The once calm and composed actor showed his snappy side on the show during the last days of his stay. Is he a changed man now? "I am a very emotional person. Imagine losing your friends one after the other. Everybody reaches a breaking point. When I was nice, people called me names. When I became like one of them, they said that they prefer the previous Upen. They stepped back and stopped attacking me once I showed them that side."
He had openly expressed his fondness for Karishma Tanna during his last days inside. Upen says, "Karishma and I supported each other. Given the situation inside the house, you grow close to a few people. Friendship is the foundation of all relationships," he says.