Asim and Shukla's strategies going forward

At this point, with two very strong votebanks, Asim and Shukla have different 'goals' in the show because of the bias. Their main goal is no longer to excel at tasks by any means necessary, strategically execute nominations, take stands as they see fit, the usual BB goals. Now, in my opinion, their primary goals are different. They are no longer playing the same game, but are now almost on two different shows entirely even though they are living in the same house.

Asim

He needs to avoid anything that might look negative. That's it. Very easily said but extremely difficult (maybe even impossible) to pull off for three weeks.

Tasks ke time pe bhee, he needs to keep primarily in mind 'how he is looking' over 'what he is doing.' Even if he wins a task, he needs to think ten times about the means. If a task like the letter destruction task takes place again, (where Asim was unfairly called a traitor while VG was lauded as the mastermind for doing the same thing) and Asim wins the task by destroying someone's letter - Salman will bash him mercilessly for being a bad person. If he loses the task by refusing to destroy someone else's letter - Salman will bash him lightly for being 'stupid' or something. Normal logic suggests that one should try to win the task, but Asim is now in a situation where his every move is scrutinized and his every 'unlikable' move will be blown up and made a giant mountain out of.

Even if Asim says something with a little bit of extra confidence (which is a good thing for a potential finalist to do!), it will be read by PaHira as overconfident and a massive deal will be made out of it, which Salman will support.

The poking HAS to stop now. It is 100% true that every single person in the house does it, including saint Aarti. Remember the thing with Sana last week? Going after her to the bathroom when she was clearly upset and screaming that she came for Sana's sake when clearly Sana needed space at the time? That was poking! Asim did it way less than the others last week, but still got blamed for it. It has to now stop completely. Even when others are poking him, he shouldn't sit and smile anymore because they will further instigate him to say something. He should just walk away.

I would never ever be able to live like this for three weeks, but this is his current situation. From his choice of words, to his sleeping pattern (one cuckadookoo away from "you don't value this show" lecture on the weekend), to his posture, to his dressing - EVERYTHING will be under a microscope now.

Shukla

Completely different case. He can relax and be himself, he just needs to avoid very bad insults. Even words like sala, nalla etc are totally fair game if he does it. He very well knows his behavior has been disgusting lately, and he also very well knows that the channel has his back (its probably in his contract! 😆). As long as he stops with the family insults, death wishes, and the really nasty shit, he can get away with anything.

The challenge for him is footage. Chalo yeh hafta toh yeh family/friends task ke chakkar mein jayega mostly I think. But even then, and especially moving forward, he should worry about the footage situation. He is, by himself, a very boring guy lol. He needs either a jhagada (which only one guy in the house has the balls to do against him full-on, who has just been severely warned against any more fights), or some masti (which Sana brings out of him, who he is not in great terms with currently) to be seen. Hopefully, Sana's brother is not an idiot and has been seeing how horribly he has been treating his sister, and advises her to just play her own game. Sana playing solo is not only better for her in terms of self-respect & mental health, (she may think she misses Shukla badly now, but if she goes back he will say much more hurtful things again) but its also good for her image/game. If she doesn't go running back to Shukla, she'll look like less of a doormat and her fans will support her more. Plus the 'SidNaaz' wale fans will be more drawn to her.

In all this, Shukla has Rashmi as an option for footage but he needs to remember that this is the same Rashmi who he sl*t-shamed brutally infront of the world. She's not Sana. She won't take his shit, and even if it is scripted for them to become friends at the end, he still won't look good on screen treating her like he treats Sana/Aarti after everything they've been through. Don't know if he is capable of something, but for once on the show, he needs to have a friendship with mutual respect. 😆

So yeh hai situation ab two top contenders ke mere hisab se.

Sab task wask nomination eviction secondary hai. (unless its something huge like ticket to finale)

Ek ka jitna (or if not, at least 2nd ana) taye hai. Ek ka finale se pehle negative dikha dikha ke fanbase kam karna taye hai. Himanshi can play an important role here by warning Asim about his circumstance, if she's smart enough. Not only can she give him tons of positive footage (*ahem* showmance, which many people love lol) but she also needs to find a subtle way of conveying Asim that everything is going negatively so he needs to act extra humble even if he knows about his fanbase and strength now. VG toh hai hee smart, plus channel ka whitewash hatiyar bhi, so I'm sure he'll do the needful just like he did by planting the SidNaaz seed in their heads.

Thoughts?

I am really hoping that Himanshi would find some means to convey some inputs on how to look positive.Salman Khan was trying to tell him how he is coming across as negative even when his intentions are not because of his way of speaking and body language then SK got distracted by something done by Shukla.

One more thing she needs to tell him that the time has come to fly solo and group game is over.He should not discuss his game plan or strategy with anyone. He would do better to avoid Shukla completely and focus on Parasite couple

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They both don't have any other angle except fighting and love angle with Sana n himanshi

They get footage by fighting only, dono ko entertainment ka e bhi nhi aata