Big Boss Is Watching You!!

August 17th, two days after all of us have celebrated 61years of independence, 14 strangers will be rounded up and taken to the middle of Lonavla and abandoned in a sprawling set built to resemble a house. The rules are simple. No contact with the outside world, no watches and most definitely,
no privacy. Even if you check yourself out in the mirror, a camera will catch you in action from the other side of that one-way glass.

The sets which these 14 strangers have to call home somewhat resemble the leftovers of an Austin Powers set, complete with gaudy wall paper and funky furniture. The house is semi circular and seems ill-equipped to house 14 people. How they will manage remains to be seen.

Even before it’s start, the much hyped show has commanded a lot of media attention, both positive and negative. Faisal Khan was also shown the door at the last minute. He has accused Viacom media, Colours TV and Endemol of breach of contract. After being given a clean chit by a psychologist concerning his mental health he moved to court on Wednesday and is trying the stall the telecast of the show until the matter is addressed. He also claims Aamir has ’something’ to do with him being dropped for the show. Imagine… Someone actually WANTS to be inside that hellhole, and is willing to take people to court over it! He’s definitely insane!

Endemol also has a case against them courtesy of Jhanvi Kapoor. Apparently her name was used to garner publicity for the show but in the end they left her hanging and didn’t sign her. They claim that she had to cancel a lot of prior commitments in order to shoot for Bigg Boss 2. Come on Jhanvi, I’m pretty sure your therapist will re-schedule at no extra cost.

Besides if you really want to make the news, wear a tiny dress with no underwear and sprawl out on a staircase for photographers. It won’t cost you any money and it will definitely put you back in the
circuit. Maybe you’ll even get an item song or a movie made based on your life. The possibilities are endless in Bollywood.

But now back to Bigg Boss 2. The speculations have led me to draw up this ridiculous list of contenders. After last seasons huge disappointments that Endemol called ‘celebrities’ they’ve taken the
safer route this time around and called half the contestants ‘news makers’. I’m guessing Monica Bedi, Shakti Kapoor, Sanjay Nirupam, Mika, Shambavna Seth fall into this category. The ‘commoners’ consist of just about anybody who’s stupid enough to sign up without reading the fine print. Some bekaar journalists and watchmen maybe.

Well, there’s about it from Bigg Boss 2. Guess we just have to wait for the 17th to know if my predictions are anywhere near the truth.