Posted:
12 years ago
http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/11/bigg-boss-fans-shocked-miffed-salman-khan.html
Mahek Chahal's knight-in-shining-armour, Salman Khan, seems to be leaving no stone unturned to make sure his 'good friend' Mahek Chahal wins the fifth season of Bigg Boss, but evicted contestants and viewers of the show have started pointing fingers at the megastar, alleging obvious bias.
Salman, who is said to have recommended Mahek for two of his earlier films Wanted and Main Aur Mrs Khanna, is also reported to have paved her way into the reality show by recommending her to the makers of Bigg Boss and ensuring she was in.
Earlier, Mahek was said to have packed her bags and readied herself to enter the show, even before the channel called her for it. All her defiance, sympathy gaining and over-confidence during her fights and arguments on the show, is attributed to her closeness to Salman, who exercises a huge influence over Bollywood and now the television industry too.
Salman is also the first host on Indian television who has been accused of being biased towards a participant of the show he hosts.
Many viewers and fans were shocked when, during an eviction episode of Bigg Boss, the megastar openly insulted the show's housemate Siddharth Bhardwaj and badly pulled up another, Akashdeep Saigal, for troubling Mahek; something Salman has never done to any participant of the show since two years of hosting it.
He was so harsh to Siddharth that the poor guy burst into tears, with Salman sending out a clear message to all the other participants not to mess with Mahek.
Through their interviews, media interactions and tweets, some of the evicted housemates including Shakti Kapoor and Pooja Bedi have alleged that Salman patronizes Mehak and wants her to win Bigg Boss.
Immediately after being evicted, Pooja Bedi pointed a finger at Salman for supporting Mahek in her antics. In an interview, she said, "No one can object to her (Mahek's) behaviour (in the Bigg Boss house) because then, he or she gets portrayed negatively. Everyone in the house thinks Salman is calling the shots. They're unnerved." Pooja adds that the other contestants feel everyone has to suck up to Mahek to remain in the show.
A few days earlier, Shakti Kapoor, also an ex-inmate from the house, was learnt to have ranted against Mahek on Twitter, apparently calling her "Salman's girl", adding that the scales tip in her favour to emerge the winner this season.
Now all over social media, viewers have begun to question how Mahek gets saved from nominations and evictions week after week on Bigg Boss. So apparent has been the megastar's affection towards Mahek that no one will be surprised if she ends up winning the show this year.