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Important Note: Before anyone starts bashing me for mentioning Keith...don't forget I am not talking about Keith right now, but of the times when he was in the house and the incidents that took place then.
Well as much as Day 1 of the Rickshaw task was played well by the contestant, minus few issues which resulted in Team B winning on their day...Today the whole task was spoiled by the basic fact of Team A (Mandana, Rochelle, Aman, Digi, Rishabh) not being able to handle even 2 minutes of retaliation from Team B despite their own 14+ hours of constant attacks on the other team to try and get them to get off the rickshaw...and we are back to this season feeling lacklustre and dead.
I wonder will this season's HMs ever complete a task the way its suppose to be completed?
Or is the bigger question will we ever get a BB season where the show's creatives aren't blatantly being biased? The format of the show is supposed to let the viewers make up their own mind without the contestants being unjustly supported or blamed every weekend by the Host like they are naughty children in the principle's room. Either all of them should get the same treatment or none...
Once again as evident by the ideas at the end of the episode Team B had their offensive strategies in place and it could have been an interesting clash, since Team A was also forming their own defensive strategies at the start of the day by making sure to provide protection for their hair and clothes through using oil so nothing sticks or stains and by hiding and storing stuff from the house away from the other team's eyes...as was evident by the talk between Mandana and Aman, Mandana and Digi etc. This was a good step towards achieving their success for the day...and as it should be just like during their task day Prince used his own way to help his team out,. Team A hiding stuff was their way of helping out their own team have a leg up in the Task even before it started, as it should be. In a smilier manner before the Buzzer was heard Team B started their preparation too such as Prince taking Mandana's shawl and bottle, which was Team B's strategy to gain an upper hand. Actually Team A naturally had an advantage since they were aware of what the task entails and were able to to plan and prepare accordingly unlike Team B who since they went first had no idea of the kind of strategies they would need to have in place.
My thoughts on few of the incidents in today's Task.
Rishabh the Contestant Vs Rishabh the Captain :He needs to take a decision regarding either position allotted to him and actually put forth his input, wether its through maintaining peace between contestants as a captain or by taking a firm stand in a situation, regarding what he feels and thinks about the matter at hand. Although even if he excuses himself from these sort of matters for now since he seems to be conflicted between the two roles assigned to him of contestant and captain, then he should do that too but he shouldn't stand in middle of the two lanes of the matter, make comments that he will inform everyone what he really thinks and then not even give a firm opinion on the issue... I feel it then leads to him being seen as indecisive and being questioned a lot about where exactly is he fitting in the monopoly that is BB house. For his own sake he needs to show his personality if he wants the viewers to understand his personality and mindset.
Rochelle Vs Prince - Mashed Potatoes :
Can someone tell me about Rochelle's complaint, I don't understand what the issue was? As per the strategy just like her team threw food at the other team yesterday then so did Team B. Which is worse red chillies in Team B's eyes or cooked and mashed potatoes?. As usual Rochelle didn't hesitate and turned towards her usual abusive reaction and swore at the opposing team. Another thing she did all day was include herself in other people's supposed struggles during the task...all 2-3 minutes of it.
Just like the contestant have been saying from Day 1, and as was repeated by Team B in this Task that if you dont like it and cant handle it then give up which is what Team A also stood by and declared the previous day during their attacks. Also she can't attack one day and then play the delicate woman card the next day...Each Team knew that everything they did would come back against their own team the next day as well.
Spray : Same as above...well in the episode they clearly mentioned that Team B also got sprayed on by the Team A during their turn yet they did not complain...
Edit/Update: Also for the spray thing I am not saying that he should or should not have used it...these contestants from the beginning of the season have been saying two things
One that its a task so whatever we do in that is not questionable and the second is that if you cant handle something then give up/walk away etc
The two rules above are in reference to the Dog task and the whole making Digi cook chicken, asking her to wear bikini etc - in the all those the answers to all these questions by the contestants were met with ' don't blame me, it was a task and i always play my tasks to the fullest and i will not be held accountable for being a good player etc'
which is something which has been taken as rules of thumb in every task, the only difference is that in this task for the first time certain contestants were on the receiving end of it...
Prince/Reference to Kieth Vs Rochelle : As mentioned before Rochelle's favourite way of taking a stand is to include herself in someone else's issue and make it about herself. Her talk with Prince regarding keeping a distance did not make sense as she herself admitted that they like to joke around and play about but now suddenly by jumping on the bandwagon she decided that she doesn't trust Prince and that from now on he should keep a distance, which was fair to ask if she had done so at a time where he was in any proximity of being near her...but to come out and bring it up as if something had happened then that looks shady and makes people question a person's character which was an unfair thing to do just to declare 'me too, me too' during an argument. Also people questioning Team B saying that what did they mean when they said 'also tell Keith to be aware...' comes from the basis of not Rochelle and Keith's physical comfort level but instead Keith's being physically friendly with other girls in BB House, e.g. hugging and even kissing Rimmi's head/forehead as seen in the previous episodes, which they never before questioned or unnecessarily call him out on it because they didn't doubt his intentions unlike what Rochelle was trying to do in this situation for no solid reason of her own.
I am not saying that Keith has/had any bad intentions, in fact I dont believe that at all however Rochelle's umpteenth attempt as jumping on other people's bandwagon and also being influenced by others (Aman's talks and Mandana's claims) is what makes the point of them making sure that the same rule applies to all the guys in the house.
Aman + Instigations : Again Mr age and experience was too busy spreading negativity, supporting Mandana without seeing anything and needling people to lie about what happened to them in the task... case in point Rochelle and mashed potatoes where he was telling her to complain about the mashed potatoes to her face, through which he was trying to belittle what Kishwar was standing up for, as well as instigating Rochelle to go and tell Prince off for her and his play-fighting the day before. Can this person not see anybody being friendly and civil with each other... he is the one who likes the separation line between the two groups to be present and deep, in case he is again left alone on his own if these girls decided to become friendly with the other group again, which has happened before. To be honest who is telling him about his limitations and distance which he should keep from the girls, also where was Rochelle when he was calling an 18 year old hot, this is towards someone who is barely an adult. During the task yesterday its as if his use of metal rod yesterday wasn't dangerous that mashed potatoes on Rochelle's face became such a big issue which he kept poking and agreeing with...
Rimi + Participation : In Rimi's case we know she doesn't like to get in the middle of the fights and all so it makes sense that she wasn't as involved and active through that, although its not like her stance was unclear when it came to what happened, she stood by Kishwar and her other team members when it came to group participation. She also took her microphone off with her team members at first but then apart from Kishwar the rest did end up putting them back on, as did she. While everyone was busy complaining and fighting she was in the kitchen mixing up the concoctions for her team...good team work. Also how can we really know what this team including Rimi would have done since it was all over within minutes of it starting...from the sounds of it they all had few tricks up their sleeves to win the task but I am guessing nobody counted on getting physically assaulted.
Mandana + Her leg Vs Kishwar : If you were to see the actual episode then its clear that the only way Mandan could have been 'strangled' or felt the 'strangulation' is if Kishwar was pulling the strap from behind her. With the strap of the microphone being under her arm there is no way she could have felt like she was getting strangled...Its completely implausible so whatever danger she felt by the microphone was self-inflicted since Kishwar strangling her was not physically possible unless Kishwar can astral project one version of herself behind Mandana, which the numerous cameras in BB House weren't able to pick up from any angle, even if to show and support Mandana's claims?
Also nowhere in the whole incident reaching up till the kick and even a little while after did she say anything which can be taken as her being strangled or hurt in anyways...Its only after a little while she came up with the strangulation defence.
BB Microphone Vs Kishwar: Also if all this was for microphone protection then I wonder how many kicks are still pending from Team B towards Team A for damaging their 3/4 microphones yesterday, despite being warned by BB they still continued to attack with stuff that ended up damaging Team B's microphone, isn't this then also rule breaking? I wonder what's the rate these days...one kick for one microphone?...but Mandana's microphone did not get damaged at all so maybe more for the ones that completely damaged Team B's microphones? Its good to know that BB and some of its contestant put the value and feelings of an inanimate object such as a microphone on the same, actually higher level than an actual person.
Team B was able to take all that the other team gave the whole day and within two minutes Team A couldn't hack it and had such a severe reaction?
whatever happened to 'its a task and we should alway play according to the rules etc'..oh and her claims previously that if she sees something being wrong then she will speak up whether someone wants it or not...so two HMs sitting down during a task is bigger disrespect and rule breaking compared to breaching the contract BB has set, in which no physical violence is one of the main rules?
Mandana Vs Prince : If Manada was really upset by what Prince did then she wouldn't have waited for so long to complain about it...whether you are Mandana's fan or not... everyone can agree that since Day 1 she has never hesitated to show her feelings, thoughts and reaction the very second something happens. She has never waited to take action regarding any matter at a later date...so yeah she should have and would have complained against it, if she felt that it was inappropriate action rather than one that was annoying to her...and she didn't like it then she would have demanded that BB call her in so that she can lodge a complaint about it, as is her right to do so in a situation that actually felt uncomfortable or unsafe in...just like Kishwar did...
Also her accusation towards Prince was a little too late and too dramatic since his hand went nowhere near inside her top by her back...he was by her neck...although to be honest in the future Prince should just stay away and not do anything which can be construed or used as anything else.. even thought Team A did the same thing to Team B during their task and they also pulled at the top of their shirts to throw stuff in there. Again it turned into a power struggle of 'we can do it but you can't' situation.
And her accusation where she was trying to come up with lots of different things to throw spotlight off of her action gave Aman the instigator and Rochelle the bandwagon jumper a chance to make another issue out of nothing.
Edit/Update: I think that as viewers we have to use two point of references..one is what the contestants says happened and another is what we actually actually saw happening...as in we can always go back and see it again to see if someone is telling the truth etc... If we go back and watch the bit again and again we can see how far he went and how much he didn't...what she said was clearly seen to not have happened...even from the physical point, he would have to be like 6ft something to be above her to be able to go down her shirt that far without pulling her shirt quite far down (which he didn't and wouldn't have been able to either).
And i know as a girl if something so bad such as inappropriate touching happened then I wouldn't have carried on playing...dont forget she refused the task at the beginning just for a missing shawl and bottle...I am quite sure if something like that had happened then she would have raised the question properly and more convincingly.
BB + Bias : One thing really proves BB dilemma this episode was that If they had an actual proof or solid reason to defend Mandana's actions and punish Kishwar then they wouldn't have take so long to call Kishwar in...I am sure people who have seen previous seasons know that any physical violence can and has resulted in immediate eviction from the house before, so why the delay? and why is BB's defence so weak that BB is struggling to follow through with their stance to protect Mandana?
Also I would like Rochelle's superpower of being so observant that she was able to see everything that happened behind her as well as coming to a judgement and conclusion of the whole matter all the while her head was turned the other way, same goes for the rest of the Team A's members too.
Spitting Vs Kicking: People that are defending Mandana's actions and sticking up for her using the spitting incident as a justification for Kishwar deserved being kicked...then may I remind you that in that situation Rishabh is the one who has a right to complain and take action again Kishwar since it happened to him. Mandada cannot take someone else's situation and become the victim and the avenger for it too...And Kishwar's punishment for that action can only be decided by BB or Rishabh himself and don't forget she has been reprimanded for it already on WKW by Salman. Again I repeat that Mandana is a contestant not the BB House moral police...if it doesn't affect her then its not her problem to deal with.
And some people need to pick a firm stance...basically on one hand even though Aman was part of the spitting decision, in front of Salman he claimed to be passive in that situation because its not like the others were kids who needed guidance from him...and in the same weekend when it came to light that Kishwar wasn't alone in her actions, since it also included Keith. Salman claimed that Kieth who is the one who spat in Mandana's, couldn't have done the same thing through his own freewill?
Now the questions are as follows: Are the HMs kids or not? Do they need guidance/influence (claimed by Salman) or are they old enough to not be influenced by it all and that each person is accountable for their action (claimed by Aman) ...in the same weekend one person gets critiqued for the same thing while the other one is excused from it?
Mandana Vs Spitting: Also since people tend to see couples in BB as one contestant who should take the good and the bad of their partner then please can someone tell me how is it that Mandana and her fans are fine with Rochelle being her once again best friend? I mean so Kishwar and Suyyesh are classified as one but Rochelle and Keith are not? Again goes to show and prove that there are one rule for certain contestants and different one for other...In my opinion I have never liked that people take a couple as one person...they all are accountable for their individual actions...but all I am asking is that pick a rule and stick to it and apply it across the board, instead of having double standards... So if we go by the couple = one rule then its Rochelle Mandana and her fans should be questioning about the Hotel task, not taking supposed justified revenge from Kishwar & Co, since its Keith who did that to her food during that task, not Kishwar.
This shows that Kishwar spitting and whatever Mandana did in terms of violence cannot be linked and justified...
HMs Safety : The safety issue brought up by Team A...how and where is the evidence for such a big statement begin constantly repeated? I thought they always claimed that the boys in the other group were too passive and didn't do anything...it was in fact said by the Host himself on the weekend that why are you guys so inactive and all that and that they should do something instead of making empty claims...now suddenly they are scary?
The consistent declarations by some Team A members of not feeling safe is actually laughable. Its the other team's members who should be scared since you never know when and where there might a reaction from an action... and in all fairness people in the house who also support the 'reaction from the action' showed that they are of a similar opinion/mindset and should be kept at a distance from as well... since they might also burst into reactions from their supposedly perceived actions of others. So in all fairness Kishwar should be scared for her physical safety and other Team B members should also think about beefing up their security during their stay.
Kishwar Vs BB: Kishwar was on fire today and rightly put forth the frustrating issue the viewers and some contestants have had every season of BB where certain chosen contestants are being favoured, which affects the whole game...Forget even the Mandana thing during this task, but the fact that she called out the constant blatant bias and support given to certain contestants by BB and the Host of the show, who should be completely unbiased is gutsy and well put...
By the way who wants to bet that this whole thing will be flipped and that on the weekend Kishwar again will be blamed by the Host for having the audacity of getting kicked? Also if Mandana was getting strangled then where were her tears of being in pain now?? I mean its a simple reaction to someone hurting you as she claimed happened then where is her reaction to the pain?
And people mentioning that Kishwar was targeting Mandana...well first of all how can they even have such strong evidence of that when the task itself started and ended within few minutes? Don't forget that in the hotel task it was Mandana whispering to Rishabh about what else he should do to make Kishwar's dog task even more difficult for her...go back and watch that episode...
Also people always go back to their group-ism and following Kishwar accusations...well if that were the case then they wouldn't resume the task...and would protest with her but she made sure that they don't get in trouble by stopping the task and consequently losing it due to not participating...so tell me how is that a herd mentality?? If anything Team A is the one who had people one after another chiming in with how Mandan couldn't possibly be in the wrong during the kick incident despite most of them not having seen the whole thing...so lets re-evaluate the actual herd mentality and support without a just reason/cause. And if she was being 'strangled' which she only thought of to come up with later on then why didn't either BB show the footage or she demanded to show it to prove her innocent and justification for self-defence etc
BB blatantly broke their own rule...how can they come back from that?
Why weren't Team A punished for damaging the microphones and BB property the rickshaw the day before etc?
BB Contract Rules Vs Practice: Okay so let me get this straight... there are certain basic Bigg Boss rules that people that have been watching previous season would agree always get pointed out by Bigg Boss nearly every season, and contestants get told off for not following them... those things include protecting your microphone, not sleeping in, not talking about the nominations, speaking in hindi, keeping your microphone on all the time etc...
From these rules Mandana has broken 2 rules constantly...taking microphone off for no reason and not speaking in hindi, where whenever she talks all we hear is BB translating for her...now in previous season there have been other contestants who were non-hindi speakers but every time they would speak in English they would get told off by BB and also get punished, however this season those rules have not been followed by Mandana at all, nor has BB or the Host told her off for breaking these rules...
Rochelle has tried to find places including the bathroom to sleep in even after the lights are on...another rule which has previously been important enough for BB to tell the contestants off and punish them for not following in the previous seasons...
and to include few people even today from the other Team members some were sleeping/resting etc...however resting is not rule breaking...not working in the house is their way of opposing the unfairness of how BB dealt with the physical violence issue...
BUT the biggest and most important rule has always been that no contestant no matter who they are or where the come from, older, younger, famous, infamous etc is allowed to hit another contestant and in doing so results in immediate eviction even if its in the middle of the night..which is a case that has happened before in previous seasons...So now the smaller rules are not being followed by the contestant of both teams, but in this case the protection of the microphone is bigger than someone's physical safety?
Salman/BB Bias: Dont bring in people you are going to Be biased TOWARDS...basically as a host his job is to be fair and either tell everyone off for their bad behaviour or dont tell anyone off and make statements which either validates or rejects one contestants stance and actions on things ... while supporting the other...BB and their team including the host cannot be seen as biased and if they dont like that people are claiming that they are, then maybe they should have taken appropriate action towards Mandana for her rule breaking and physical attack..
BB + Sainthood : BB trying to calm Kishwar down by saying that she should be a better person and all that is completely uncalled for...I didn't know that BB house was a journey towards achieving sainthood...why should she not retaliate or expect just action from BB, when she has been physically assaulted whereas the person who reacted violently was not even called out for her mistake properly nor was she called in even once by BB to be told off for breaking such a major rule...
As Kishwar said that Mandana constantly takes her microphone off then why isn't she ever punished for that?
BB nominating Mandana for elimination is not the appropriate level of punishment which has been given to other contestants in previous seasons...because we all know to certain degree the contestants who are 'entertaining' enough won't be taken out by the BB team...no matter the votes.
I think what BB wants this seasons is quite simple... nobody can question and/or is allowed to react to Mandana's verbal and physical actions since she has been given some sort of special immunity which gives her the right to do what she wants and to whom she wants...
Also to all the people who disagree honestly speaking you all know that if the shoe was on the other foot then by now Kishwar would have been evicted despite any defence she might have had and the forum would have been in a happy state and declaring statements such as good riddance to someone who is physically violent etc...
In Conclusion to be honest this all came down to a team that took everything the other team threw at them and did not complain instead used their brains to form strategies to win despite the other teams' best effort...that too for a whole day... and on the other hand there is a team that was not sporting at all and from the get go started complaining about the other team, who were doing the task within their rights ...instead they cribbed and complained and made the whole task not about brains and brawns but rather of who can complain the loudest about things which they did the previous day themselves, that were now being done to them...and this from the people in Team A who constantly go around saying the others don't take the tasks well and don't perform well and disrespect the BB platform by not completing the tasks properly etc...So tell me which team in actuality matches that description to you?
I am sure there are a lot of typos in this long essay lol ... š
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