Business Baazigar Contestants Show The Way
14 Contestants. 24 Hours On the mean streets of Mumbai with just one rupee in hand. When this gruelling challenge was given to the 14 finalists of Business Baazigar, the big question on everybody's mind was, how will these people be able to survive with just one rupee.
In a city where nothing comes for free and even a vada pav costs Rs 10, just getting by for 24 hours with enough to eat and a place to sleep would have been achievement enough for most people.
Most people yes, but then these 14 are not ordinary folk. All of them come with this burning desire to set up a business of their own very soon and not surprisingly they turned this seemingly difficult challenge into an opportunity of a life time
Ideas came rushing. Opportunities were spotted where seemingly none existed and within 8 hours these 14 were sitting on a cash pile of 4000 rupees! And how exactly did they get there?
Puneet & Nandini decided to take the partnership route with deals with a mehndiwaali and a photographer landing them neat profits.
Rakhee and Partho took a job at Caf Leopold in the hope of good food and good tips. Leena and Prakash continued their con game and made hundreds through their roadside quiz and the promise of a non existent jackpot.
Irfan and Arundhati also made some good money from a bhelpuri stall at Fashion street. Though not before Arundhati got the scare of her life, when the existing shopkeepers of Fashion Street, unhappy with their business being disturbed, surrounded the duo and uprooted their stall.
The pick of the lot, however were Ali and Ankur. Starting off with providing roadside massages and cleaning taxis, they soon upgraded themselves and managed a big commission of Rs 2300 by helping a tourist couple buy a laptop computer.
In stark contrast were Mahesh and Manish who wanted to do something befitting their fancy degrees and have still not managed to earn even a rupee.
Eight hours of this 24-hour challenge have gone by and 16 more hours, and that includes the whole night, still remain.
How much more money can these 14 make in the night in Mumbai and will they find a safe place to sleep especially for the five girls among them.
The challenge continues on Business Baazigar, this Friday Night at 8 pm on Zee TV.