participating in the show. And the unstoppable backlash towards Hina Khan is yet another example of how things are only going to get worse for the makers in future seasons. There is no doubt how Hina is the most popular contestant in the house this season, where the closest second is Hiten Tejwani. But this has infact backfired miserably for the actress, as she has become the one-that-everyone-talks-about on social media and otherwise for all the wrong reasons. This is bad news for the makers, as in a time where they have already been struggling to get notable names to participate in the show, an A-lister like Hina facing all this due to her actions has led the actors in the outside world to only talk ill about the show overall.

This season's contestant list was an indicator that this worry of A-listers unwilling to participate in the show has been validated already. Amidst a plethora of 18 contestants, the true blue celebrities in the list were barely 3 or 4. The makers had to rope in 'interesting' characters to present a mix and they can thank the gods that the move has been successful so far.

But, let's just say that while Hina Khan talks about her damage control, the makers certainly need to do some damage control about the show's future. It would be preposterous to see an-all commoners show as that would be just like witnessing a roadside quarrel.

The true essence of the show is about how conflicting personalities live together and even though it is the 'fights' that entertain and garner the maximum content and ratings, it's not just about that. The makers may need to remind the future potential celebrities on how the first 8 seasons have been a revolution in television history and they intend to recreate that magic of Bigg Boss.

Hina Khan may be the talking point of constant negativity, but not everyone in the show in the past have been the same. It is important to remember that.

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