Riya Sen says NO to Bigg Boss
Sen, who is now, back to doing music videos believes Sony have offered almost 90% of the Bollywood industry an opportunity to become a contestant simply for PR purposes. "I was approached by Endemol for that show. But I immediately refused them. They had offered me a good amount of money but I was not tempted. I am not looking forward to doing television shows at this point of time. Apart from films, I would rather do music videos and ad films."
Endemol did not throw up Ashmit Patel's name to Riya when they spoke to her. "They told me about Amrita Arora, Dino Morea and Sohail Khan. I think they have offered it to 90 per cent of the industry. But if this is their way of creating buzz and getting publicity, then I don't want to comment on anything more about that programme."
Bigg Boss special commentator Omar Ahmed believes Riya Sen was probably right in her decision to say no. 'Riya is an up and coming Bollywood actress, she might not be Number 1, or even close to that, but her advisors probably advised her that coming on Bigg Boss for a 100 days would be a step down rather than a step up. Plus, taking 100 days out of shooting at such a young age would have professional suicide.