Abu Salem ‘hurt’ by Monica’s behaviour on Bigg Boss
Bedi, in several interviews to the media after her exit from the show had said that she had known Salem for many years, but never married him. Salem in the notice claimed that his anguish had been “multiplied manifold” since he was unable to communicate with Bedi due to his imprisonment. Salem has been lodged at Arthur Road Jail ever since his deportation from Portugal in November 2005. There're several murder and terrorism cases pending against him. Salem in his earlier notice had also made a mention of his displeasure with Bedi for her continuous statements to the media. In interviews to the media, she had said that she was “single” and not married to Salem. After actor Monica Bedi got entry into the reality show, Big Boss, for the second time, extradited gangster Abu Salem said he was “perplexed with her liaison with other men in the show”. Salem on Thursday sent a fresh notice to Bedi saying that he is “mentally tortured and deeply hurt” whenever she denies that she was ever married to him. Salem in the notice claimed that they got married in a Los Angeles mosque in November 2000. “If Monica wants to go ahead with her life, she’s is free to demand talaq,” he added.
It's Showtime
It has everything that an Indian television show could hope for: Controversial characters, ‘item girls’, a politician’s son flirting with a mobster’s moll, kisses and the metaphorical cloak-and-dagger.
There was one potboiler ingredient missing and it fell into place on Saturday: A police complaint accusing Bigg Boss 2 of being obscene.
The police in Lonavla, where the show is being shot, will be busy from Tuesday watching the serial closely, reading the script, scanning reams of footage looking to arrest that elusive creature of Indian law: obscenity.
Mumbai Youth Congress Committee President Sunil Ahire had filed a complaint at the Andheri police station against the show, the central star of which is Rahul Mahajan, son of the late Pramod Mahajan who was one the foremost leaders of Ahire’s rival party BJP. The case was shifted to Lonavla on Monday.
Ahire claimed on Monday that his party leaders had roundly cheered his moral stance. “His main objections are to the
swimming pool, massage and the dance scenes,” said Police Inspector Ashok Jadhav of the Andheri police station.
In all this, the two-month-old channel, Colors, have dislodged Zee as No 2 with a 19.9 per cent share in the general entertainment category for the week ending October 4, according to data available with television viewership measurement agency TAM.
Bigg Boss 2, along with the channel’s bigger hits Balika Vadhu and Jai Sri Krishna, are powering its astounding surge.
“We put non-fiction shows on weekdays, an unconventional move that paid off. Fresh treatment of different content certainly helped us,” said Ashvini Yardi, senior VP, Colors. “About Bigg Boss, we are taking care to follow guidelines and not offend any of our viewers.”
The channel was also aggressively marketed and distributed, she said.
Meanwhile, Ahire told Hindustan Times that he would be hiring a good lawyer so that the accused did not get away easily.
“We are doing our follow-ups with the police. We want them to act swiftly,” he said.
While Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam had startled his party by deciding to participate in Bigg Boss, he was evicted in the first week without much controversy.
However, he seems to have taken it to the larger political stage by making it an issue between the Congress and the BJP. He has openly attacked the organisers for making Bigg Boss “obscene”.
Rahul’s dalliances on the show are fuelling the fight. Rahul was introduced as a “young neta’’ by Bigg Boss host Shilpa Shetty when the contestants first entered the Bigg Boss house in Lonavla. Through the past eight weeks, Rahul has been talking of an image change and positioning himself as a youth icon.
But the Congress might have jumped the gun a bit. The BJP was quick to distance itself from Rahul, labelling it as his personal venture. “This has nothing to do with our party,’’ said BJP’s Maharashtra President Nitin Gadkari.
Payal denies romantic links with Rahul Mahajan
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Only Rahul Mahajan could get close to her, kiss her and scold her in season two of reality show “Bigg Boss”, but actress Payal Rohatgi has denied any romantic involvement with him after her eviction from the show.”Rahul is not my boyfriend, he is my friend,” Payal told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
In August, Rahul, son of the late Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former union minister Pramod Mahajan, formally parted from his wife Shweta after a Gurgaon court passed a decree on their mutual divorce petition. His closeness with Payal was an alleged reason for the break-up.
But Payal, who was evicted from the reality show Friday, maintains that “Rahul is only a good friend”.
Viewers were witness to their intimacy on “Bigg Boss” when they were assigned the task of playing volleyball in a swimming pool.
Commenting upon their physical proximity on the show, she said: “The pool was six feet deep and I’m only five feet six inches tall. I needed someone to shift me around and hold me in the pool. I was more comfortable with Rahul because I know him. We have partied and have had dinners together.
“I couldn’t let others like Debojit (Saha), Ashutosh (Kaushik) and Raja (Chaudhary) come as close. After all they are men,” she said.
Payal was criticised by her inmates for her closeness to Rahul, her cat fights with item girl Sambhavna Seth, wearing a bikini on the show and constantly wearing make-up.
Sambhavna alleged that Payal is “fake” and that she used to backstab people on the show.
But Payal denies her allegations saying: “I was very neutral. I was not there to make friends for life. I just wanted to be cordial and nice to people so that we could live together in peace. So there is no question of having backstabbed anyone. It would have been so had I nominated Rahul, who is a good friend,” Payal said.
As far as being called “fake” is concerned, she said: “I was there to gain visibility for the benefit of my career. If I dabbed on make-up to look good on the show, why are people complaining?
“She (Sambhavna) has said that I used to wake up at six in the morning to touch up and then used to sleep again. But then why was this footage not shown? It would have made for a juicy shot. ‘Bigg Boss’ was not a house, it was a house-like situation and being an actor, I had to take care of the way I looked on screen,” Payal said.
After coming out of the “Bigg Boss” house, the actress says she is dying to pamper herself with “a manicure, pedicure and a good massage” to rejuvenate herself mentally and physically.
“I am very happy to be back in the real world. I was there to gain visibility and show the other side of personality and I have been successful in doing that. People had only seen the glamorous side of Payal Rohtagi, but now they know that I even cry,” said Payal who is now looking forward to getting some “lead roles in good films”.
Payal was seen in films “Dhol” and “Corporate”. In Madhur Bhandarkar’s critically acclaimed “Corporate”, she danced to the popular item song “O Sikander”.
Now she is looking forward to her next film “Dil Kabaddi”, in which she will be seen with Soha Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Irrfan Khan, among others.
'Rahul and I share a very platonic relation' - Payal Rohatgi
Payal Rohatgi is out of Bigg Boss after 8 grueling weeks. In a candid chat, she clears the air about her relation with Rahul, Monica and a lot more...
After Sambhavna Seth’s exit last week this time it was her beta noir Payal Rohatgi to be evicted from the COLORS reality show Bigg Boss. Here is the item girl in a candid conversation where she talks about the days of her captivity at the Lonavala farm house.How was the experience of 8 weeks in Bigg Boss house?
It was both interesting and taxing. The biggest problem was that I was not able to talk to my mom due to which I broke down many a times. This house taught me how to nominate people and then act very friendly outside.
Can you give a clear idea of your relationship with Rahul Mahajan?
We are good friends and nothing else. He was the only one who I was close to in the house. When he started ignoring me because of Monica, I just asked him the reason for such behavior. As a friend, I felt I needed to know the reason.
But there was talk about you and him getting cozy in the bathroom?
No, I used to go with Raja and Rahul inside the bathroom to wash clothes.
What about all the kisses and pecks?
That's the way we great each other. I don't see anything wrong in giving each other a peck on the cheek.
Another allegation is that every thing is scripted in Big Boss. What do you have to say for this?
It’s not true, how can you play games for 3 months?? Agreed that many things depend on how much you control yourself when you are aware that the camera is tailing you all the time. But even then sometimes you just forget about it. What you see is what really happens, when people loose their cool or just cry all alone.
Most people have attributed your closeness to Rahul as a reason for nominating you?
He is a friend so even if I have gone out due to him, it’s fine. At least it’s better than saying that Payal is a bad person.
There was a lot of talk about the swim suit and massages act?
Oh God, what do you expects me to wear for swimming? And remember I had worn sarong. As for massage, I was tired and hence asked for massage from a friend, what's wrong in that? But Rahul being the naughty guy he is, starting playing around and then I had to stop him. I didn’t want to embarrass him or my parents. It was not a big thing but the channel created hype by playing it over and over again.
Your comments on Monica Bedi coming back as wild card..
It’s good that she is back. I got an opportunity to clear the misunderstanding between us. Earlier I was responsible for her exit. Now I hope this show helps her to go miles ahead in her career.
Coming to Sambhavna, she is talking about you a lot.
I don't want to comment on her as we all have seen her behavior. She was never my friend and we come from different backgrounds. But yes I do apologize to her for calling her cheap and down market. I had said so in a certain context, when she was abusing me and getting into my case. As for her badmouthing me, I don't want to get into that, rather I’ll get back to my life.
It’s said that you have been wearing make-up throughout.
I am now in front of camera and have I put on make-up. So what’s the big deal? I want to look good and am conscious when it comes to being in front of camera.
Have you fulfilled your aim of coming into Bigg Boss?
Yes I did... I wanted the public and director to see me as who I’m, than in a mere glam avatar, which they did. I was cooking food and just sitting around in bandana. I wanted to portray different image as a girl next door as I am tired of looking good and the other tags that was given to me. I just wanted to try out other stuff as well. I was on a long break from my films and hence thought that this will be a good opportunity to re connect with my fans.
Who do you want to win?
Of course Rahul, I will vote for him. At present there is big clash between Rahul and Raja. The one who maintains his/her cool will end up taking home the prize booty.
Congress youth wing files case against Colors
MUMBAI: The youth wing of the Congress party has registered a case against recently launched Colors channel and production house Endemol for hurting religious sentiments in their dance show 'Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena'.
A complaint has also been lodged against Rahul Mahajan, son of slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, actresses Payal Rohatgi and Sambhavana Seth for obscenity in the reality show 'Big Boss'.
According to the first complaint, in one of the episodes of the reality dance show, Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh had dressed as Lord Ravana and danced with TV actress Mona Singh, who was dressed as Sita.
The Mumbai Youth Congress have claimed that this dance has hurt the religious sentiments of the viewers, Deputy Commissioner of Police, K M M Prasanna said.
Prasanna said that they have directed the production house to submit a CD of the episode after which investigations will be conducted.
The second complaint against Rahul, Payal and Sambhavana states that they behaved in an obscene manner in 'Big Boss'.
According to the complaint, in order to gain publicity, the three indulged in cheap behavior during their stay at the 'Big Boss' house. Read more...Payal Rohatgi Voted Out From Big Boss 2
Out of the three Dumping Zone nominees, Payal Rohatgi has been voted out while Rahul Mahajan and Raja Chaudhary are safe.
Payal becomes the sixth female housemate to have been evicted. Only last week, 'Pa' was rejoicing after the exit of archenemy Sambhavana Seth. But now, it's her turn to say goodbye to her fellow BB2 housemates. And Rahul Mahajan.
Rahul and Payal were allegedly having an affair, as was evident in their behaviour on the show. In the latter episodes, Raja Chaudhary had started flirting with Payal right under Rahul's nose, even looking at her when she was sleeping.
Payal had had numerous showdowns with Sambhavana Seth, and didn't take time to shed tears. But the verdict is out and people have shown their preference for both Rahul and Raja.
Keep watching this space for the Payal Rohatgi chat on this site. Read more...'How can Monica go when I got more votes??' - Sambhavna Seth
Sambhavna Seth is unhappy over the fact that Monica Bedi enters Bigg Boss house tonight as Wild Card entry even though she secured more votes than her....According to highly placed sources, Sambhavna Seth is not very happy at the fact that Monica Bedi has been sent as Wild card in Bigg Boss. She says, “How can Monica go when I got more votes??”. She has further raised questions on the entire nomination and elimination procedure of this Colors reality show as well. “My suspicions were raised when Rahul Mahajan asked me how many weeks I would want to stay”, says she. However the source adds that she does not feel that the behavior of participants inside was scripted.
She has no qualms about playing games. “Had I not played games, I would not have survived even the initial two weeks. It was really tough to face all that I did from many people there”, quips Sambhavna.
In no mood to spare Payal Rohatgi, Sambhavna says, “I would not mind doing a film with her if I get a role to beat her up”. Things were not well between the two item girls even when they had both worked together in ‘36 China Town’. Payal supposedly started the fresh tiff when she called Sambhavna cheap, to which the latter retorted, “Look who is calling me names, somebody who wears two pieces and gets massages??”. She is said to have confirmed that Payal and Rahul had played some "game" in the toilet. She also laughed at the fact that Payal would steal ciggies. Sambhavna even quoted, "Payal and Rahul had a fling even before they entered Bigg Boss house".
On Casanova Rahul, she says luckily he did not hit on her. “Rather he called me his sister”, says the girl. However, Sambhavna confesses that she seemed wary of Zulfi. “He always played some kind of black magic; hence whatever he would say would come true”.
Sambhavna who went into Bigg Boss to please her father does not feel that she humiliated him by the supposed ‘kissing’ with Raja. “We were playing this game to make Payal feel jealous. If you watch carefully, I had covered Raja's face with hair and we both were laughing. Whatever came up on the screen was all the camera work!”, states she.
In spite of the bad memories inside the house, Sambhavna is glad to have got the love of all. “It was so nice to see women coming up and saying that I was so sweet in the games I played”, avers the girl. She was also touched by the enquiries regarding her brother and nephew.
Still clueless about her future plans, Sambhavna states, “I have a large number of TV and film offers pouring in, but have not decided on anything as of now”. However, our source says that she might be a judge on an upcoming reality show as well.
The Deep Secrets of Big Boss
The Latest evictee of Big Boss, Sambhavna Seth said that she had taken part in the Reality show to fulfill her dad's wish. The wish was to see her on television everyday. She commented that she had never thought that her visit to the Big Boss would stretch to such a long period because it was very difficult to survive under so much controversy and politics.
Seth had not made any friends at the house as she believed that nobody was for real .Everybody had a hidden motive to win and could go to any extent to let the other person down. However she did show the positive side of the show by calling it a fruitful experience and also making it clear that the show was not scripted. she felt the show brought out extreme emotions of people and one did a lot of things which one regretted later. To quote Sambhavna "You could have seen how hyper I got .I cried a lot, laughed a bit too much and got a bit too abusive.But, then what else could I have done when everybody had turned against me?"
She called Zulfi a horrid guy” I think he is very dangerous. He is poisonous and a very strange character”. She did not hold Rahul Mahajan in very high esteem either but said that he knew very well how to play the game and could be a prospective winner.
Spitting more venom her biggest enemy was Payal Rohatgi because she humiliated her, said mean things to her and also called her downmarket, but Seth brought out a shocking reality that she shared her bed with Rahul and also the washroom on the pretext of washing clothes. Ooops! What’s the world coming to.
On her entry to Big Boss, through wild card, she definitely wanted to go back, as she wanted to teach all those at the house a lesson. Quoting "Dobara jaake sabka band bajana hai!".We have seen to which level our reel life heroes stoop but this is unbelievable.
Read more...Time to dump again in Bigg Boss - 2
After the turn of controversial Sambhavana Seth’s exit last week, it is dumping time again this weekend. And in the dock are three-Payal Rohtagi, Raja Chaudhary and Rahul Mahajan ready to face the Gauntlet. Last week also there were three nominees for eviction. But Sambhavana Seth beat out the competition as the most hated inmate of the Bigg Boss house. The other two housemates in the Dumping Zone – Debojit Saha and Ashutosh Kaushik – stayed back.
Sambhavana had been the ‘most hated’ participant of the show as she had picked up fights with every housemate.
This week, all three in question, Payal, Raja and Rahul have been instrumental in keeping the house abuzz with drama and controversy. For Raja, this is the third time he’s in the red
With Sambhavana Seth ’s eviction last week, the Bigg Boss 2 jinx continues, as Sambhavana becomes the fifth female housemate to be evicted. The others who have gone out so far include, Alina Wadiwala, Rakhi Vijan, Monica Bedi and Ketki Dave
Confirmed, Monica to re-enter Big Boss
Sanjay Nirupam, who is very close to Monica Bedi, confirmed Monica Bedi has been informed that she has scored over three other girls - Alina Wadiwala, Sambhavna Seth and Rakhi Vijyan - to re-enter the Bigg Boss House as a wild card entry.
Diana Hayden entered the house earlier as a fresh wild card sometime back while a fake eviction involving Raja was created a week ago.
Monica is now slated to enter the house anytime, which is likely to create more commotion there.
Currently, there are eight housemates - Rahul, Payal, Raja, Zulfi, Diana, Debojit, Ehsaan and Ashutosh.
Rahul, Raja and Payal nominated
Even as Monica Bedi is all set to return to Bigg Boss, the nomination of Payal Rohatgi along with Rahul Mahajan (pictured) and Raja Chaudhary has led to a different thought process on the show.
If Payal and Rahul remain when Monica is around, it creates an interesting angle for the triangular love story.
If Payal is eliminated then Rahul gets all the liberty to carry on his romance with Monica.
But if Rahul is eliminated, the show may lose its sheen and hence that may not happen.
Diana Hayden nominated Rahul and Payal. Rahul, because he is very scheming and Payal, because she helps him with his planning.
Raja Chaudhary nominated Rahul for not watering the plants and demoralising people from performing weekly tasks and Payal for being positive only towards Rahul.
Ashutosh Kaushik nominated Rahul for renaming everyone and Payal for lying to him.
Ehsaan nominated Rahul and Payal for making the atmosphere of the house very political.
Rahul nominated Raja for misusing the information he got from the past time and Diana for insulting him all the time.
Zulfi Syed nominated Raja for misusing the information he had and Ashutosh for not using the right language.
Payal nominated Raja for misusing the information he had when he was in the secret chamber of Bigg Boss and Ehsaan for not working hard enough in the house.
Debojit nominated Ashutosh for using bad language and Ehsaan for saying bad things about his singing.
Payal got 4 nominations
Rahul got 4 nominations
Raja got 3 nominations
So how did Raja get nominated? Did Bigg Boss also nominate him? That was now answered.
The unseen side of Rahul Mahajan
Rahul Mahajan, the playful resident of the Bigg Boss house, is not as innocent as he portrays himself to be.
According to some people who have been evicted from the show Rahul is hiding his real image.
Sanjay Nirupam, who was the first to get out of the house, has accused Rahul of behaving mischievously with girls at night.
Now it is Ketaki Dave who has accused him of manipulating votes on the show. She says that Rahul has got a political backing and is very strong financially also. So he is using these powers to manipulate the show.
Rahul was seen clearly telling into the camera to vote for Zulfi, Payal and Alina when they were nominated.
Also, he is accused of being dominating in the house and ordering other people to do work for him. The reason why other housemates do his work is self explanatory.
All this while Rahul has never spoken either about his family or his divorce from wife Shweta. Will anyone dare to ask him, we have to wait and watch.
‘I’m a drama queen’
The party’s over for Sambhavna Seth who’s out of Bigg Boss.. she tells all to Rachana Dubey
You were unwell last week.
The cough was irritating and the fever took a while to come down. The cough will take some more time to subside. But I’m feeling better outside the House. The elimination has cut the stress out of my life. Now, I’m fine.
It’s believed that you might go back to the House as a wild card entry.
I don’t know..but there’s talk that they want more hungama and drama on the show. I’ll know tonight.
You threatened to expose all the housemates, if eliminated.
Well, I can’t talk about anyone right now because I may or may not go back. But if I go back at all, I don’t know what I’ll do. The idea will be to expose everyone while I’m still inside. I can tell you that Rahul Mahajan is not at all as subdued as he is made out to be.
Everyone’s playing his or her game there. I’m in your face. I say and do what I have to. I’ve told Rahul several times, “Mujhe bada mazaa aata hai jab tu zaher ka ghut peeta hai.” (“I feel very good when you drink a drop of poison.”)
Is anyone genuine?
Ehsaan Qureshi is a decent man. People say I’m a loud, drama queen but that man pacified me.. he brought my anger quotient down.
Why go in for a no make-up look?
It was my strategy. I saw Payal Rohatgi with a caked face 24x7. She even slept with make-up on. I knew I wouldn’t be able to carry that off for too long. So, I decided to be without make-up. I anyway like to be without make-up.
Despite fights, you did close dance with Raja Chaudhary?
I was stressed. The music was on. Raja pulled me two or three times to the dance floor. I was a bit hesitant but once I got into the groove, we danced.
Payal was irritated and the other inmates couldn’t believe what they saw.
We had just had an abusive fight before that. We were laughing about it.. we didn’t kiss each other.. unlike the impression conveyed.
Don’t you think using cuss words has affected your reputation?
No, the responses have been rather positive. I wasn’t expecting it to be this way. I’m an emotional person. Given the situations, there were extreme emotional outbursts.
Sometimes, the cuss words came out without any intentions. And I was playing a game.. like the others. I had my strategy. I was loud, in your face and of course, I said the same things behind people’s backs. I had to play the game. Earlier, I couldn’t choose work but now after the show, I think I can.
There were constant comparisons between Rakhi Sawant and you.
I’ve nothing against her. Don’t compare me with her. I’m not like her and I’m sure she’s not like me.
Payal Rohatgi and you were at loggerheads throughout.
I think she took everything personally. I know she didn’t like the fact that I won the dance competition. I didn’t take anything personally.
You even fought with Sanjay Nirupam because he called you an item girl.
He first said that we one-song girls wear revealing clothes. His friends had joked that Sambhavna jaisi-item-girl is on the same show. I told him that we can’t wear saris and dance. Then, he again passed a comment in the gym area.
The third time, he met me in the kitchen and asked if I was angry. I blew my top because we aren’t item girls.. we are performers. These performances are our livelihood. He offered to find me lead roles in Bhojpuri films.. in which I’m already doing quite well. So.. the argument.
A recent report said that you have lost your mental balance.
(Laughs) No way! Yes, situations are stressful and you do behave in unlikely ways. The author of the report should check with me now. I’m fine.. thank you.