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.

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'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.

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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.

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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.

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