Hello everyone! I am usually mostly a silent reader of the DDT and have enjoyed myself over the years reading all your posts (most of which I agree with rather than the main forum). After a long time, I have been excited to watch Bigg Boss (partly due to what an annoying mess BB OTT became). I hope this season doesn't disappoint but I will still maintain low expectations, be ready for disappointment, and much biasedness. Anyway my thoughts on the premier episode/contestants.
I was a little unsure about the jungle concept (since most times, BB concepts are epic fails) but I am intrigued by the elaborate set-up-- although all the expenses and detailing of the concept means planning for tasks/other activities will be sacrificed? I hope not. I hope they spent as much time in designing interesting tasks and allow natural development of connections/rivalries/strategies.
Jay: I think Jay might be able to connect with audiences very well due to his hosting background, he can be funny but not sure if I will like him yet.
Vishal: I appreciate his journey in life, where he has come from and what he has achieved but hopefully it won't be his only card to play. He kinda seems funny although doesn't need to talk that much.
Tejasswi: Seems cute and childish. Although she does seem to have the competitive spirit. I hope she tones down the childishness though and is able to articulate herself in the game well.
Simba: Simba looks gorgeous and he might see himself as a "sher" but I feel like he is the deer that is going to get eaten alive by the sher.
Umar: Umar is gorgeous. He also seemed like a sweet personality but after watching the episode, I don't find him as mature/grounded. It seemed a bit weird to me that instead of saying "I had this dream of participating on Bigg Boss/being part of showbiz but couldn't until Asim paved the way, he seemed (in my opinion) to dismiss Asim's contributions there. And then his whole manipulation as his strategy (which is fine as a strategy) but then why say it on stage and why try to showcase a contradicting image. Anyhow, we shall see how long he lasts.
Donal: Donal looked gorgeous in the red gown. I liked that she seems to be able to speak her mind, loud and clear. But for some reason, I kinda feel like she might be like the female version of Pratik in the annoyance level. I hope I am proven wrong. I wonder why she and the other contestant are in actual jungle. I feel bad seeing them all sweaty out there.
Karan: Another good looking one. One of the few I am actually familiar with this season because I have watched some of his shows. He seems to emanate a strong, charming personality with loads of aggression, seems perfect for BB material.
Confused on whether it is Lee-shaan or ee-shaan. Anyhow, he kinda scared me with how aggressive he was in the stage akada task with Umar and yet he was cribbing about being hurt by Umar.
Most of the times in the earlier seasons, I would wish for some good-looking one and always disappointed and this season is festival of all kinds. 😆 I feel bad for the last three contestants who got the royally snubbed step-children treatment. Why was it hard to spend five extra minutes on them when they spent so much time on others?
My favorites from the premier episode: Akasa, Karan Kundrra, Tejasswi, Jay, and Vishal (only cause I think he might have a comedy appeal but he might annoy me if he continually tries to play the sympathy card). I think Viddi and Sahil might get eliminated early. What do I know though? Most of the times in the past few seasons, my favorites have not won. 😆
I liked that the contestants this season tried to have some fun with some of the contestants entering--making Simba believe they were locked and having him look for the code and ignoring Karan when he entered I wished they showed more of that in the episode-- way more interesting than some of the fan-girling over Salman.
Does anyone else feel annoyed at the prospects of Pratik, Shamita, and Nishant being tribe leaders? Pratik will be unbearable (why does he need to get a ready made platform to be annoying?) and unfair the queen will not get to experience the jungle treatment. 🤔
Serious wonderings though, will they really not get access to the toilet/washroom 😲
Edited by soni595 - 4 years ago