| When one watches Sony's Bigg Boss, it all seems very simple. Twenty-eight cameras watching 13 contestants over a period of three months holed up inside one house without any contact whatsoever with the outside world. But a trip to the sets of Bigg Boss in the remote studio ensconced in Karjat, proves the kind of hard work and logistics involved in the show are mind-boggling!
| | No replay here: Arshad Warsi in the Bigg Boss house | As one reaches the sets, there is big fuss about the security Endemol India and Sony have made sure the tight security give complex to the best Z grade security! Vehicles are not allowed beyond a point, one requires 'all access' pass to go to the sets, no one is allowed anywhere even near the Bigg Boss house, cellphones and camera are confiscated if one has to go to the sets where the eviction episodes are shot and also in the control room. The control room has 28 monitors for each camera installed in the house and four extra monitors that relay each and every move of the contestants. There are editors editing the 24/7 footage into 50 minutes, there are people logging in activity each and every second! As Ranjana Jaitley, senior editor of the show says, "We don't miss a single movement of the actors. If there are people monitoring says Rahul Roy's moves and in the meanwhile Carol does something interesting, then the camera focuses on her." What the team is emphasising most on is the fact that it is not directed or staged. "In fact, adhering to censorship rules, a lot of masala is edited because Sony is a family channel," adds Jaitley. There is a doctor and a psychiatrist also involved just in case a contestant needs. Apparently, when Salil Ankola came for the audition, he couldn't bear to be all alone even for 25 minutes doing nothing!
The latest contestant who got axed is Kashmera Shah. "I don't care if I haven't won the booty. I am so relieved!" she exclaims. The first thing she asks after coming out is the time. Kashmera has been trying to call her husband Brad but no one has ISD facility on the phone and her mother forgot to get Kashmera's phone.
One is taken to the swimming pool area, which is rather quiet because everyone is inside the Bigg Boss house. While entering the dark room, which has a one way mirror, one cannot wear white shoes, nor have any shining material on their person lest the contestants can sense activity. There are hidden cameras in the pool area also. As the day comes to an end, it means more work for the overseers and editors because after 6 pm, the contestants come alive and have most activity happening. As the sun sets at the Big Boss house, the day is far from over for its inmates because they sleep only at 1 am.  | | | |
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