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Am back with Fine print series as we race to the finale..
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Gawd - what did I just watch..?? Was it a bad acting audition, daily soap, or comedy hour?? This episode will definitely go down the history of BB as one of the most bizzare or the most strategic.. I cannot decide if I should just continue laughing or salute BB for what may just be a masterstroke in favour of Vikas..
Ok - I may just be the lone wolf here, but I actually felt Monday episode was VERY anti Shilpa..I am amazed by the flooding of anti Hina and Vikas posts and claims of how they were put in place by the journalists in favour of Shilpa.. From where I stand, I feel it was anything but.. Let me share my perspective..
Shilpa, still smarting from zillat ke ladoo from WKW, viciously refused to cook instead of informing everyone like a mature adult that they should hand cooking chore to someone else. Instead, she was seen sunao-ing (just as Hina claimed) to Akash and Vikas at the pretext of talking to Puneesh. Mother India no more?
Hina, the smart cat she can be at times, inquired innocently and casually ki Khane mein aaj kya bana hai, outing Shilpa's nasty side who caustically told Hina to have Vikas or Akash feed her just as they have been cooking for themselves for sometime (interesting bit of info BTW). Without getting into kitchen politics that followed on who made and ate what, which was quite funny incidentally, - few things stood out for me worth a mention:
Press Conference: Even in the heavily edited version of the event, I actually thought Hina and Vikas handled it really well and were able to rubbish most of Shilpa's claims one by one very eloquently and methodically. After looking at the uncut version on Voot, the star of the conference def. was Vikas who handled it like a pro, with wit and with humour.. Hina was a close second.. She made her points clearly without getting rattled or backing off.. I do wish though, she lightens up a bit which will only help her..
It may look like Shilpa was favoured by the press, but she did not come out looking good IMO which actually led to the third monologue of the day.. The person who looked the worst according to me was Puneesh who was called a snake straight on the face and how he has used people to rise. Targeting Hina for her comment on him and Bandagi, even calling her a mohalle ki aunty seemed like a last ditch attempt to unsettle her which did not work .Were PunGi not cautioned by Salman to be careful of what they are doing on National TV and how it shows on their families other than audience..How shameful is that? By same logic, is Salman now Mohalle Ka Uncle? It ended up being more comic than a burn.
Overall - I felt, especially after the WKW that the channel is unmasking other facets of Shilpa slowly after propping her all season and it is her downfall week...That faint feeling I had that Shilpa may not win afterall is getting somewhat stronger.. .
Right now it is 'ADVANTAGE VIKAS: ! Lets see how the rest of the week unfolds..
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Long Post Alert!
Gawd - what did I just watch..?? Was it a bad acting audition, daily soap, or comedy hour?? This episode will definitely go down the history of BB as one of the most bizzare or the most strategic.. I cannot decide if I should just continue laughing or salute BB for what may just be a masterstroke in favour of Vikas..
Ok - I may just be the lone wolf here, but I actually felt Monday episode was VERY anti Shilpa..I am amazed by the flooding of anti Hina and Vikas posts and claims of how they were put in place by the journalists in favour of Shilpa.. From where I stand, I feel it was anything but.. Let me share my perspective..
Shilpa, still smarting from zillat ke ladoo from WKW, viciously refused to cook instead of informing everyone like a mature adult that they should hand cooking chore to someone else. Instead, she was seen sunao-ing (just as Hina claimed) to Akash and Vikas at the pretext of talking to Puneesh. Mother India no more?
Hina, the smart cat she can be at times, inquired innocently and casually ki Khane mein aaj kya bana hai, outing Shilpa's nasty side who caustically told Hina to have Vikas or Akash feed her just as they have been cooking for themselves for sometime (interesting bit of info BTW). Without getting into kitchen politics that followed on who made and ate what, which was quite funny incidentally, - few things stood out for me worth a mention:
- Everyone knew that it was a forced fight - including Puneesh who was most amused by going ons..
- Shilpa lied outright (again) when she tried to jatao/sunao Hina (again) on what she ate was made by her, till Vikas corrected her politely which only added to her ire that she had been caught in her own lies (just like in WKW).. .
- On being questioned politely by Vikas - why she felt so confident that he was leaving, her retort was a nasty - 'Toh arti utaron tumhari' and 'Toh chhapal maro mere muh pe' .. What trash talk was that?? Calling them 'Namak haram' ? What?? I do get the sense that Shilpa is somewhat frustrated that she is unable to get under his skin to extract similar reactions she could before.. Patte khul gaye hain ab!
- Egging Hina that she should now cry inside but doing that herself after she realized the impact may not have been what she had expected from that forced fight.
- She is constantly contradicting herself when she says that 'koi toh badappan dikhao', 'kisi ke liye kuch bina expectation ke karo' - but at the first sign of disagreement , her claws come out.. Where was her baddapan when she relentlessly attacked Vikas on self confessed revenge.. Even after they agreed on a truce, why out of the blue she brought back the same topic in Mount BB task after almost 2 months..
- It is on record that she has spoken on the 'boys will be boys' mentality for both for Akash and Puneesh. Wasn't she the one who claimed Akash is VERY respectful to women and when he abuses Hina and Sapna 'they deserve it'? Its come a full circle - eh?
Press Conference: Even in the heavily edited version of the event, I actually thought Hina and Vikas handled it really well and were able to rubbish most of Shilpa's claims one by one very eloquently and methodically. After looking at the uncut version on Voot, the star of the conference def. was Vikas who handled it like a pro, with wit and with humour.. Hina was a close second.. She made her points clearly without getting rattled or backing off.. I do wish though, she lightens up a bit which will only help her..
It may look like Shilpa was favoured by the press, but she did not come out looking good IMO which actually led to the third monologue of the day.. The person who looked the worst according to me was Puneesh who was called a snake straight on the face and how he has used people to rise. Targeting Hina for her comment on him and Bandagi, even calling her a mohalle ki aunty seemed like a last ditch attempt to unsettle her which did not work .Were PunGi not cautioned by Salman to be careful of what they are doing on National TV and how it shows on their families other than audience..How shameful is that? By same logic, is Salman now Mohalle Ka Uncle? It ended up being more comic than a burn.
Overall - I felt, especially after the WKW that the channel is unmasking other facets of Shilpa slowly after propping her all season and it is her downfall week...That faint feeling I had that Shilpa may not win afterall is getting somewhat stronger.. .
Right now it is 'ADVANTAGE VIKAS: ! Lets see how the rest of the week unfolds..
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