Originally posted by: NepaliArtist
After the WKV, and Himanshi's eviction, I think its fair to say that everyone must have been left with a sour taste in their mouths for Shukla. Even Salman himself looked tired of his shit, and when Salman finally allowed him to speak, he went off on some tangent about "short-comings" for which he had to clear up his sarcasm because it did not even register to Salman that this guy is so arrogant that he'd be joking about not having any shortcomings at all. Once Himanshi left, Asim was visibly upset and even told Vishal "Whatever these **** wanted, they did!" Ab maybe BB wants us to think Asim is referring to the makers (which makes sense considering how manipulated/unfair this entire week has been from Paras's nomination, to his surgery thing, to the last-minute voteout to evict Himanshi), or the other team, but either way - weird to include a tiny snippet like that.
Shukla has been a giant nuisance. He's made life hell for the people in the house, and for the rest of us watching his bullshit. Himanshi has exposed a bunch of things about his behavior which was edited, or at the least brushed off as unimportant. So, surely the makers must be annoyed as hell with this too. They're trying day and night to clean this guy up and present him as the hero, and he is hellbent on doing villianish things.
Maybe this is wishful thinking, but is BB now embracing Shukla's position in the show as a villain? The secret room works (for a protagonist) when someone is actively plotting against you, or isn't what appears to be infront of you. Its a tool for revealing some truth. This time around, the Secret Room appears to be just two guys (one is Paras, who has been clearly positioned as the bad guy from the start) joking, mocking, and laughing about other housemates who they already don't get along with. Its not a way to paint someone as a victim, but instead a way to paint someone as a bad guy, no?
Maybe this entire Rashmi/Arhaan revelation was designed to position Rashmi as the victim and push the reset button on the good/bad dynamics of the show. Afterall, ~ 3 months are still left to kill, and how long are they going to forcefully try to whitewash Shukla at the cost of the others' safety and sanity? Even the caller of the week (which we all know is fixed) asked Asim a dumb question, which Salman himself scoffed at. Plus, eliminating Himanshi unfairly might be a ploy to get Asim some sympathy. So, again, could be khayali pulao, but its starting to feel like the show is FINALLY giving up on whitewashing Shukla and instead positioning him in a way where he can still get ratings by his presence, but now as the bad guy instead.
Thoughts?